Re: Korean politeness levels ( wasRe: Tonal Languages taken toextremes)

SuomenkieliMaa wrote:
> > I was taught to transliterate syllabic n as N, thus
> > fuNiki (and, say
> > koNpyuuta). or is this just a different scheme?
>
> Actually, I am not certain about this!
I've usually seen it as n' when before vowels or y, but just n elsewhere
(sometimes also before n, inexplicably), fun'iki, but konpyuuta, usually
onna, but sometimes on'na, that I find odd, as there's no possibility of
confusion anywhere but before vowels or y, it's especially odd as those
writers *don't* say _kon'pyuuta_, which would be more consistent.  I've
seen ñ used once or twice, but I find that rather ugly.  Nihoñjiñ ...
*shudder* :-)

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