Re: CHAT: cross-culturation

>> From: Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
>>
>> When she did return, she brought a calendar from a Thai restaurant.
>> It's labelled in Chinese.  I knew the weekdays (sun, moon, fire, water,
>> wood, metal, earth) but the months are labelled with what appear to be
>> special elaborate numerals.  ?
Adam Walker wrote:
> Hmm.  I think that might be Japanese?  In Chinese
> the days are Sun, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six.
Well, I see no kana anywhere.


> And the "elaborate" forms of the Chinese numerals are quite
> unrecognizeable as having any connection to the ordinary
> forms except for "five" and one of the options for "ten".
Check.  I suspected they might be numerals because

- I didn't recognize anything in the month-names, which was odd: if the
month-names are other than numbers, you'd think at least one them would
be as recognizable as the day-elements;

- the May-character contains a `5', and the June-character contains part
of a `6';

- 1, 2, 10, 11, 12 have the appropriate resemblances.


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