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I don't know that you can call latin characters (romaji) "alien" to modern Japanese. Aside from everyone learning English throughout their entire school career,
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
I don't know that you can call latin characters (romaji) "alien" to modern Japanese. Aside from everyone learning English throughout their entire school career, romaji is pretty common in signage and interfaces. If you write Japanese in romaji, anyone on the street can read it. This is not something you can say about rendering English in katakana.
- reaperducer 5y agoSince he's quoting his wife, who is actually Japanese, I think we non-Japanese have to accept her word that it is "alien." Also note that not all uses of the word "alien" are negative.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoI reviewed the thread and I think you are confusing Normille (the one I responded to) with Tor3 (who actually seems to back up my assertion). Unless I missed something of course. I'll obviously yield to a native speaker's opinion on this.