At 1:18 AM -0400 6/5/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 2001-06-04 12:32:28 Pacific Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> I think the problem that Doug might be suggesting (correct me if I'm
>> wrong, Doug) is that "Chinese" is also the name of a language(s). The
>> term "Han" doesn't have this problem, but the term is unfamilar to most
>> people.
>
>My concern was that these characters, although originating in China, are used
>to write not only Chinese, but also Japanese (and purportedly Korean, and
>formerly Vietnamese). Calling them "Chinese" could be seen as Yet Another
>cultural slight.
>
>-Doug Ewell
> Fullerton, California
It's certainly no worse than talk of the Latin alphabet or romaji in
reference to English words embedded in Japanese text.
--
Edward Cherlin
Generalist
"A knot!" exclaimed Alice. "Oh, do let me help to undo it."
Alice in Wonderland
