Re: Origin of 'hoomu'

jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [...]
> The older dictionaries never had プラットフォーム; only
> プラットホーム. But recent editions of 広辞苑, 大辞林, etc.
> have added entries for プラットフォーム, at least crossreferencing
> it to プラットホーム. The Eijiro file has far more
> entries containing プラットフォーム than プラットホーム.
>
> The GG5 seems to say there is a difference in meaning between the
> two. In its プラットフォーム entry is says:
> 1 〔駅のホーム〕 ＝プラットホーム
> 2 【電算】 〔システムの基盤〕 a platform.
> -- Unix のプラットフォーム上で on the Unix platform.
> -- いろいろなプラットフォームに対応している support various (hardware)
> platforms.
> -- 単一[マルチ]プラットフォームのOS a single-platform [mutiplatform] OS.
>
> So trains may arrive at プラットホームs, but computer systems have
> プラットフォームs.
>
> And Googits?
>
> プラットホーム 264,000
> プラットフォーム 1,540,000

I've probably been to train stations in Japan more than 300 times, and I
don't think I ever heard that trackside area called a プラットホーム,
only ホーム.

But Googling might lead one to believe that ホームたち are now all home
pages, or some other sense of Eng. "home."

Bart
.

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