Re: Idoru
| From: | M.E.S. <suomenkieli@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 8, 2002, 13:04 |
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--- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote:
> Christophe wrote:
> >En réponse EAndreas Johansson
> <and_yo@...>:
> >
> > > For the Japanophones on the list; am I correct
> in assuming that "idoru"
> > > (as
> > > in William Gibson's book-title) is a
> japanesification of "idol"?
> > >
> >
> >If you mean the English word "idol", then no.
>
> Well, the word is found in many modern western
> languages - if it's a loan
> there's no reason it should necessarily be from
> English.
True, but it's very probable that the JPN imported the
word from [American] English...
M.E.S.
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