(OT) Romanji

[Charlie]

How did you learn japanese, university ?

Charlie

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Howard Berkey wrote:
>> Saaa Wrote:
>>> Ah nice!
>>> Would you happen to know whether Japanese people mind reading romanji 
>>> iso kanji?
>>
>> Interesting question.  I'm sure they prefer kana and kanji, but as for 
>> how much they actually mind romanji in a pinch, I don't know.
>>
>> I do know that personally as a student of Japanese, I dislike romanji.  
> 
> It is definitely much harder for Japanese people to read Japanese 
> written in romaji (Note: no 'n') than in kana and kanji.  I have noted 
> on several occasions when I gave romaji to a Japanese person to read 
> that they seemed to find it more difficult to read than I (who initially 
> learned to read it in romaji) did.
> 
> --bb