Except this whole debate is because there is no definite way people romanize ü. If there was, this debate would have been over centuries ago. You talk about display on websites, but every website will display it as ü.peppy wrote:
I'm not talking about typing. You can search using the actual non-romanised charactres. Please read my last post again – I'm talking about display on websites.
The best solution for this would to be to allow ü in the romanization field. Why aren't we allowed to use accented characters in that field in the first place? There are more scenarios besides the Chinese ü where this becomes a problem. (Example: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/740535#osu/1562308 Only reason this needed to be romanized is because of the umlaut a, as the artist's name is Mäe, but really we should have just had Mäe without a need for romanization)
Please make it easy for us to use accented characters in the metadata then. The solution is there, but it requires the staff's help, honestly.peppy wrote:
It doesn't matter which we choose if we're going for conformity. People will get used to it.
Let's stop this and copy the most settled upon solution elsewhere on the internet.
You bring up passports, but that is the only scenario where "yu" is used. Chinese passports have used "v" as well, and it is up to the passport holder if they want to keep it as-is or change it to "yu" The only reason this is a thing is because they can't use ü on a passport, but really the easiest solution would be to update their system to allow ü on passports.Ephemeral wrote:
if that passport romanisation is actually the case, then that's enough precedent set for the use of "yu" over "v", it would seem
"v" is not and will not ever be a valid transliteration in english for this particular because its sound is not really approaching "vuh" or "vee". "yu" is closer to the actual overall sound ("yuU") - romanising by IME precedent is ugly in a number of cases even if it is technically easier to search for
Seriously, the best solution is to just allow ü and other accented characters in the romanization field. Basically all websites use ü, there is no reason for us to be stuck in this debate when typing ü on a computer is so easy.