From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/8223 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Pieri Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Japanese names & alphabetization Date: 08 Oct 1996 09:49:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035148419 10833 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:13:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:13:39 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 789 invoked from smtpd); 8 Oct 1996 14:43:08 -0000 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@129.240.64.2) by deanna.miranova.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 1996 14:43:07 -0000 Original-Received: from unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (unilab.dfci.harvard.edu [155.52.46.57]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:50:03 +0200 Original-Received: (from ratinox@localhost) by unilab.dfci.harvard.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA24798; Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of 07 Oct 1996 16:04:22 +0100 Original-Lines: 37 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.40/Emacs 19.34 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:8223 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:8223 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: LMI> I never seem to be able to remember how to alphabetizise Japanese LMI> names. The family name is the first name, isn't it? The convention is to follow the conventions of the language being used. When speaking or writing Japanese -- even with "romaji" -- the family name comes first; when speaking or writing in the "Western" langauges the given name comes first. LMI> Ishikawa Ichiro, LMI> Morioka Tomohiko, LMI> Masaharu Onishi, LMI> Hideki Ono, LMI> Katsumi Yamaoka. LMI> Could someone who knows about these things tell me which are the LMI> family names? My best guess... Ishikawa, Morioka, Onishi, Ono, Yamaoka. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMlpb2p6VRH7BJMxHAQHDYAP/VQorKdAcM0XRSsgGLWHrbhBTaD+p76IG 0ZsCf1ey7KrklSKjXgZhTK9DsjpehvzPVvZzOX/JW7SNi6kPDyCABxyyMhNuX86d mzbHKE2mBKw44R3ON4qOIClcvbK3f2omGIVfruqb0o100oKYvHJ53PyNQszh4I2Q sGqcySvG27o= =893t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Richard Pieri/Information Services \ If you're not receiving enough attention, \ try knocking over some very expensive http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/ \ antique lamps. -A cat's guide to life