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Old 2008-02-03, 12:57   Link #44
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Originally Posted by Skyfall View Post
Thats all good and fine, but consider this - the purpose of romanizing is to "translate" japanese (or any other language not using Latin alphabet) writing to their equivalents in Latin Alphabet, not specifically english language. Therefore it isn't "incorrect" just because it didn't look perfect when using English as a milestone.
Yes, JAPANESE to a latin alphabet, not English. Elemental is not a Japanese word, it is English, and Erementar is still a misspelling of that word.
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