On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:49 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:On 2 September 2010 20:00, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:シ is pronounced {cy.}, and followed by a vowel or 'y' kana, as in cusku: シウスクウ or シュスクウ.
The latter one should be シュスク (without ウ at the end).
All the "Cu" kana are pronounced without the 'u' bit, as です is pronounced 'des', in the proposal. As such, the ウ has to be there. Otherwise, how would you know that シュスク is pronounced {cusku} and not {cusuku}?