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We are evolving more and more particle-specific tags such as and but what to do with these three oddball particles?

  • Follow place in the kana tables: ha, he, wo
  • Follow pronunciation: wa, e, o
  • If we go with pronunciation should we still go with "wo" for the object particle?
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  • yay, glad to see this idea taking off :)
    – makdad
    Jun 4, 2011 at 6:10

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I think that since people will be thinking of the particles themselves when tagging that the pronunciation should be used wa, e should be used. However, を, is actually pronounced "wo" so that should be used. having "particle-o" might not very clear as to which particle it is while "particle-wo" is pretty clear (though this could just be because i'm used to thinking of を as "wo".

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    Some (I guess many, but I am not sure) Japanese speakers pronounce お and を in the same way. I do not know whether most foreign speakers of Japanese pronounce お and を differently or not.
    – Tsuyoshi Ito
    Jun 4, 2011 at 5:04
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    "wo" is non-standard. Writing so lacks consistency. We should use "o".
    – user458
    Jan 5, 2012 at 17:35
  • @TsuyoshiIto I find your comment interesting as my Japanese teachers and my wife scold me when I pronounce them the same. Though you may be correct that it is so subtle that most foreign speakers of Japanese might not pronounce it.
    – Mark Hosang
    Jan 13, 2012 at 2:44
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    For me, forcing the pronunciation “wo” for particle を sounds just as ridiculous as forcing the pronunciation “he” for particle へ. But I have heard that some dialects use the pronunciation “wo.”
    – Tsuyoshi Ito
    Jan 13, 2012 at 2:50
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I would say to go with "wa", "e", and "wo" as proposed by Mark.

I think any (sane :)) naming scheme is fine as long as we apply tag synonyms to ensure that the questions are categorized properly and consistently.

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