Tell me something Dandy. Did you take Japanese? Never trust wikipedia when it comes to foreign languages. And some other subjects.
The "WE" and "WU" have been permanently dropped from the Japanese language. Also there is no YE or Yi letter. the "We" sound, as stated before, is made by Ue. Those are the first 2 letters in ウェインライト, not "WE". Seriously, go use google to find Japanese learning games and books. Genki and Yoburo are good books to use. The hiragana textile game is good to use.
Also use google translate if you are having trouble with the Japanese language. best damn cheat for translators just starting out. I used it to get the translation of Lost Memory as it is so far.
Easy there don't blow a gasket. And it's Jim Dandy or if you are lazy JD is fine but the reference is lost.
Yes I've taken 2.5 years of it in College in a class taught by a Japanese national. What about you? And I have perfectly fine Japanese book. Though my dictionary is lacking.
I just kinda told you in the previous post why it was dropped. Pretty sure it was one of the Meiji Era edicts to help Japan rapidly modernize but some were dropped even before that.
And yea there's no new symbol for "we" since original symbols are used to write out the sound. but it is a sound in the language made be "Ue" since it is necessary to better pronounce foreign loan words and names.
And you say not to use wikipedia but advocate using google translate? lol The lists of number counters, copula, and honorific information is much more accurate than google's translating. Its above par engrish at best.
Also:
http://japanese.about.com/library/blkatakana15.htmabout.com is good with most info and it has lessons on the extended katakana and this quote:
"Since it is hard to express all sounds by the basic 46 characters or their regular combinations, the Japanese have developed new combinations that are formed by adding a small "a, i, u, e, o" for several foreign syllables."
Look Miss Yuko I'm not trying to push your buttons here but I'm providing evidence and sources for my info here. Any of the other forum members I can image can look at the evidence from both sides and see what seems to be the truth.
Now unless the rest of the forum is getting some entertainment out of this or is breathing life into it or beneficial to the forum by this little spat then I'm done arguing. As far as I'm concerned...
"WE HAVE COME TO TERMS."
