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   From: robkelk@deadspam.com   
      
   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.   
      
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