2008-04-25T06:51:07Ztag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/what-do-people-search-fortag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/543/23812008-04-25T06:51:07ZIrishOboe<p>A I U E O can all be alone. The only consonant that can stand alone is N. All others are in consonant-vowel pairs. No-a sounds reasonable to me, too. I never completely got the hang of how to produce kana English in certain cases.</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/543/23802008-04-24T21:52:47Zjondaley<p>Aren't you not supposed to have vowels at the beginning of a syllable, or are they there, you just pronounce a consonant? Or was I taught incorrectly -- quite possible, since some of the things my professor said were invalidated (in the most nicest way possible) some visiting exchange students.</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/543/23792008-04-24T21:15:22ZStephan<p>Actually, I'd posit no-a.</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/543/23782008-04-21T19:32:23Zjondaley<p>yeah, duh.</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/543/23772008-04-21T07:24:37ZIrishOboe<p>I'm guessing the Japanese spelling of Noah would be no-wa.</p>