Talk:いぎりす

Should this even exist? Are foreign borrowings every really writeen in Hiragana? &mdash; Hippietrail 13:02, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * No, hardly ever. Foreign borrowings normally written in katakana.


 * I've heard that words can be written in katakana for emphasis, perhaps like bold or italic in English - can the reverse occur? Writing words in hiragana which would normally be written in katakana? &mdash; if not there's little reason for this article to remain even as a redirect. What does anybody else think? &mdash; Hippietrail 14:03, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Certain borrowings are occasionally written in hiragana, ie たばこ. I'm not sure about this one, but it does have a kanji equivalent: 英吉利. いぎりす in hiragana gives 3790 hits on google, so I think it should probably stay. --Vladisdead 06:09, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)