Do you see the link for candystand.com? It's right underneath the title "Life Savers 5 Flavor". Right on this page. Right above here.

Hi Dave,

You can see the package by clicking on the first link.

The word "you" has no plural form, which I think is the problem. I think "yous" should be a legitimate word.

In Japanese "T" is definitely pronounced. "TSU" and "SU" are two clearly different syllables in Japanese. I should know because my last name is: Suematsu.

Marta,

I keep replying to your email, but you don't seem to get it.

Jun-Dai,

I think you raise interesting points here. With personal names, those issues have always existed and everyone deals with them differently. Some people would insist on the correct pronunciations of their foreign names even if their phonetic components do not exist in English language. Some people don't even bother, and give themselves common English names like John, Mike, Jane, Sally, etc..

As for me, I altered the official spelling of my name (Daisuke) so that people could pronounce my name correctly.

Speedwell,

Tokyo used to be called Edo. I'm not sure about the rest. I can't think of any alternatives for them.

Jun-Dai,

True, England is Eikoku and the US is Beikoku. I'm not sure where they came from. There may be other countries for which the Japanese have their own names, but the difference is that everyone is aware of the original names, and uses them as frequently as the Japanese versions.

But, the way they pronounce the original names are often very wrong. For instance, Portugal would be pronounced more like "Porutogaru".

This really bothers me too. My rationale is that I am a man, so I use 'he' consistently. I feel that if I were a woman, I would use 'she' consistently. I wish that the government would step in and officially endorse (not enforce) a rule. If they tell me that it should always be 'she', I would have no problem; I would follow that consistently. It's just a matter of agreeing with something, so that we don't have to worry about being called a sexist, or keep using 'he/she'.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/dining/07TABL.html

New York Times seems to consistently use "80's", apostrophe after the number, before the 's'.

Also, there is another thread for this discussion.

http://www.painintheenglish.com/post.asp?id=43

http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/fnews/2002-may/mayregulars3.html

The very last line.

The other one was an email written by an English teacher.