"Georg Wrede" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Bill Baxter wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Don <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Haruki Shigemori wrote: >>>> Don ????????: >>>>> On Windows, it compiles, but I can't get it to link. The errors are >>>>> all >>>>> related to malloc-family functions. >>> As far as I know, that's the first time I've ever ???????? something. >> >> It says "Don-san wa kakimashita:" or "Mr. Don wrote:" >> >> :-) > > It's the first time I see something in Japanese is longer than the English > version.
I've noticed it seems to happen both ways. It's interesting how english words get translated into their katakana alphabet. I've seen that occasionally end up longer than the original spelling because of approximating certain sounds and sound combinations that they don't have. And then when that katakana gets written in our english/roman letters, it's roughly twice as long as the katakana. Its been far too long since I've studied it though, so I can't really think of a good example (probably something with a lot of consecutive consonants). I do love the language though (even though I understand very little of it).
