Re: Meaning of this chinese character please ?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
On Jan 16, 8:38 am, LEE Sau Dan <dan...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Bart" == Bart Mathias <math...@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

LSD >> Note that the picture in the web page is in Korean (those
LSD >> besides the <ai4> character are Hanguls)

[...]
Bart> Now I hope someone will explain the hankul. I get as far as
Bart> malkwallyaNi "the/a hussy," but what in the world is ppukka?
Bart> Something to do with the "Ma pucca" (= ?) in the title?

And you said you don't see the Hanguls?


I think he was complaining about the standard English word "hangul,"
since he used the "more scientific" Yale romanization <hankul> in his
message.

No, I'm not very sensitive to that difference. It was the pluralization
of "hangul/hankul/hangeul" that set me off.

I got to wondering about my reaction the next day (yesterday), and
noticed that for some reason that bothers me a lot more than "hiraganas"
would.

"What does this hangul say?" -- OK
"What do these hanguls say?" -- Weird! Hankul is a system of writing.
There's only one hangeul in the whole world.

"What does this hiragana say?" -- OK
"What do these hiragana say?" -- OK; hiragana are individual characters.
"What do these hiraganas say?" -- Hmmm. Sounded better yesterday...

Bart Mathias
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