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   In rec.arts.anime.misc Rob Kelk  wrote:   
   > On 4 Apr 2010 18:11:32 GMT, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:   
   >> Gilles Poitras  wrote:   
   >>> konbini (convenience store)   
   >>   
   >> Why is this transcribed as "konbini" all the time? After all it's   
   >> short for "convenience store", so shouldn't it be "convini"?   
   >   
   > I believe Gilles uses the romanizations that the Japanese do, which   
   > IMHO makes sense when discussing Japanese popular culture.   
      
   It was meant as a more general question, not why Gilles in particular   
   used it.   
      
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