Re: another question: extending time

From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:28:34 GMT

"Bart Mathias" <mathias@hawaii.edu> wrote in message
news:vtYIc.22087$ju1.19064@nwrddc04.gnilink.net...
> Chris Kern wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > I bet you would like to use $B$^$D$j$4$H(B instead of $B@/<#(B, huh?
>
> I've sometimes wished that the Japanese language were such that I could.
> I bet muchan would go along with that.
>
> I suppose I'm being ungrateful in a way. The Sino-Japanese words were
> the easiest to use, their existence and pronunciation being almost
> guessable on the basis of Sino-Korean.

Not to mention the fact that you can say a lot more with them...

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