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[Joshua Maciel]

While I realize this list is directed at English-speakers, spelling it so
that an (American) English speaker can pronounce it easily doesn't mean that
it's the proper transliteration. Among languages using the 'English'
alphabet, there are all sorts of different pronunciations. So people tend to
spell things more-or-less along certain rules, none of which include trying
to make it easier to pronounce for an English speaker.

Not saying that it wouldn't be helpful, just that there's reasoning behind
it.

- Josh

On Nov 17, 2007 3:18 AM, Kuramarujo <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 03:03 -0800, o s aka wrote:
>
> > Why can't it be written on the mailing list the way it is on the
> > Kyokai website?  Since I for one cannot "hear" the sounding of the
> > name, the extra letters in an e-mail are a nuisance to me.  And from
> > watching the list for many years, I suspect there are others who could
> > do without them too.  Do not misunderstand me, I am all for
> > pronouncing a word correctly in any language, but we are not speaking
> > in an e-mail, just reading, unless I am missing something.
>
>        Not so far as I can see.  One of the things I find difficult with
> Japanese (and Thai and probably many others including English) is
> putting in letters where no sound is made.  It's been only since this
> Basho that I found out that Mikey's name is pronounced Kotomitski.  And
> there's that whole "shi" thing.  Makushta, Konishki, etc.  Spelling it
> like it sounds would be a great help for me.  Now that I have (really
> crappy) speakers for this computer I can go to Moti's Audio Banzuke and
> hear him properly pronounce the names.  But for reading it would be
> better, I think, if words were written as they sound.
>
> K-jo
>
> P.S. About 5 or 6 years ago I came THIS close to marrying a Thai girl.
> Her name spelled in English was "Boonsri" but it was pronounced
> "Boonsi".  It's to bad her father forbade her from marrying a non-Thai.
>
> --
> Joe "Kuramarujo" Klemmer
> http://www.webtrek.com/joe/sumo
>
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