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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