From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Ozan Yigit Message-ID: References: <200101101807.TAA08863@boris.cd.chalmers.se>, <011b01c07b30$873de100$0ab9c6d4@cybercable.fr> Subject: Re: [9fans] Ick, I was not clear, sorry about that Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:50:21 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4b7ff7b6-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > 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