But...but...you didn't write about why the Japanese call the puzzle "nanpure"/Number Place when most of the rest of us call it sudoku.
I agree that it doesn't have anything to do with short and long vowel sounds, but it's still another great anecdote about Japanese culture vs. world culture.
Haha thanks, turns out I didn't do my research properly in the end. Sudoku isn't Japanese! It was just popularised there! Seems like a follow up article is on the cards. Thanks for pointing this out!
But...but...you didn't write about why the Japanese call the puzzle "nanpure"/Number Place when most of the rest of us call it sudoku.
I agree that it doesn't have anything to do with short and long vowel sounds, but it's still another great anecdote about Japanese culture vs. world culture.
Haha thanks, turns out I didn't do my research properly in the end. Sudoku isn't Japanese! It was just popularised there! Seems like a follow up article is on the cards. Thanks for pointing this out!
https://casilife.com/articles/history-of-sudoku/