Re: Why is Canon spelled kya-no-n?

From: "Dave Fossett" <reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:09:10 +0900

Zhen Lin wrote:

It's written キヤノン, not キャノン. However... it might be pronounced
キャノン -- sutegana, or small kana, were not used in pre-reform
orthography.

I was told by a Canon employee that the reason for writing it as キヤノン was because it looked more "aesthetically pleasing" without the awkward amount of white space between the "ャ" and the "ノ".

-- Dave Fossett Saitama, Japan

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