Talk:Japanese/Kana/Lessons/Hiragana/Lesson 11

WE versus YE
This article does not mention that the Kana for ゑ/ヱ has Western usage as YE, as in the word "Yen", "Yebisu", and archaic writing of Tokyo as Yedo (Edo), as it appears in chapter 11 of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, as well as in the short tale Yuki-Onna from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn.

According to two articles on Sci.Lang.Japan (http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/yen.html), (http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/yeyi.html) this usage is a result of romanization in Hepburn's dictionary of 1867. While this may not be correct usage, its acknowledgement may clarify confusion among English-speaking students of Japanese.

Secretlibby (discuss • contribs) 13:15, 20 April 2012 (UTC) Secretlibby