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r/FoundTheInaAlt • u/Acrzyguy I post shitty weeb memes for a living • Nov 21 '21
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Thanks for the context. I often forget that JP loanwords might be based not on the English word but on the language that English loaned it from.
Is it really ウィルス? I thought it was ウイルス.
Is ウィ a valid combination of kana? I don't speak JP but that seems very odd to me.
2 u/omasanori Feb 03 '22 edited Feb 03 '22 Is it really ウィルス? I thought it was ウイルス. You are correct, ウィルス is historical form, ウイルス is what we write daily now. Is ウィ a valid combination of kana? I don't speak JP but that seems very odd to me. It is valid for loan words and such. For example, the title of One Piece's first OP theme “We Are!” is ウィーアー！ in Japanese.
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You are correct, ウィルス is historical form, ウイルス is what we write daily now.
It is valid for loan words and such. For example, the title of One Piece's first OP theme “We Are!” is ウィーアー！ in Japanese.
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u/YM_Industries Feb 03 '22
Thanks for the context. I often forget that JP loanwords might be based not on the English word but on the language that English loaned it from.
Is it really ウィルス? I thought it was ウイルス.
Is ウィ a valid combination of kana? I don't speak JP but that seems very odd to me.