From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@...>
Date: 2005-06-01T06:10:13+09:00
Subject: [OT] "Tollkit" vs. "Toolkit" (Was: [ANN] Ruby-VTK-0.2.0 was released)

Hi!

Sorry for using ISO-2022-JP but it is essential for this message needs
to contain some Japanese.

At Mon, 30 May 2005 11:42:32 +0900, Seiya Nishizawa wrote:
> Ruby-VTK is a ruby wrapper of VTK (The Visualization Tollkit:
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^

I send this message to the list because not only Seiya Nishizawa may
benefit from this:

Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language:

   toll(1), v.t.: 1. to ring (a large bell) with slow, repeated
   strokes. 2. to announce or summon by this means. - v.i. 3. to sound
   with slow repeated strokes, as a bell. - n. 4. the sound of tolling
   a bell

   toll(2), n. 1. a charge paid for some privilege, as for passage
   over a bridge. 2. a payment for a long-distance telephone call. 3.
   the extent of loss or suffering resulting from some action or
   calamity.

   tool, n. 1. a hand instrument used in performing or facilitating
   mechanical operations, as a hammer. 2. the cutting or working part
   of a machine, as a drill. 3. anything used to accomplish a definite
   purpose. 4. a person manipulated by another for his or her own
   ends. - v.t. 5. to equip with tools or machinery. 6. to cut or
   shape with a tool. - v.i. 7. to work or decorate with a tool. 8. to
   drive a vehicle.

My somewhat outdated editions of Webster's Desk Dictionary of the
English Language and Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary do not list
"toolkit".

As a rule of thumb, two identical vowels mean a long vovel - this is
pretty much the same in Japanese. One transliteration for おおどり 
（大通り） therefore is "oodori"[1]. Two identical consonants
following a vowel indicte a short vowel. One transliteration of the
word あっぱく （圧迫） therefore is "appaku". HTH.

じゃまた、

Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT

[1] It took me some time to find a word that starts with oo (to make
sure the first "o" is an "お" and then to make usre the second "o" is
an "お" and not a "う". (Could anybody please check if I got the a/an
issue right?)

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