Re: Japanese orthography (was: Korean politeness levels ( wasRe: Tonal Languages taken to extremes))
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 4, 2001, 1:03 |
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laokou scripsit:
> (meanwhile, the editor in me cringes when the
> Chinese city of Xi1an1 is written Xian, and not Xi'an; go figure).
Of course, Xiiaan would be unambiguous.
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