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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by AndriyKunitsyn on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:51PM (#46296395)
About 30% of people worldwide use a language that's not written in Roman alphabet.

Additionally, being written in Roman alphabet doesn't neccessarily mean it's clear how to pronounce it. Hungarians calls their country "Magyarország", but unless you know Hungarian, you will be surprised with how it's pronounced. Same as "Chenonceaux", "Tekirdağ" or "Crkvina".

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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by QuercusMax on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @07:06PM (#46296520)
Those are especially pathological cases, and not especially relevant to this discussion, as the romanization rules are explicitly designed to be consistent.
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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by AndriyKunitsyn on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:43AM (#46315042)
Okay, I misread the context of the discussion. I apologize.
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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by tmtvl on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:43AM (#46299972)
Worcestershire.
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Re:Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 y... by QuercusMax on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @12:31PM (#46302641)
We're not talking about words like worcestershire. I'm talking about words like "bat" "monkey" "chimichanga". Those that follow the rules. There can't possibly be irregular spellings using the romanizations we're talking about!
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