Re: Term Asian is not used properly on Computers and NET

[DougEwell2]

In a message dated 2001-05-29 7:10:48 Pacific Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>>  I think Calling
>>  CJK  specifically Asian is not appropriate nor helpful, because Asia is
>>  big and  have hundreds of languages and scripts...
>
>  This is certainly a valid point. "Far East" or "East Asian" might be more
>  appropriate for CJK.

Using the simple term "Asian" is a trap I could have fallen into quite 
easily.  Thanks to Liwal for bringing this up.

Peter has an excellent solution -- much better than trying to explain the 
term "CJK" to ordinary people -- and I plan to use the term "East Asian" in 
the future.

-Doug Ewell
 Fullerton, California