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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by Aldoman
The person typing the station in engrish made a typo and is in the system as nihommatsu
Same thing going on in many Asian countries. New systems of romanization are developed to meet various needs.

Korea - Pusan / Busan, Kimpo / Gimpo etc.
China - Beijing / Peking etc.
India - Bombay / Mumbai etc.

English speakers are really the least qualified people to tell Asians how to use the alphabet. We can't even decide how to spell our own language - or how to pronouce it. Truth be told, we haven't got a clue:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEgJjz3Oz4
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