Katakana, Hiragana, wtf

I had to type “riki” for Power – and i did it right! - but the program interpreted my “ri” as katakana, and the “ki” as hiragana, for some reason, and i got marked wrong. Whyyyy??? Was it because i used a capital letter?

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Yes, the system converts capital letters to katakana.

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why doesn’t Japanese just use American letters like pfff what the heck Japan :joy:

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Actually “wtfgana” is a very appropriate name for kanji

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I answer all my reviews in hentaigana which is why I’m still here years later.

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Wow. That you can differentiate that is an achievement in its own.

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They do. It’s called Romaji.

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They don’t really use it tho ^^ Do they ?

Not really. Only on street signs and such, right?

don’t worry I was only joking :stuck_out_tongue:

My only experience there is a 3 week trip and I don’t recall seeing any romaji. More katakana than I would have expected, a good amount of english (in transports mostly), but no romaji.

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You didn’t look at a single train station sign in your whole visit? :stuck_out_tongue:

Romaji is surprisingly prevalent. Lots of advertising uses it. Manga like to have their titles written in romaji somewhere on the cover too, for some reason.

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Damn ! I knew I was not 100% sure of my answer, that’s why I said “I don’t recall” :sweat_smile:
I don’t recall any other occurence though… until someone else posts a picture !
I guess my mind just ignored it, I was so busy trying to decipher everything…

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You’re just fishing for people’s holiday photos, aren’t you? :stuck_out_tongue:

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I don’t recall seeing any topless lady on the beach :pig:

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That’s because if they posted a picture, they probably would get banned
from the forums.

You’re… not very good at spotting jokes, are you? That’s twice in this thread already.

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I posted that one with a smile. No I can’t tell from text, because, I don’t know you personally

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did it take you a month to edit this :clap:t4: :clap:t4: :clap:t4: :clap:t4:

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