Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 April 5

= April 5 =

Chinese names of hotel chains
In http://www.grandmercurehotels.com.cn/images/common/footerImg.jpg http://www.webcitation.org/6FexVmDBg what are the Chinese names of the hotel chains? And please confirm the following: Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 20:07, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Sofitel is 索菲特
 * Mercure is 美居 Mei Ju
 * Novotel is 诺富特
 * M Gallery is 美憬阁
 * Grand Mercure is 美爵 Mei Jue
 * Pullman is 铂尔曼
 * Ibis is 宜必思
 * The hotel company is 雅高酒店集团

Identifying Japanese characters
Hi, please see http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4497/55563252.png

Does this say 行かれる、来られる? (It is the れ that I am not 100% sure about.) 86.171.42.166 (talk) 23:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it does. Oda Mari (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mari, does that れ look at all unusual or sloppy or idiosyncratic to you, or is it a normal way of writing it? 86.171.42.64 (talk) 11:03, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It is totally normal. Seeing as you are so interested in Japanese handwriting, I would suggest reading about ペン字, which is handwriting using a pen (or pencil).  KägeTorä - (影虎)  ( TALK )  14:12, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Probably idiosyncratic, but it's also sloppy. It looks bit like cursive script, but it's inappropriate as the other characters are regular script. Oda Mari (talk) 16:50, 6 April 2013 (UTC)