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Originally posted by Lain
Originally posted by Maxwell
lol. Trying to translate Pi to Japanese comes out as the Pi symbol. π
I couldn't figure out how to do small hiragana on the Mac when I typed that.
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That's not quite right. First of all, you can't use ー with hirigana. Secondly, that would say "Piii" (pronounced "pee"  )...if it were even correctly written ;x the small letters are only used to form sounds that don't exist normally such as Je (ジェ), Kya (きゃ) or V (ヴィ)...occasionally in onomatopoeias as well, but that's it. You normally wouldn't use them after a sound that already ends in that vowel. |
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| Posted on 10-16-10 12:08:47 PM (last edited by Keitaro at 10-16-10 09:09 AM) |
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I said normally  there's obviously exceptions as you pointed out. I forgot to mention that you can use the small ones in place of the ー so thanks for bringing that up, though I forget what the exact syntax rules are regarding that (you COULD write Kirby as カービー and it wouldn't be WRONG, it's just not how the game character's name is written) And I'm almost certain ー is katakana only, though its very possible I'm mistaken. If I am, then its extremely uncommonly used with hirigana as far as I can tell. I'm not exactly fluent or anything close to that, but I do know that Google translator is far from a good source to use I didn't mean to get all grammar-nazi-ish up in here, just like to point that sort of thing out. |
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You can use a vowel after a consonant ending in that same vowel. ー implies there's something else after the vowel, which is why it only appears in katakana and mostly in syllables ending in r.
So Kirby -> Karbii -> カービイ
Small letters are for sounds that can be built, or "imitated" by mixing two other syllables. Like Nya = Ni + Ya.
Though that's with other consonats... I don't know what are the small vowels used for at all.
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This thread is actually quite unrandom.
By stating the fact that the responses and/or general topic of this thread would have no specific point, you accidentally set the fact of everything that would be to come. So by saying it was random, it became random, but then it wasn't random in occurrence but by design. And as we all know, randomosity follows no path or set pattern in a mathematical fashion. This means that the thread is very unrandom.
Unfortunately, a paradox forms around that fact on how to name such a thread. By saying it is random, it becomes unrandom. But then by saying it is unrandom, it becomes random due to the lack of interesting discussion that can come from the fact that something isn't random. Therefore, the title should be more of a "This is a thread" instead of the "This thread is X" which then by fact causes it to be exactly truthful on it's inteneded function of being a thread.
Having all that being said, this is a post.
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Originally posted by Orlandu
Originally posted by krutomisi
This thread is actually quite unrandom.
It is random because I randomly said it is random. End of story 
derp.
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It's random because of this next guys comment!
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You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
Burr was a real thorn in Jefferson's side.
I never really was on your side.
This is not fantasy.
I'm stuck, and I'll be stuck forever...
Escape to the waves.
Do you know what this means?
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You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?
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