From: jmh <j_m_h@...>
Date: 2004-10-07T12:24:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Bit of the Matz Interview (in Rubyist Magazine)

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Bit of the Matz Interview (in Rubyist Magazine)"
>     on Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:24:48 +0900, Eric Schwartz <emschwar@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> |Just kidding, honest!  But is there a CJK input method that allows for
> |furigana, or something similar?  How do Japanese people indicate the
> |way to read their name, for instance, if it's an unusual reading?
> 
> They use furigana, if their names are really unusual.  But it's rare
> case since our names are not mix cultured as American names.  Besides
> that, it's popular among us Japanese Ruby community to write our names
> in Hiraganas.  I'm one of them.
> 
> By the way, furigana (small letters to show pronounce along with the
> text) is often called as "Ruby" from its font size (5.5pt).  Now we
> are back to the list topic. ;-)

When I first tried to google for Ruby that was the subject 
of the first couple of links I opened. Is the use of the
same name purely coincidental or is the a connection? I
wondered about that but never thought to ask.

jmh