[KS] Good Sunday morning from Washington!

Soonyoung Chang syoungc at hawaii.edu
Fri Jun 26 13:25:43 EDT 2009


 The diacritics used in Korean romanization is not circumplex. It's called 'breve.'  
 
Erica Soonyoung Chang 

Cataloging Librarian 
University of Hawaii Library




----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Edward D. Rockstein" <ed4linda at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 4:38 am
Subject: Re: [KS] Good Sunday morning from Washington!
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws

> Whooops, that's 안중근 not 앙 중근. Sorry for the typo!
> 

> Dr. Edward D. Rockstein 

> 
> ed4linda at yahoo.com 
> 
> ”The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” — Cicero, 55 BC

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> 
> --- On Wed, 6/24/09, Namhee Lee <namhee at chwe.net> wrote:

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> From: Namhee Lee <namhee at chwe.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: [KS] Good Sunday morning from Washington!
> To: "Dr. Edward D. Rockstein" <ed4linda at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 8:36 PM
> 

> I'm out of town until July 6th and may not have daily access to my email. I will reply as soon as I can. Thanks, Namhee Lee
> 
> On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:11 AM, "Dr. Edward D. Rockstein" <ed4linda at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dennis, How one spells his name in Roman letters depends on which Romanization system one uses. Normally, scholars in the United States use the McCune-Reischauer Romanization system. Presuming you mean the Catholic convert 앙중근 [安重根] 1879-1910, that would be Romanized An Chung-gŭn (with a circumflex over the second "u"). For information on Korean Romanization systems, see the Wikipedia article entitled Korean Romanization.
> > 
> > Doc Rock
> > 
> > Dr. Edward D. Rockstein
> > ed4linda at yahoo.com
> > 
> > ”The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” — Cicero, 55 BC
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Sun, 6/21/09, Dennis Regan <idaho2000 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > From: Dennis Regan <idaho2000 at comcast.net>
> > Subject: [KS] Good Sunday morning from Washington!
> > To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
> > Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 12:38 PM
> > 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I am researching the period in Korea from about 1890 through 1938. Recently my attention has been greatly drawn to the life ofAhn Jung Geun but I am having a terrible time finding information about his life, including the early years. Does anyone have a suggestion?
> > 
> > Also, I have seen his named spelled An Jung Geun (I do not have access to the spelling in Hangul, unfortunately). So which is preferred: Ahn or An ?
> > 
> > Thank you. . . .===Dennis Regan===. . . .
> > 

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