Re: tlug: Anglicization - Re: Server Name?

[etrius@example.com]

On  1 Mar, John Little wrote this to me (Magnus Therning):
> % 
> % 	Tonkatu
> %	Shimbashi (too long, simbasi)
> %	Shibuya (sibuya?)
> %
> 
>   I know there's a name for this particular method of anglicization
>   (the transliteration of "sh" to "s" and "tsu" to "tu"). Does anyone
>   know what it is, so that I can create some "****** hantai!" signs to
>   nail to the wall outside the Education Ministry?  :-)  :-)

I think it's roma-ji. At least that's what we called it, I used it when
I studied japanese last semester. According to the professors at the
university here it is the official way to romanize japanese. The system
were "si" becomes "shi" is an American way to romanize.

/Magnus

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