Denpa Onna Anime discussion

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:18 pm

Yeah. kira earned one level of Japanese understanding.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:31 am

ainsoph9 wrote:Yeah. kira earned one level of Japanese understanding.

Yay.

Actually, I still wonder why use katakanas. I mean, aren't hiraganas enough?

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:41 am

Katakana are used for one of two things generally: foreign words borrowed by the Japanese or for emphasis (kind of like bold or italics in English). Hiragana is used for "native" Japanese words and plain text without emphasis. I put the word "native" in quotation marks because some words that were originally foreign words have become so common to the Japanese people that they have shifted from being written in katakana to hiragana. In other words, most Japanese do not either realize that they came from another language or they feel that the term is more Japanese than it originally was.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:58 am

I don't understand why use another alphabet for foreign words...

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:56 am

Katakana was originally meant to be a simplification of kanji to make the lower, less educated classes more literate. Since Japan simplified many kanji post-WWII, katakana in a sense kind of became a hangover from its original purpose, although, to my limited knowledge, it was being used for foreign words and the like beforehand. For a culture like Japanese society that has traditional been very wary of outside elements, it makes sense that they would differentiate between what they consider native and what they consider foreign. The rest of us scratch our heads and make comments similar to yours, kira.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:18 am

Who was behind the katakana idea?

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:20 am

Buddhist monks is one theory. Others say other things such as Japanese women courtiers.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:25 am

ainsoph9 wrote:Buddhist monks is one theory. Others say other things such as Japanese women courtiers.

JAPANESE WOMEN COURTIERS???

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:25 am

Yep. Boredom can produce some pretty amazing things.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:31 am

Like a denpa onna.

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:32 am

No kidding.

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:37 am

So, what can we talk about now?

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:38 am

Denpa Onna?

Mystes · Post by **Mystes** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:43 am

ainsoph9 wrote:Denpa Onna?

Though it looks good, I like Bakemonogatari better after all.

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:46 am

Why the comparison?

ばか！バカ！　馬鹿ー月！

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