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Tolkien_Freak · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 872 Location: Everu

There was a difference, but not that difference (ぢ = /J\i/, じ = /Zi/ (I think)). Then they merged to /J\i/, and then ディ /di/ came from English.

Originally ぢ may have been /di/, but it was long gone by the time English came in.
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'We are the knights who say, "に!"'

「私たちに理性と知性を与えた神は、その神と同じのは、その使いを捨てるつもりがあると信じざるを得なさそうではない。｣
　－ガリレオ･ガリレイ

My friend, after an intense 10-minute session of being yelled at by my Latin teacher: 'Well, at least I know my verb cases...'

Serali · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject:

Tolkien_Freak · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 872 Location: Everu

Serali · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:56 am Post subject:

No no no no we can't be the only ones. We just can't be.

What about Japanese?

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Tobo deu ne lenito sugu? - You kissed a frog?!

Tolkien_Freak · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 872 Location: Everu

Japanese is (AFAIK) ~50% from Chinese, IDK how much (prolly like 10 or 20%) from English. That's still only 70% though.
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'We are the knights who say, "に!"'

「私たちに理性と知性を与えた神は、その神と同じのは、その使いを捨てるつもりがあると信じざるを得なさそうではない。｣
　－ガリレオ･ガリレイ

My friend, after an intense 10-minute session of being yelled at by my Latin teacher: 'Well, at least I know my verb cases...'

Serali · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:45 pm Post subject:

DAMN!

But there's gotta be something that beats us.

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Tobo deu ne lenito sugu? - You kissed a frog?!