my name 1/2
Just for my curiosity, how do you pronounce my name Nao? 'Nay-oh' as in 'Naomi'? I'm not sure exactly how I write by phonetic symbols, but 'na' as in 'now' and 'oh' as in 'Naomi.'
My name sounds 'Na-oh'
with accent on the front - The exchange of comments was the kicker that made me add this, thank you!🗣️
When someone who especially is a native speaker says 'Now,' I sometimes mishear it as if I were being called. I was not the only one who misheard it, so I could say that to Japanese ears my name and NOW can sound much the same.
While researching all about the name, I found some news I didn't know. I didn't notice it because it was lost in the corona disaster.
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The Japanese government has decided that from 1 January 2020, Japanese names will be written in Roman characters in the order of surname and first name. If the family name is to be clearly distinguished, it will be written in all capital letters.
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The custom of reversing the original form of Japanese names when writing them in romaji (=Roman characters) and using the order of 'first name, last name' took root in the Meiji era (1868-1912) during the Europeanization of Japan and is still widely used today.
...this post continues in 'my name 2/2' on the 7th October🚢
