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12-05-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ThinasLWD View Post
no i've already seen thing like that on the internet.

just wanted to know if there actually exists something like a japanese alphabet with all characters apart,

so a japanese sign for a, a japanese sign for b, a japanese sign for c etc.
Such a thing does not exist. End of story

That's why foreign names and words like Thomas don't translate well into Japanese, and you have to try and find a combination of syllables that approximates the original sound, rather than spelling it out completely.
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