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Let us discuss eastern language and typography
Drew
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7/20/2009 2:57 PM
scott
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7/20/2009 3:09 PM
ah ri ben yu. i always thought chinese and japanese were two different languages. i guess not.
Drew
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7/20/2009 3:15 PM
pronounced ni hon go = sun origin language
scott
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7/20/2009 3:27 PM
yup. exact same translation in chinese just different spoken word. i bet you can read this: ä¸Â国è¯Â
mike
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7/20/2009 6:13 PM
jun guo ren?
There's one script in chinese thats almost the same as japanese meaning-wise. that's also true of that script across the different chinese dialects like mandarin/catonese and local languages. e.g. this japanese dude we traveled with in china could translate the signs to english even tho he didnt speak any chinese dialects.
There's one script in chinese thats almost the same as japanese meaning-wise. that's also true of that script across the different chinese dialects like mandarin/catonese and local languages. e.g. this japanese dude we traveled with in china could translate the signs to english even tho he didnt speak any chinese dialects.
Drew
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7/20/2009 9:47 PM
something like "all country language"?
scott
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7/21/2009 3:32 PM
zhong guo yu. middle country language. since the Chinese believe they are the center of the world zhong guo means China.
mike
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7/21/2009 5:08 PM
i think they use Pu Tong Hua now the People's Speak (because e'rebody's from beijing arrogant biches :D )
scott
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7/21/2009 5:14 PM
i haven't come across that yet. they don't actually use zhong guo yu. they usually say 汉诠(han yu) for Chinese. i just thought Drew might be able to recognize the other characters.
Drew
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7/22/2009 12:49 PM
The first one in japanese is naka meaning all or inside then I forgot the word for country maybe kuni and that's the character inside the box