Re: The pitfall of Chinese/Mandarin

>From: Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
>Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:16:00 -0800
>
>I have heard that the distinction in written chinese between <ta> `he'
>and <ta> `she' is a recent innovation, perhaps inspired by foreign
>languages.
Actually, there are even more ta's there's one listed inmy old dictionary
(which I've never actually seen used) with the cow radical for animals and
there's one (which *is* in use) for divine use with the omen radical. And
the ta that means "it" uses a different character altogether.

Adam

>
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>Anton Sherwood  --  http://www.ogre.nu/

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