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  1. #141

    as long as we get rid of the racists

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lepetit89 View Post
    I don't recall saying that they would leave me, not to mention that Romaji are a downright terrible way to communicate using Japanese language.
    >>implying it's worth communicating in at all

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    It's thanks to the Japanese language input that I was able to make quite a few good friends, without the windower they'd pretty much go poof and that would be the end of it.
    Not sure what you meant by this then, but whatever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yugl View Post
    Not sure what you meant by this then, but whatever.
    Sorry, minor misunderstanding since you can interpret it both ways. Without a means of communication, it's difficult to maintain any kind of friendship is what I wanted to express.

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    you have 44 friends for life tho

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lepetit89 View Post
    Romaji are a downright terrible way to communicate using Japanese language.
    Not if you have someone around to read the actual Japanese lettering, see if people are making fun of you while you're using romaji, and then make fun of them right back. I think that is p. cool times.

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    Why do we say "romaji" instead of "roman"? Isn't "romaji" just the japanese name for the roman alphabet? Seems a bit like walking around calling bread "pan".

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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles355 View Post
    Why do we say "romaji" instead of "roman"? Isn't "romaji" just the japanese name for the roman alphabet? Seems a bit like walking around calling bread "pan".
    Good point actually, since I'm a language purist myself, but the use of this term is not quite the same as the example you cited. In my case, I'm involved in both university-related work as well as a few projects that also entail romanization of titles, both of which I do in cooperation with Japanese friends and superiors. When leaving comments regarding an edit, I have limited space to work with and since this is language-focused work, I tend to use technical terms, as it is both shorter and, given the context, the better option. So basically, I pick from Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Romaji when I need to address an issue. In the end, it's mainly the context which determines which term I use - in a context related to Japanese language I'll use "Romaji", but in any other context I'll stick with "Roman letters".

    Quote Originally Posted by Kohan View Post
    Not if you have someone around to read the actual Japanese lettering, see if people are making fun of you while you're using romaji, and then make fun of them right back. I think that is p. cool times.
    I've never really given that a try, though I do think it would feel a little weird. Not to mention, I strongly dislike conflicts of that sort, but if it comes down to it, I'll probably just have to give it a try.

    Quote Originally Posted by Churchill View Post
    you have 44 friends for life tho
    44? I'm not sure I can follow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noodles355 View Post
    Why do we say "romaji" instead of "roman"? Isn't "romaji" just the japanese name for the roman alphabet? Seems a bit like walking around calling bread "pan".
    "Romaji" is specifically used to describe the process of writing Japanese with Latin script. It does literally mean "Roman letters," but it's applied for the purpose of describing that method.

  10. #150

    psure he's asking why we use the japanese term in stead of the american one which means the same thing

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    The term is recognized as an English term, but originated from Japanese. Kind of like how they use the "arubaito" from the German word "arbeit" to say part-time work.

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    To get back to the topic at hand:

    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...hich-Sacrifice

    The original question isn't bad. The fun starts in post #3. I'm pretty sure people have been over this with him before but as usual he still doesn't get it.

    Added a space to the URL because I still can't post my own and I'm not one to spam crap to get to 10.

    Yugl Edit: You now have 10 posts.

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    That thread has many "affect" v "effect" issues.

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    It also has many "Demon" v "Daemon" issues.

    PS Thanks for the edit. I didn't think I could go back and fix the link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SlaxLeary View Post
    To get back to the topic at hand:

    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...hich-Sacrifice

    The original question isn't bad. The fun starts in post #3. I'm pretty sure people have been over this with him before but as usual he still doesn't get it.

    Added a space to the URL because I still can't post my own and I'm not one to spam crap to get to 10.

    Yugl Edit: You now have 10 posts.
    God damn that thread gave me a headache.

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    This is kind of a necro bump at this rate but enjoy. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-Daemon-Thread.

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    That thread was about to give me cancer until Spiderman showed up.

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    Spiderman saves lives.

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    wow i had to scroll for 4 solid seconds to get passed one of the walls of text in there

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    I'll just leave this here...


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