From: Simon Cozens <simon@...>
Date: 2003-01-16T19:01:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Quick question for Japanese speaker

"Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:
> But Yuki (aka "snow") tells me that Japanese people 
> are more likely to associate that with a certain
> kind of apple, and that perhaps I should use the
> katakana instead.

"kuranai tama" literally means "purple jewel",  but yeah,
the association's there.

> And it is not "really" for Japanese people, but 
> used because sometimes Americans think Japanese
> looks cool

Which is why I'd say go with the kanji, even though the
katakana is more "correct".

-- 
>but I'm one guy working weekends - what the hell is MS's excuse?
"We don't care, we don't have to, we're the phone company."
    - Ben Jemmet, Paul Tomblin.