Kana question!

[Ponpon]

I was doing my homework and i noticed the word 'hotchikisu' wich means stapler but i was wondering how to write this word in kana because there is no symbol for 't' alone??

my guess is you just write ほちきす, that the t just isn't there, like the M in romaji changes into an N symbol in kana but still not sure so.. anyone knows? thank =D

[chachava]

the t comes from a small 'tsu' character - same as Hatchobori (place in Tokyo)
I guess it just makes it easier to read in romaji than a cc?


The answer is: ホッチキス

Hope that helps!

[Ponpon]

Oh hey! yeah i get it now thanks personally i think it would be easier to understand if they just wrote hocchikisu
why are you writing it in katakana though? i thought hotchikisu was a japanese word??

[chachava]

Originally Posted by Ponpon

Oh hey! yeah i get it now thanks personally i think it would be easier to understand if they just wrote hocchikisu
why are you writing it in katakana though? i thought hotchikisu was a japanese word??

nah, it is a loan word which comes from an American company name - EH Hotchkiss (I discovered this by accident, it confused the hell out of me until I saw the name on the staplers we use at work lol)

[chachava]

just done a little googling and found this about it (maybe just more confusing though lol):

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[Ponpon]

HEY yeah! know what you mean haha i googled the word hotchikisu before i posted here and i saw a site for Hotchkiss, confused me too =p anyway thanks for helping! =]

[chachava]

Originally Posted by Ponpon

HEY yeah! know what you mean haha i googled the word hotchikisu before i posted here and i saw a site for Hotchkiss, confused me too =p anyway thanks for helping! =]

anytime, i'm bed-ridden with glandular fever at the moment so online pretty much all day (which is driving me crazy haha!). Give me a shout if you need any more help!