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Originally Posted by masaegu
Thanks for the nice words, romaji-lovers!
What would you advise an English-learner from Japan if he asked you to correct his English sentences right below?
「ユーガイズアービーイングソーアンリーズナブル。ア イムリアリーディスアポインテッド。」
Would you be willing to correct that? Would you even care to read it for that matter? Will this "English-learner" be communicating with anyone effectively if he kept writing English like that just because it's easier for him to write English with kana as the Roman alphabet looks so strange and foreign to him? Would you call yourself elitest/purist/fanatic if you thought English should not be written in kana?
If you just said to yourself "no" a couple of times, then why the heck should I or anyone else not say the same to romaji-users? Wrong is wrong. Weird is weird. Let's start thinking things in relative terms and, most of all, be fair, dudes!
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If Katakana were as common in western countries as romaji is in Japan, then it would be
entirely acceptable to correct such a sentence.
If however the learner is relatively advanced, it would be preposterous for the learner to still be using a crutch in writing than to learn the languages more suitable writing styles.
Does this appeal to your sense of logic enough? Or is it not put in relative terms enough?