[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Logo - errors

[Mark Williamson]

That's most definitely "ku". If it is wa, that is a very strangely written wa.

On 15/06/07, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/15/07, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is actually Japanese, it is "kwi".
>
> Honestly now you prove you are not of literacy in Japanese ... (not a
> criticism, but a fact) .  It is "Wa" + (little) "i" in fact and this
> combination has never happened in the Japanese orthography, at least
> since the invention of kata-kana in the early Heian era (9th C).
>
> >
> > Although not used in any actual words, the fact that it is genuine
> > letters is not possible to negate.
> >
> > In fact, it is used in Okinawan dialect/language with some frequency.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 14/06/07, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Honestly Japanese community doesn't take the strange letter as
> > > Japanese, but "something trying to be similar" and asked at least once
> > > Nohat to change it with the correct genuine one(s) based on consensus
> > > but rejected he had no interest to make a such change by request (he
> > > said he had no enough time to handle it).
> > >
> > > It is already a FAQ "what represents the funny character?" on VP and
> > > community consensus is it is not a Japanese letter, but some just
> > > weird figures, there are also some figures which can never be letter
> > > used on this globe, ever. I know Japanese community is not happy with
> > > those two letters, and some takes it a sign WMF has no interest toward
> > > Japanese projects and its culture.
> > >
> > > Personal I have no strong opinion on that issue, though I admit it is
> > > hardly to be considered a thoughtful design, rather a typical
> > > misrepresenting other cultures of Westerners (personally I love this
> > > kind, since it makes me  ... smile at least).
> > >
> > > Just for your information.
> > >
> > > On 6/15/07, Peter Halasz <email at pengo.org> wrote:
> > > > > Usually, no response means nobody cares, not "it got lost in the
> > > > > tubes, please post again until people tell you to stop."
> > > >
> > > > There's no need to be rude. I appreciate that you don't want to see
> > > > your photoshopping work repeated, but if I followed your logic then I
> > > > would have expected no response to the Creative Commons 3.0 mention
> > > > here (22 replies, though no definitive ruling *cough*). But perhaps
> > > > you're correct that English speakers are happy to have poorly formed
> > > > Devanagari and a Japanese typo on the logo.
> > > >
> > > > Peter Halasz.
> > > >
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