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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 29 Nov 1999.

                            
    
    
Re: Katakana...tweaks welcome!
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: Katakana...tweaks welcome!

                    

                        From CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 29 Nov 1999 00:00                                                    · View full thread
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:. writes
>You read the bible, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>?  Well
>>
>>plus ... can you translate/tell me what 'katakana' means in English ?
>
>       Katakana is one of the 3 Japanese alphabets and is mainly used
>to phonitcally translate foriegn words & names.  For example, the four
>mora (letters) I posted attempted to translate the English name
>"Critter" into their Japanese counterpart: "Kuritaa"
>       Another example: your name, Colin, would end up becoming
>"Corin," and the kana would look something like this:
>
>
> d88888888888888b    d8b     d8b    88b.
> Y888888888888888    888     888     "YP        . 
>              888    888     888       '"      .b   
>              888    888     888              .db  
>              888    Y8P     888             .d8'   
>              888            888            .d8'   
>              888            888          .d8"  
>              888           .88P       .d888'  
>              888          .d8P      d888P" 
> d888888888888888         .dP"       Y8P"   
> Y88888888888888P        '"                 
>
>       :)     
[][ hi ... thank you Critter ... that's a nice explanation and pictogram
one thing that puzzles me is why the 'l' gets translated to 'r' ... not
that i mind, of course ...just wondered.. i guess its a phonetic thing?
[][ see yuz
[][ colin
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