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Oct 01, 2011 19:55

So this week I was talking to someone about my new cat and this happened after I told them her name:

Them: So, did you name her after yourself?
Me: ... What?
Them: You know, her name is Mari, your name is Rosemary.
Me: What? No! I didn't name her after myself. 0_o

And I was being totally honest when I said that. For one thing, they're not pronounced the ( Read more... )

japanese, life, 日本語, pets

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le_section_8 October 2 2011, 17:48:03 UTC

Yeah! Obviously, YOU are named after the CAT. (Time travel, y'know.)

athenaltena October 2 2011, 20:20:38 UTC

My great-grandmother actually had a cat before I was born who looked almost exactly like my cat now (named Amelia) so who knows.

Happy Belated Birthday ロスマリ comingin2day October 3 2011, 16:04:43 UTC

ロスマリ,
I wanted to wish you a Belated Happy Birthday.. hard to believe another year has passed already. Where does the time go.?

I hope your Birthday was wonderful and that this year is full of Divine Surprises and Joyful memories.

Julie

athenaltena October 3 2011, 19:55:27 UTC

Thank you!

And I actually just realized that in this post I illustrated my point, since if you type my name on a Japanese keyboard it read "ro-su-ma-ri" which the third character should be メ, so it's really ロスメリ! I hadn't noticed when I first put that up! That's one problem with using a phonetic alphabet (Japanese) to write words that aren't always written the way they sound (English).

Japanese and phonetic pronouceations comingin2day October 3 2011, 22:32:28 UTC

I totally agree.. In Hebrew there is no CH..even thought they use the letters CH.. the sound it makes is a heavy Het sound. the same with ai...that is the sound of I. I guess in the American culture we take a lot for granted that when we see letters, or the amount of letters to pronouce a word that other cultures and languages will try to come as close to explaining the sounds and meanings with the tools they have. But, unless you understand and want to learn the language truly... then much of this information will be lost on you. Especially, if the letters provide tones and sound that actually change the molecular structure of water, which the human body is 80%. Very important to know that. I totally agree also with Mari... that your pronounciation is how I would have pronounced it, with a soft "a" (ah).. In Hebrew by pronoucing those sounds you have established the M*mmm* for the base chakra of manifesting your personal power... M"ah" is the heart chakra for emotion/love/energy....R*Ree* is the War/Peace (depending on intent).. ( ... )