Hi!
Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> writes:
> Am I alone in hating this kind of linguistic journalism completely
> lacking any kind of linguistic know-how?
No.
My goodness!
> Quick Japanese question, to finish with: The Fark.com peanut gallery
> claim that Cappucino is very difficult to pronounce in Japanese. It
> seems to me that it fits the profile for a Japanese word
> exceptionally well: カプッチ ノ, ne?
Hmm? ka-pu-chi-no. Yes.
Why did you mark a geminate in 'chi'? Maybe long 'i'. Anyway, I
think it fits quite well, too.
**Henrik