> As far as the second matter is concerned, yes, Japanese don't > yuse the question mark at > the end of questions usually, but a usual dot.
When ever I run across "-ka" (as in a question), "-yo" (as in an emphatic statement) and so on, I'm reminded of a Danish gentleman by the name of Victor Borge. He was a genius musician (specialized in the piano), but he was also and extremely FUNNY man, and his concerts were as much comedic as musical. One of the things he would talk about would be his "Phonetic Punctuation", (A clip of which can be found here: http://www.kor.dk/borge/b-mus-1.htm) in which, exactly as you might expect, various punctuation marks were given a vocal equivalent. Listen to the clip, I won't waste time trying to type it out, but this is what I think of when I find the particles I mentioned above. Dave III Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
