Text in D article (4th revision) [OT] ha vs wa

[Chris Nicholson-Sauls]

Daniel Keep wrote:
> 
> Hasan Aljudy wrote:
>>
>>konnichiwa!!!!!!11one :D
> 
> 
> Actually, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be konnichiha: people keep
> spelling and saying it "konnichiwa" because westerners misheard what the
> Japanese were saying :3
> 
> (Do correct me I'm wrong, btw...)

Unless my Japanese mentor was playing a prank on me (which is /entirely/ possible) its 
actually a quirk thing.  While it is written "kon'ityi-ha" it is indeed pronouned 
"kon'nityi-wa", as the 'ha' kana is written for the particle 'wa' for some long-forgotten 
reason.  (Kind of like the archaic 'wo' kana is still used for the 'o' prefix, as in 
"(w)o-genki desu-ka".)

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls