"Gerry" > wrote in message
news:2008091107445616807-somewhere@sunnycalif...
> On 2008-09-11 06:11:31 -0700, "Musashi" > said:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I've seen halibut as "ohyo" and also as "dohyo" and always wonder if
>>> one is correct, or if, for some reason both are. and if they are, why
>>> would both be correct?
>>
>> Pacific Halibut is called Ohyou.
>
> If that's a Japanese word I'm struck curious by the spelling. Normaly we
> don't have an "h" hanging out there in space. Can anyone provide the kana
> for this?
>

Assuming you can read Japanese fonts,
it's usually written in katakana as
$B%*%R%g%&(B