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June 28, 2007

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van

Interesting!

I just found this elsewhere:

"FUN LINGUISTIC FACT: Iwo Jima is officially referred to as Iô Tô (both words rhyme with "toe") in Japanese. The name "Iwo Jima" was applied by Americans: the "w" is an artifact from the wacky prewar Japanese writing system, and the use of "jima" instead of "tô" is a transliteration error similar to calling Mount Fuji "Fujiyama" when it should be called "Fuji-san." The thing is, the American usage became so common that it started to eclipse the Japanese usage, until the Geographic Society officially decided in 2007 that "Iô Tô" should be the name used on maps."

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Iwo%20Jima

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