How would you write my name in Katakana characters?

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DominicanPokemon

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19 Sep 2007

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• 19 Sep 2007

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What would the japanese equivalent of Carl be? I am unsure as to how to write my name using japanese characters.

It would be great if I could get some advice on how one would write my name using katanaka.

 

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masaegu

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16 Aug 2007

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• 19 Sep 2007

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That would be カール in katakana. No other way whatsoever.

 

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DominicanPokemon

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19 Sep 2007

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Thanks a lot. =)
What does the straight character in the middle signify?

 

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masaegu

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16 Aug 2007

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That bar means that the preceding syllable 'ka' is elongated. As the Japanese sound system doesn't enable its speakers to produce the 'r' sound alone, they elongate the vowel immediately preceding the 'r' as a kind of a make-up for the absence of the 'r'.

Incidentally, there is a top-selling snack named カール in Japan, so people won't have a hard time remembering your name there.

http://www.meiji.co.jp/catalog/sweets/snack/karlchs/index.html

 

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DominicanPokemon

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19 Sep 2007

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• 19 Sep 2007

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Oh, ok. I thought I remembered its function being something like that. Thanks again, I will use this in the future.