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03-05-2009, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kirakira View Post
 
I never seen 東京 written as とうきょう anywhere in Japan. Maybe I'm blind.
Ask a first-grader.

Kids who haven't learned the kanji for 東京 write it とうきょう in kana. They don't write it ときょ. The pronunciation will be completely different.

Besides, how do you even type 東京? You don't press T-O-K-Y-O, do you? That won't give you 東京.
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