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Re: CHAT: "boocoo"

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Sunday, May 25, 2003, 8:18
Quoting Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>:


> Joe scripsit:
>
> <<The Cantonese is Yat6Bun2 (Yaht-bún) (日本=Nihon).  That looks
> close enough to
> "Japan" to me.>>
>
> Now I know where the Russian language got the name "Yaponiya"...

I've seen "Japonese" in some old English text - assuming it's not a mere typo,
it could be related.

                                                              Andreas