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Anyone where the "ou" romanization for long o vowels comes from (e.g. 少年 being rendered as "shounen" rather than "shoonen" or "shōnen")?

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Wikipedia suggests it might be from Wāpuro rōmaji, where "u" is always used to spell the kana "う"

parent aidenn0 10 months ago

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