Alternate Japanese titles outside of Japan

[Wei Ting Jen]

Just a quick word on this as a Chinese speaker, ¤Îmay have been popularised
by Japanese manga/popular culture or Taiwanese in recent years, but it has
been used interchangeably with the classical Japanese Ö® or in Mandarin, µÄ
from a long time back - I have seen it in my grandparents' letters from
decades earlier.

Perhaps the linguistic historians out there could tell us if ¤Î was imported
into China during the Meiji/Taisho era? Or could it have been brought into
Hiragana script from classical Chinese centuries back?


2009/12/26 Jonathan M. Hall <jmhall at pomona.edu>

> I would like to concur with Aaron's observation, with the additional note
> that I've seen the same phenomenon on the Mainland, Shanghai specifically,
> in the last few years that I've been going there and checking out the pirate
> markets. Speakers of Mandarin will no doubt have far more to say, but I see
> the Japanese ¤Î being used as a substitute for Ö®¡ªas it is used in Japan also.
> The titles are simply Chinese local titles and are not intended to be read
> in Japanese.
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> Not knowing the specific answer, I was nonetheless struck by a
> hypothesis. Use of the Japanese kana ¤Î has become somewhat of a
> fad in Hong Kong and some Chinese territories (going along with a boom
> in Japanese pop culture). I was wondering if the Chinese distributor
> made up this title for Chinese audiences who, especially if they are
> fans, know about the ¤Î already. In that case, this is not an
> alternative Japanese title, but an alternative Chinese title which
> nonetheless underlines this is a "cool Japan" film. Maybe someone else
> knows the answer.
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