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Old 2012-04-09, 06:35   Link #1254
Tokkan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brightman View Post
Actually hertz in katakana is ヘルツ
Not entirely correct, ヘルツ is only for the German pronunciation, but for the French pronunciation it's エルツ and for English it's ハーツ.

Examples from Japanese Wikipedia.
Robert Hertz
The Hertz Corporation

Since her name is Wendy, an English name originating from the Welsh Gwendolyn, going for the German pronunciation to base the katakana transliteration makes little sense.
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