Ooyodo... your writing is too perfect, its almost as if its type on a computer...

Edit: For the matter of fact, do Japanese have those kanji?
Edit 2: Actually now I look at it closely, its Ooyodo's writing.

laisy said:

Graf... your writing is too perfect, its almost as if its type on a computer...

Sheba German carrier that was never completed...

She has a lot to prove so what were you expecting?

laisy said:

Ooyodo... your writing is too perfect, its almost as if its type on a computer...

Edit: For the matter of fact, do Japanese have those kanji?
Edit 2: Actually now I look at it closely, its Ooyodo's writing.

Those would be how their names are written in (Traditional) Chinese.

Hanzi, maybe?

@NNescio Actually the words are written from right to left, therefore she is correct. Otherwise "伯爵号 齐柏林" won't make sense.

And if you can't read the words below Akagi, its "航空母艦" from right to left, with "艦" totally screw up.

Edit:

NNescio said:

Those would be how their names are written in (Traditional) Chinese.

Hanzi, maybe?

Actually I go search it and turns out, they do have those kanji, and is pronounced similarly to the hanzi.
Edit: Oh wait, not all are there.

laisy said:

@NNescio Actually the words are written from right to left, therefore she is correct. Otherwise "伯爵号 齐柏林" won't make sense.

And if you can't read the words below Akagi, its "航空母艦" from right to left, with "艦" totally screw up.

Ah yes, I got confused by the mirrored text.

laisy said:

Ooyodo... your writing is too perfect, its almost as if its type on a computer...

Edit: For the matter of fact, do Japanese have those kanji?
Edit 2: Actually now I look at it closely, its Ooyodo's writing.

The kanji (hanzi) that are "allowed" to be used for names in Japan include a much larger selection than those used day to day (or even occasionally).

There's an entire science of etiquette in Japan regarding names - it is not impolite to ask someone how their name is written, or if you get their business card, to ask how their is read (if they didn't introduce themselves fully for whatever reason) because it's such a mess er so complicated.

Though using kanji for approximations of pronunciation is a Chinese thing - Japanese simply use kana for that. I think it's just supposed to show that how well educated Ooyodo is that she knows all of the really lesser-known characters.

OrderOdonata said:

The kanji (hanzi) that are "allowed" to be used for names in Japan include a much larger selection than those used day to day (or even occasionally).

There's an entire science of etiquette in Japan regarding names - it is not impolite to ask someone how their name is written, or if you get their business card, to ask how their is read (if they didn't introduce themselves fully for whatever reason) because it's such a mess er so complicated.

Though using kanji for approximations of pronunciation is a Chinese thing - Japanese simply use kana for that. I think it's just supposed to show that how well educated Ooyodo is that she knows all of the really lesser-known characters.

Evidently these words follow Chinese grammar, not the Japanese one. First, the Japanese doesn't use the suffix 號 when referring to the name of a ship(besides the Japanese uses the simplified word 号). Second, when dealing with foriegn names like Graf Zepplin, Japanese will simply use katagana to spell its pronunciation. In this case it will be グラフ・ゼッペリン