On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 10:31:50AM -0400, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> MJR = Mark J. Reed (me)
> CG = Christophe Grandsire (does that mean "grandpa" in French? :))
>
> MJR> Just to make sure I have this right:
> MJR> "Uchyuu Senkan Yamato" has seven syllables (U/chyuu/sen/kan/ya/ma/to)
> MJR> and ten morae (U/chyu/u/se/n/ka/n/ya/ma/to).
> MJR> The Hiragana transcription of the above has ten symbols, not seven.
>
> Let me correct myself - it has eleven syllables,
ARGH! Let me correct my correction - it has eleven SYMBOLS. Still only
seven syllables. :)
> palatalization in "uchyuu"; that word is written "u", "chi", small "yu",
> "u". So the symbol mapping is not one-to-one for either syllables or
> morae, but it's closer to morae.
-Mark