From: Ozan Yigit <oz@tiger.cs.yorku.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Ick, I was not clear, sorry about that
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:50:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ycdwvc39lgq.fsf@tiger.cs.yorku.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <011b01c07b30$873de100$0ab9c6d4@cybercable.fr>
> the kana was derived from the kanji, stolen from the
> chinese in the 13th? century. until then the japanese
> had no writing system.
i think "stolen" is a really bizarre way to put it. adoption of a writing
system usually happens as people of different regions fight, trade and
mingle; it is usually not an act of deliberation...
oz
--
www.cs.yorku.ca/~oz | if you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe
york u. computer science | we'll just have to make some! -- hobbes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-11 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-10 18:07 Laura Creighton
2001-01-10 18:09 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-11 9:50 ` Ozan Yigit [this message]
2001-01-11 9:50 ` ozan s. yigit
[not found] <200101110206.DAA15496@unix12.planete.net>
2001-01-11 9:33 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-11 10:10 okamoto
2001-01-11 10:46 ` Boyd Roberts
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