Talk:Shishi
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Metaknowledge in topic RFD discussion: August–December 2018
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So, I know nothing about Japanese, but it seems wrong to have both Shishi and shishi as translits....--New WT User Girl (talk) 09:09, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
- One is a proper noun 🤷 —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 18:08, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ya, this is SOP for JA terms that have proper nouns -- the romanization of the proper noun takes initial capitalization. If there's also a homophonic term that is not a proper noun, then you have cases like this one, where there are two romanizations that differ solely in capitalization.
- See also Mandarin Qín and qín as a similar example in a different language. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 00:51, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- RFD passed; this is our usual method. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 23:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC)