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Re: Whatever happened to Aelya?

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 16, 2002, 3:24
 <fortytwo@...> writes:

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> >Incidentally, there are a few words written with _ee_ for long e, like >_oneesan_
that is, if it's written with Romaji, in Japanese it's o-NEE(KANJI)-san. And that's always bugged me...the vowels for this word just sound wrong for me, I'd think Older Brother would be "ane" and Older Sister would be "ani"...the vowels just sound better that way..but..oh well. :) Elliott

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Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>