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> Quoting Doug Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Patrick Andries <Patrick dot Andries at xcential dot com> wrote: > > > > > Because according to the articles this was the original English > > > spelling before the occupying Japanese authorities changed the initial > > > C by a K so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical order. > > > > This seems very misguided, if true. > > And it doesn't seem true. > <http://www.postmuseum.go.kr/DownImage/000915165823000_1.JPG> is a 5poon stamp > issued in 1895-07-22. Japan's annexation of Korea began in 1905. > > "Corea" and "Korea" appear to both be in use in the 19th century and into the > 20th. Indeed. http://www.postmuseum.go.kr/DownImage/000914161817000_1.JPG is an 1884 stamp labelled Corean Post. Doesn't preclude standardizing on � K � by Japanese authorities. P. A.
