[KS] FRANK_baektueso hannakkaji

gkl1 at columbia.edu gkl1 at columbia.edu
Thu May 24 13:17:04 EDT 2007


That's a great one, Ruediger! George McCune figured this thing out
68 years ago. But this is what comes from romanizing letters, not
sounds.

Gari Ledyard

Quoting Ruediger Frank <ruediger.frank at univie.ac.at>:

> Dear all,
>
> it just occurred to me that Halla-san, the mountain in Cheju, is
> written Han-ra in South Korea, but Han-na in North Korea
> (pronounced, though, as Halla). Does anybody have a clue?
>
> Best,
>
> Ruediger
>
>
>
>






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