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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While we're on this topic, I have another
measurement-related question that someone out there might have the answer
to.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have come across the term 'sok' (束 - not sure
whether Chinese characters show up on here) used for a quantity of paper. I
think it is also equivalent to the native Korean word 'mut' (뭇) meaning some
sort of bundle. I would be interested to know whether anyone knows how many
sheets of paper this term refers to. Dictionary entries seem to be a little
vague.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owen Miller</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SOAS</FONT></DIV>
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<A href="mailto:jbest@wesleyan.edu" title=jbest@wesleyan.edu>Jonathan Best</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 25, 2005 8:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [KS] seok</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT color=#000000 face="Times New Roman"
size=+3><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=+2>A word to
the wise. Surely she, not he?<BR>Must be Katherine in Polish, I'd
surmise.<BR>All those As.<BR><BR>cheers<BR>Aidan (male,
usually)<BR><BR>AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New"
size=+2>Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea,
Leeds University</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New"
size=+2>Katarzyna<BR><BR>Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, PhD<BR>Centre for Japanese
and Korean Studies<BR><BR>In a message dated 25/04/2005 18:39:37 GMT
Standard Time,</FONT><FONT color=#0000cc face="Courier New" size=+2><U>
jbest@wesleyan.edu</U></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New"
size=+2><BR>writes:<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT color=#800000 face="Courier New"
size=+2>> Ergo, if Mr. Cwiertka is concerned with the</FONT><FONT
color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=+2><BR></FONT><FONT color=#800000
face="Courier New" size=+2>> volume of a søk anytime before the Choson
period</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=+2><BR></FONT><FONT
color=#800000 face="Courier New" size=+2>> (and possibly the late Choson
period), then the</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New"
size=+2><BR></FONT><FONT color=#800000 face="Courier New" size=+2>>
answer to his question is not so clear. There</FONT><FONT
color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=+2><BR></FONT><FONT color=#800000
face="Courier New" size=+2>> are basic Chinese reference books giving
the</FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New" size=+2><BR></FONT><FONT
color=#800000 face="Courier New" size=+2>> dynastic variations in weights
and measures that</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT color=#800000 face="Courier New"
size=+2>> one can readily consult.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=+2>></FONT><BR><FONT color=#000000 face="Courier New"
size=+2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Oops, my sincere apologies to Ms. Cwierta, I did not intend to
offend. In explanation of my mistake, I was responding to Ms. Cwierta's
query indirectly through the screen of T.N. Park's response to her query,
hence I only had K.J. Cwierta before me. Since I have only known male Koreans
to use their initials as an abbreviation of their names, I incorrectly assumed
Ms. Cwierta was Mr. Cwierta. Mea culpa. My thanks to Aidan
Foster-Carter for setting me straight, and again my apologies to Ms.
Cwierta.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV>Jonathan W. Best<BR>Art History Program, CFA<BR>Wesleyan
University<BR>Middletown, CT 06459-0442<BR><BR>Telephone: (860)
685-3025<BR>FAX: (860) 685-2061<BR>E-mail: jbest@wesleyan.edu</DIV>
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