"Curt Fischer" <crf3@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message news:3F19F0DF.250B1B95@po.cwru.edu...
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> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
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> > Curt Fischer wrote:
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> > > For your next test write out in kana the full pronuncation of these:
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> > > 1DK
> > > 2DK
> > > 3DK
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> > I can find a handful of hits for ワンディーケー, and one for スリー
> > ディーケー, but can't hazard a guess for 2DK. From the low hit counts,I
> > expect that there is a trick here.
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> 2DK is almost always ニディーケー.  I usually hear 3DK as サンディーケー
> but have heard スリーディーケー.  1DK is always ワンディーケー.

Not always.  My wife and I often say 'イチディーケー'.

Masayuki


> It's another way to make counting in Japanese even more fun.
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> Curt Fischer