[KS] seok

[Owen Miller]

Re: [KS] seokDear List,

While we're on this topic, I have another measurement-related question that someone out there might have the answer to.
I have come across the term 'sok' (? - 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' (?) 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.

Thanks,
Owen Miller
SOAS

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathan Best 
  To: Korean Studies Discussion List 
  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [KS] seok



    A word to the wise. Surely she, not he?
    Must be Katherine in Polish, I'd surmise.
    All those As.

    cheers
    Aidan (male, usually)

    AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER
    Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University



    Katarzyna

    Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, PhD
    Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies

    In a message dated 25/04/2005 18:39:37 GMT Standard Time, jbest at wesleyan.edu
    writes:

    > Ergo, if  Mr. Cwiertka is concerned with the
    > volume of a søk anytime before the Choson period
    > (and possibly the late Choson period), then the
    > answer to his question is not so clear.  There
    > are basic Chinese reference books giving the
    > dynastic variations in weights and measures that
    > one can readily consult.
    >







  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.
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