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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Ick, I was not clear, sorry about that
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:09:51 +0100
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> Thus kana -- the ability to render phoenemes is irrelevant.

the kana was derived from the kanji, stolen from the
chinese in the 13th? century.  until then the japanese
had no writing system.