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JimmySeal said:Japanese Paper currency has "Nippon Ginko" printed on it in romaji, but other than that I can't remember a time when I noticed anyone use the word Nippon here. Of course the language is nihongo, not nippongo, and Japanese people are nihonjin, so if you think about it, it wouldn't make a lot of sense for people to call their language nihongo and their country nippon. That would just be kinda silly.
JimmySeal said:if you think about it, it wouldn't make a lot of sense for people to call their language nihongo and their country nippon. That would just be kinda silly.
Nippon is also used, I think, for most names of companies and organizations, foundations etc with Japan in the title instead of Nihon.undrentide said:Postal stamps also show NIPPON, but in our daily conversation both nihon and nippon are used quite often.
When cheering on Japan at sports games, we do say "nippon!", most probably it is easier to stress/emphasize. "Ganbare, nippon" is a popular phrase.
And we do say "nippon jin" though "nippon go" is far less popular.
Languages (not only Japanese) are living things, and they can be illogical in many aspects. (IMHO)
As undrentide wrote, I have many stamps (most of 1983) and all "Nippon" printed on them. There is no Nihon. But also I have magazine named Nipponia I agree with undrentide againundrentide said:Postal stamps also show NIPPON, but in our daily conversation...
undrentide said:Languages (not only Japanese) are living things, and they can be illogical in many aspects. (IMHO)