From: Pieter Stouten <Pieter.Stouten <at> EMBL-HEIDELBERG <dot> DE>
Date: 17 feb 1993
Subject: Re: Shogi terms in French

On 17 Feb 1993 12:25, Sylvie Guimont <HS99 <at> POLYTEC1 <dot> bitnet> wrote:
 
>ka-kou      Bishop          Fou
>fou-hei     Pawn            Pion
>
"Kou" and "fou" should be "ku" and "fu," respectively. "Ou" is only used
by one of the Japanese transcription systems to indicate a long "o." It
never stands for a "u." Probably French-speaking people can't resist
using the word "Fou" :-).
 
Cheers, Pieter.