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http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_meiji.htm

There's a summary of what Meiji might mean to historians. I'm not sure if
OpenStack needs to be too concerned about this, but I believe this is what
Ian is referring to as "historical and political debates in East Asia."

Seems like a hot-button name for OpenStack to adopt.

Excerpts from Ian Y. Choi's message of 2015-07-07 05:40:52 -0700:
> Hello,
> 
> I think the third name 'Meiji' may arise some historical and political
> debates in East Asia, as far as I know.
> 
> Could you share what significant identified problems are on the first two
> selected from our election?
> 
> 
> With many thanks,
> 
> /Ian
> 
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Masayuki Igawa <masayuki.igawa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > # I'm a native Japanese speaker :-)
> >
> > 2015年7月7日(火) 20:33 Amrith Kumar <amrith at tesora.com>:
> >
> >> Maybe this (the google answer)?
> >>
> >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvw0A12aOGQ
> >
> >
> > Yeah, this is correct pronunciation.
> >
> >
> >> But someone who is a native Japanese speaker should confirm.
> >>
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vwge557hY
> > I think this is a casual version and Japanese people are familiar with
> > this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -- Masayuki Igawa
> >
> >
> >> -amrith
> >>
> >> P.S. the yahoo answer suggests that you pronounce it as "Meh - gee" with
> >> the emphasis on the "meh" ;)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Matthias Runge [mailto:mrunge at redhat.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:08 AM
> >> To: openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> >> Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] OpenStack Meiji (明治) - Our next release name
> >> has been selected
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 11:48:13PM -0400, Monty Taylor wrote:
> >> > significant identified problems... but the third in the list, Meiji (明
> >> > 治) is clear.
> >> >
> >> > So please join me in welcoming the latest name to our family ... and
> >> > if you, like me, are not a native Japanese speaker, in learning two
> >> > new characters.
> >>
> >> Could someone provide a hint please, how to pronounce this properly?
> >> --
> >> Matthias Runge <mrunge at redhat.com>
> >>
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