[KS] FRANK_baektueso hannakkaji

Ruediger Frank ruediger.frank at univie.ac.at
Thu May 24 17:16:16 EDT 2007


THANK YOU! At least one. Indeed, that was what I was talking about.  I meant the spelling in HANGEUL. The NKs write: han-na-san. No kidding. Check your nearest NK dictionary.So, what is the solution?

Cheers,

Ruediger

on Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2007 at 23:00 you wrote:

> Interesting.  And I thought (naively?) that Ruediger was talking about the Han'gul spelling!

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreaweb.ws]
>> On Behalf Of gkl1 at columbia.edu
>> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:17 AM
>> To: Ruediger Frank; Korean Studies Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [KS] FRANK_baektueso hannakkaji

>> 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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