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Writing of White Day
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2020/2/15 14:41
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Why is White Day written ホワイトデ
instead of ワイトデー?
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by Menj (guest)
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Re: Writing of White Day
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2020/2/15 18:14
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white = ホワイト
day = デイ or デー.
I prefer to デイ but, many perhaps デー.
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by ken (guest)
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Re: Writing of White Day
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2020/2/15 21:17
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There is a distinct [hw] sound at the beginning?
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by ....... (guest)
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Re: Writing of White Day
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2020/2/19 19:20
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Some English speakers DO aspirate a soft H sound on some words which begin with W, such as white, while, what, which etc. The artist Bob Ross for example, tended to say 'hwhite' when referring to the colour. I imagine that back in the day, the person who decided on the katakana for white in Japanese, referred to a native speaker who aspirated the H. You can read more on this fascinating topic here: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/84177/hwat-hwere-and-hwy
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