Literature
Text: The Dangers of Romaji
The main reason I'm typing up this deviation (on the spot, mind you!) is from a shocking post on Yahoo Answers in which a person advised AGAINST learning hiragana and katakana and to ONLY learn romaji! This deviation will (hopefully) explain why that is the worst idea ever O_O
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Their original advice:
"The best route to take is for the reading and writing side, focus on Roumaji, which is the romanized version of Japanese, and put most of your focus on speaking. I urge you not to focus on reading and writing Hiragana, katakana and kanji in the beginning, just focus on Roumaji and speaking and listening.
In any language at the end of the d