Re: Cants

Staving Andreas Johansson:
>Quoting Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@...>:
>
> > Staving Andreas Johansson:
> >
> > >Your Majesty, should you have the extremely good taste to be lurking on
> > this
> > >list, would you deign to enlighten you most humble servant as to why you
> > chose
> > >the form 'Emperor Norton' rather than 'Emperor Joshua', after the fashion
> > of
> > >your imperial brethren?
> >
> > The only head of state in the world who is currently referred to as an
> > Emperor (Nihon no Tenno) is never referred to by his name during his reign.
> > In his lifetime he is called simply "His Majesty the Emperor" (Tenno heika,
> > and posthumously his regnal title. The late "Emperor Hirohito" is now
> > referred to as Shouwa Tennou, and the current emperor will be known
> > posthumously as Heisei Tennou.
>
>But when Norton I assumed the title, there were rather a few Emperors within
>the Western world, who unfailingly were and are refered to as "Emperor [given
>name]".
>
>Is there a distinction between _tenno_ and _tennou_; I assume they both
>spell /tenno:/?
>
Simply a difference in transcription - the hiragana are te.n.no.u

Pete