2009-10-07, 07:15 AM
ShiKage Wrote:Yes, that's how it worked originally. However, after hundreds of years of it being part of the languages, it became technically a 'law' of the languages.
For instance, the JP now learn Romanji (alphabet) before they learn hiragana, katakana, or kanji. That's how they became 'cemented' with those non-alphabetical characters.
I'll use Toukyou as an example, since you guys seem to want to keep that as a hot topic of debate...
とうきょう is the hiragana for ''Tōkyō,' but since the JP learn the alphabetical characters first, it's written out 'toukyou,' since 'と' = 'to,' 'う' = 'u,' 'きょ' = 'kyo' and again, 'う' = 'u.'
However, Tookyoo works in alphabetical characters as well, since おう in Japanese is considered 'double o form,' which is where if there are two 'o's together in a word, 95% of the time, the second 'o' is changed to 'u.'
Ok fine, i apologise. But, most people DONT know japanese that deep to know Tokyo and Toukyou is related somehow. Same as Aufheben... People dont give pomegranate about its german origins. As long as its a boss, pretty and does huge damage, im fine.

