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[This recent
question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4862/1%e3%82%ab%e6%89%80-%e3%81%84%e3%81%a3%e3%81%8b%e3%81%97%e3%82%87-or-%e3%81%84%e3%81%a1%e3%81%8b%e3%81%97%e3%82%87)
brought to mind a question of my own.

The Japanese name for the [Twenty-One
Demands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-One_Demands) made by Japan in
1915 to the Republic of China is romanised on the wikipedia page as 対華二十一ヵ条要求
( _Taika Nijūichikkajō Yōkyū_ ).

How is the combination 一ヵ条 meant to be pronounced? If the wikipedia page is
correct, what explains the gemination between 一 and 条?
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pronunciation counters
一ヵ条: いちっかじょう? いちかじょう? いっかじょう?
Same as in the previous answer, but this time with a different counter:
ikkajō. This one is well known and should be searchable in a number of history
books. Or you could try a dictionary as well:
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/132721/m6u/%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%80/>
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Some times, the correct form/reading is not settled, just like there are two
forms `got` and `gotten` for the English past participle. In careful slow
speech, it is いちかじょう. In casual ordinary speech, it is いっかじょう.

The source you cited mixed these forms into an ungrammatical form. In your
particular example, you should be able to tell it is wrong because (i)
i-epenthesis: "it-kasho" → "itikasho" and (ii) gemination: "it-kasho" →
"ikkasho" are independent strategies to repair a phonological sequence "tk"
that is not allowed in Japanese, and there is no reason to apply both.
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