Re: Hebrew, etc. [was: Multi-lingos
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, August 23, 2000, 16:14 |
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At 08:54 23.8.2000 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>I am just beginning to see the phrase "West Asia" applied to the Middle
>East, paralleling "South Asia" for the Indian subcontinent and
>the much older "East Asia" and "Southeast Asia".
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>And of course it's familiar in the U.S. that the "Middle West" is a local
>region, whereas the "Middle East" is a global one.
Which destroys my Comparative Religion lecturer's quip about
"Fundamentalists of the Middle East and West"!
BTW in my understanding "West Asia" includes Iran and Turkey/Asia Minor,
while "Middle East" excludes these. It may be just my urge to make a
distinction...
Also WA refers to ancient times, ME to modern political, in my mind.
/BP 8^)>
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