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Re: Chinese writing systems

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 6, 2002, 6:26
Florian Rivoal wrote:
> Do you have a similar writing for "he" when it is pronounced "e"
Considering that that particle's pronunciation was once "we" (the /w/ lost when Japanese lost /we/ /wi/ and /wo/), "whe" might be logical. :-) Personally, I just use "wa" and "e", and have seen "ha" and "he" in other transliterations. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42