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Re: conlan/natlang coincidences

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, June 26, 2003, 10:20
Hi!

John Leland <leland@...> writes:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Henrik Theiling wrote: > The new system came out within the last year or so, though I think it had > been in preparation before that. I got a batch of material attacking the > new system from the leadership of the Royal Asiatic Society: Korea Branch, > which strongly opposed it. Personally I felt that the new system made it > more likely that at least the average English speaker would pronounce > Korean in a way that resembled the spoken Korean I heard when I taught > there in 87-88. I recently ran across my copy of the RASKB mailing; I will > try to find it again and send more information.
Oh, yes, yes! :-) I was told (by a Korean from Seoul), that Modern Korean has phonemic vowels length. Is that reflected in the new romanisation? **Henrik

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