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Re: Cants

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Monday, December 15, 2003, 16:59
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