Re: kanji/chinese/japanese
From: Marc Adler (marc.adler_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:29:23 GMT
Gabor Farkas wrote:
> so it seems that when they invented the word for airport, they took the
> kanji for sky and the kanji for harbor.
Not "harbor," but "port." Skyport.
Just like when we invented the word for airport we took the word for air
and the word for port.
Marc
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