Re: Bopomofo and pinyin
| From: | DOUGLAS KOLLER <laokou@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 22, 2000, 6:36 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Bopomofo and pinyin
> BP Jonsson wrote:
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> > Might be the Postal Map method
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> I believe that "Soochow" and "Hangchow" for Suzhou and Hangzhou,
> the cities, are Postal Map relics.
And perhaps "Swatow" (Mandarin: Shantou) which never made sense until I
learned Taiwanese (Soantau).
Kou