[KS] Revised Romanization Detailed Guidelines?

[Charles Muller]

On 12/12/2016 11:16 AM, Brother Anthony wrote:

> Charles Muller writes: " If an official Korean governmental or
> academic organization would take the time to carry out an equivalent
> effort just once, much could be resolved."
>
> Alas, rather too much experience makes me want to write, rather, "If
> an official Korean governmental or academic organization took the
> time to carry out an equivalent effort, far greater confusion would
> result."

Aah, after all, you are right--by now I should know better.

In fact, the decision to contact NIKL during the publication of my 
dictionary was made by my Korean colleagues, not by me, and it turned 
out that I had it all right, and that the NIKL people and my Korean 
collaborators did not understand the issues at all. It is, after all, 
mainly the foreign scholars and librarians who need to deal with the 
thorny issues.

And come to think of it, the detailed Pinyin guidelines that we have at 
our disposal were probably not written by the Chinese, either.

With all I've invested in RR, it actually might make sense for me to try 
to initiate, or at least offer my experience to the composition of such 
a text. I'll try to look for an opportunity to do so...

Chuck

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