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Article #5361Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:15
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:15
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LEE Sau Dan wrote: > The only one poly-syllabic character that I can find in Chinese dictionaries > is +-----+ > | +Zvg- | > +-----+ > > It is meant to be pronounced as <tu2shu1guan3> +VxZm+Jko-. It was > invented during the early 20th century, when some "scholars" wanted to > reform the Chinese script by following the Japanese fashion. However, > other than being listed in many Chinese dictionaries, this character > is not used in Chinese texts. Just as I said several weeks ago, according to Wm. Bright: a character invented for the purpose of asserting that a 3-syllable character exists. Where were you when I asked for confirmation? No one else put a date or a Japanese connection on it, though. -- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@att.net
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