[RE][gundam] AEUG pronunciation Re: Dynasty Warriors Gundam

[Joseph Riggs]

Well...   For making your point, I suppose you could have the Turks (who already are members) or Ukrainians (who want to be members) make the claim. :P   Neither nation is particularly close to the Atlantic.   I think the main thing is that for most English speakers, a "word" consisting largely of vowels doesn't sound quite right.  "NATO" works because each syllable is composed of both a vowel and a consenant.  SEATO (which included Australia, but not Japan) also follows a similar style.  I think the primary problem with AEUG for me is the fact that the first syllable has no consenants.  As a result, it sounds strange.   But I suppose that's what happens when you have people who aren't fluent in a language coming up with names for that language. junior     ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : [gundam] AEUG pronunciation Re: Dynasty Warriors Gundam Date : Sun, 2 Sep 2007 01:24:10 -0400 From : "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To : list@gundam.com Imagine if one day Australia and/or Japan join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, then it may be suitable to keep Nato as its name, but drop the full name since "North Atlantic" is not accurate anymore. Ok, it's a bit of a stretch...

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