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I see many people saying "Romanji", not only here, but everywhere.
Clarifying: the correct is "Romaji - ローマ字", litterally, "Roman letters (latin)".
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  • Kimbo
    Nah. We are talking about the Roman Jamanji game, Romanji! RIP Robin :(
  • mog86uk
    You mean the movie 'Jumanji' right? That's exactly what I've regulary thought of whenever I've heard people say 'romanji', lol, not even joking!! O.o
  • Kimbo
    Damn! A spelling mistake really ruins a joke! Yeah, I guess that is what I thought too ^^
  • mog86uk
    @Keybladehero How about 'Chineseji'? Would it be alright for me to say that to mean 漢字? Also, I'm considering 'Englishgo' for when Japanese people speak 英語. :D

    We had another post with people correcting 'Romanji' only a week ago:
    http://japaneseclass.jp/feeds/comment/5034
  • KeybladeHero
    Romaji is a japanese word, don't mix stuff.
  • demonhead
    ローマ字 is a Japanese word. Romanji is an English word referring to the lazy, non kana translation that is used to teach tourists and non serious learners the language. Who cares about the people that can read kana, more people can't read it and are too lazy to learn it.

    Romaji is good for learning the kana. But it has spread like a disease infecting textbooks and other things that could have used kana.

    It's horrible and deserves no respect, thus romanji is better suited to it.

    I'm not a fan of it by the way.
  • ILUVJAPAN
    Yay someone else who likes Kingdom Hearts! =D WatashiwaKingdomHeartsgadaisukidesu!
  • Kimbo
    Wikipedia: sometimes incorrectly transliterated as romanji or rōmanji.

    Google: Did you mean: romaji

    Romanji: 400k hits
    Romaji: 8m hits.

    It's not really an "English word", but simply a common error (there are many of these in English, but it doesn't mean it's correct).

    This is just from looking into it now, feel free to prove me wrong with a valid source.
  • demonhead
    Romaji is technically correct. The same as こんにちは is technically correct. It doesn't stop people say こんにちわ.

    Some people say romanji to express their dislike of it. Others might think it's correct. It's not correct but who gives a shit.
  • Kimbo
    Just because people use it, doesn't mean it's correct. Source?
  • demonhead
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