"Tessai" <tessai@cryogen.com> wrote in message
news:qoSfb.221890$mp.137842@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
> wing wrote:
> > "[DFC]cOwMoO" <cowmoo@bikerider.com> wrote in message
> > news:bk9ffc$uo7$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> >
> >>"Patricia Chestnut" <kentpat@sccoast.net> wrote in message
> >>news:3f67f996.2437293@news.sccoast.net...
> >>
> >>>Does Evangelion come in a uncut verison? A friend say that it does!! I
> >>>think it the Director's Cut not an uncut verison. Who right and what
> >>>is new in the director's cut?
> >>>Thank you,
> >>>Kent
> >>
> >>The director's cut is the normal series on DVD (and VHS??), but  four
> >>episodes (21-24) have extra scenes to try to further explain the series.
> >>As for an uncut version, I've not heard of anything of this sort, your
> >>friend may be reffering to the director's cut episodes.
> >>
> >>cOwMoO
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > ok this question has nothing to do with this above ^^'''
> > its cause i don't want to start a new thread :)=
> > ok why do some people write kaworu and some kaoru?
> > and wich is the right one?
> > i think its kaworu.
> > :)
> >
> > ---
> > ...and the night came...
> >
> >
> I would suspect that the actual spelling is Kaoru. Nowadays (and I even
> believe even back when NGE was created), there is no longer a character
> for "wo" in Hiragana. There might be one possibly in Kanji. If not (and
> the name is written in Hiragana), then the name would be Kaoru, and it
> would be written ka - o - ru (3 characters). The spelling Kaworu was
> created during the translation to simulate the way it would be
> pronounced in English.
>
> Then again, I may be completely wrong, as I'm only in my second year of
> Japanese.

You mean this character, Tessai?

を (wo)

Still in heavy use today... :-P~

Anyway, back to the topic, I'd have to agree and say that his name is would
be spelt ka - o - ru (かおる). That's what I hear when I watch my DVDs
anyway.

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