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...Hm. I guess I should probably actually read Zam's omakes, then.

Also, come to think of it, how do you pronounce "omake?" I've always thought it was "oh-make," but I recently learned that Japanese words that end in vowel-consonant-e don't function like English words that do, so I'm currently reevaluating a bunch of words and names I thought I knew.

And finally, the reason I came over to comment in the first place, I just found this. Satan's Ribbon this. It's called tonsofcats.com, and there is a "random kitty" button. I just thought you all should know.
 
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hugh_donnetono said:
...Hm. I guess I should probably actually read Zam's omakes, then.
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Yes, yes you should.

hugh_donnetono said:
Also, come to think of it, how do you pronounce "omake?" I've always thought it was "oh-make," but I recently learned that Japanese words that end in vowel-consonant-e don't function like English words that do, so I'm currently reevaluating a bunch of words and names I thought I knew.
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It's three syllables. "O" is like in the english "on", "ma" is somewhere between "match" and "market", "ke" is like "keg". Google Translate has a "listen" button if you'd prefer to hear it in a Japanese accent.

The backstory here is that basic Japanese characters are syllabilistic: almost all are a consonant sound followed by a vowel sound. (The exceptions are the five vowels, which can be used on their own, and "n".) "Omake" is written "おまけ", with the moonrunes being the o-ma-ke.

Don't worry, I had a similar moment of confusion when I realised that the first syllable in genjutsu (illusion magic from Naruto) is pronounced like "get" not "jet".

hugh_donnetono said:
And finally, the reason I came over to comment in the first place, I just found this. Satan's Ribbon this. It's called tonsofcats.com, and there is a "random kitty" button. I just thought you all should know.
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Kawaiiiiiii!!! (かわいい = ka-wa-i-i)
 
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hugh_donnetono said:
...Darnit, why can't I rate your post Informative, Insightful, and Hugs?!? Mods, I urge you to correct this grievous error! :p
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Glad you got value out of it :)

If you have much secondhand exposure to Japanese, e.g. through quests like this, I'd really recommend spending half an hour with a basic textbook or browsing Wikipedia. Even if most of what you pick up doesn't stick, it'll still give you a little frisson when you notice that sempai shouldn't be a real word and then discover that it's a common mis-transliteration of senpai, or what have you.

If you find yourself reading kanji (ideogram) definitions, however, then you have gone Too Far. Pull out while you still can.
 
hugh_donnetono said:
...Darnit, why can't I rate your post Informative, Insightful, and Hugs?!? Mods, I urge you to correct this grievous error! :p
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Japanese is a syllabary, so everything is phonetic. That's also the reason there's two "competing" romanization methods. Hepburn does its best to preserve the sounds (e.g. shi and tsu), while Kunrei-shiki (ironically WRITTEN in Hepburn romanization) treats the kana as a lookup table and combines the row's consonant with the vowel (e.g. si and tu).
The vowels are all pronounced as in Classical Latin, and as in most languages which use the Latin alphabet. English is an exception due to something called the "Great Vowel Shift" where we changed all our vowel sounds somewhere between the "end" of what's considered Old English, and the "start" of what's considered Modern English (i.e. sometime during what's considered Middle English). That's why our vowels are pronounced differently from pretty much every other language that uses the Latin alphabet.

'A' is always as in "father", 'E' is always as in "get", 'I' is always as in "pig", 'O' is always as in "own", and 'U' is actually closer to the 'oo' in "book".

The more you know!
 
Sk8torchic said:
Japanese is a syllabary, so everything is phonetic. That's also the reason there's two "competing" romanization methods. Hepburn does its best to preserve the sounds (e.g. shi and tsu), while Kunrei-shiki (ironically WRITTEN in Hepburn romanization) treats the kana as a lookup table and combines the row's consonant with the vowel (e.g. si and tu).
The vowels are all pronounced as in Classical Latin, and as in most languages which use the Latin alphabet. English is an exception due to something called the "Great Vowel Shift" where we changed all our vowel sounds somewhere between the "end" of what's considered Old English, and the "start" of what's considered Modern English (i.e. sometime during what's considered Middle English). That's why our vowels are pronounced differently from pretty much every other language that uses the Latin alphabet.

'A' is always as in "father", 'E' is always as in "get", 'I' is always as in "pig", 'O' is always as in "own", and 'U' is actually closer to the 'oo' in "book".

The more you know!
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Yep. It makes pronouncing Japanese easy for example us Finnish speakers.
 
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[x] Yay, more time with your Pink Girl!
[x] Wait does this mean more soap?!
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UbeOne, Nottheunmaker, apeljohn

[x] Yay, more time with your Pink Girl!
[x] Human bath, or cat bath? Preferably human bath.
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Always Late, Slith10, SailorMidgard, Icipall, veekie, MrLZRS, RexHeller

[x] Yay, more time with your Pink Girl!
[x] Wait does this mean more soap!?
[x] Human bath, or cat bath? Preferably human bath.
No. of votes: 6
ltmauve, Zam, LostDeviljho, Sk8torchic, FelOnyx, angelofwhim

 
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    • [x] Yay, more time with your Pink Girl!
    Pink Girl wants to take a bath with you! Yay, more time with Pink Girl!
    You mewl loudly to let her know how happy your are! You'd cuddle her more but you are very big and might hurt her.

    [x] Human bath, or cat bath? Preferably human bath.
    Oh, you need to know! As Pink Girl leads you to the bath, you look up at her and ask, 'Human bath or cat bath? I like Human bath.'

    She giggles, petting you, "Human bath, Homura-chan. Can you go back to normal size too, please?"

    Oh, okay, anything for Pink Girl! You turn small again and she picks you up. You squirm happily in her hands. Yaaaay!
    As Pink Girl readies the water, you stare eagerly at the bath. Bath, bath, water! You love swimming!
    Eventually, Pink Girl slips into the water, giving you the go ahead to jump in! You do so, your mewls bubbly because your mouth is underwater.
    ...
    Oh no, you're sinking!

    Pink Girl supports you with her hands, though. You're okay.
    Smiling, she begins to wash you.
    ...
    Oh, bubble things.

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    -[x] Be catgirl.
    --[x] Do fr-fr-fr into bubbles.
    ---[x] Be amazed that you made new bubbles.

    We need to get Amura bubble blower. For more feline fun.
     
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