Re: about Somei Satoh
David Badagnani <[email protected]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:19:05 -0700 (PDT)
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Although I've always pronounced it SO-may SA-toe, the standard rōmaji (romanization) of Somei Satoh's name: kanji: 佐藤 聰明 / hiragana: さとう そうめい is Satō Sōmei. Like Finnish or Hungarian (and unlike Spanish or Latin), I don't think there are strong accents in Japanese two-syllable words, but the ō vowels are longer so might sound stressed when speaking the name. Sōmei literally means "intelligence." I'm sure many list members know Japanese much better than I do, though. On a related note, Toru Takemitsu said “I would like to achieve a sound as intense as silence.” -- David Badagnani Kent, Ohio USA >________________________________ >From: Dionisis Boukouvalas <[email protected]> >To: Silence <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:42 AM >Subject: [silence] about Somei Satoh > > > >Slightly irrelevant (but check out what Satoh says about silence here: http://www.wix.com/someis/home#!info), but I think someone here might know how to pronounce "Somei Satoh". Are the accents on the o's? > > >