Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 1, 2004, 11:55 |
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Peter Bleackley scripsit:
> I will probably be the last of the Japanese-speakers on the list to note
> that the native pronunciation is [hjMndai].
Does this mean that this pronunciation is actually used in Japan, or
merely that the name would be pronounced this way if it were in fact
Japanese (it's actually Korean)?
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John Cowan www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com
Lope de Vega: "It wonders me I can speak at all. Some caitiff rogue did
rudely yerk me on the knob, wherefrom my wits still wander."
An Englishman: "Ay, a filchman to the nab betimes 'll leave a man
crank for a spell." --Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia