Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 1, 2004, 21:22 |
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Merhaba!
Pete wrote:
"Staving Mark J Reed:
>On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:04:00AM +0000, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> > I will probably be the last of the Japanese-speakers on the list to note
> > that the native pronunciation is [hjMndai].
>
>But Hyundai isn't Japanese. At least, the company isn't; it's Korean.
>Is the name nevertheless of Japanese origin?
I don't see why. Why wouldn't the company just use a Korean name? I mean,
Koreans and Japanese don't get along(?), so wouldn't the company want to
make it known that it is Korean and *not* Japanese?
"Ah. The name looked Japanese to me, so I assumed that it was."
I don't see how that would seem to be Japanese. I've never seen <hy> in
romaji, and I've looked at a few TY Japanese sites.
--Trebor
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