Examples of Harmful Double Reading of Ruby Base and Ruby Text

Murata Makoto, Project Professor at Keio University


彼の名前は 出羽内でわないです。

This sentence is intended to mean "His name is Dewanai". But double reading of ruby base and ruby text completely changes the meaning: it will be interpreted as "His name is NOT Dewanai".

それでははなしにならない

This sentence is intened to mean "Nonsense!". But double reading changes the meaning: it will be interpreted as "You have to deal with it".