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"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
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> "Hachiroku ??????" <Trueno@??????????.gts> wrote in message
> news:VV_7h.1961$Kw2.624@trndny05...[color=green]
>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:10:40 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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>>> "Hachiroku ??????" <Trueno@??????????.gts> wrote in message
>>> news:QAR7h.1575$gJ1.396@trndny09...
>>>> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:59:41 -0600, Ray O wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>>>>> news:6RQ7h.1942$Kw2.186@trndny05...
>>>>>> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:12:19 +0000, Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anybody read Kanji?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems top work in the reply, also...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, that is not Kanji. It is Katakana and says "Hachiroku."
>>>>> There
>>>>> is
>>>>> no Kanji for hachi roku so the correct way to write it in Japanese
>>>>> would
>>>>> be
>>>>> numerically.
>>>>
>>>> AHA! Ray is correct! (As well he should be) since in Japanese they use
>>>> Arabic numbers! I had forgotten that, didn't I? ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But, take a look at my 'new' tag!
>>>
>>> The tag doesn't make sense (at least to me it doesn't). Keep in mind
>>> that I
>>> can't read more than around 20 Kanji characters but I can read Hiragana
>>> and
>>> Katakana. BTW, there are Japanese/Chinese numbers.[/color]
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>>
>> Oh. As far as I knew, the Japanese and Chinese used Arabic.
>> It seemed kind of odd to me that they wouldn't have developed their own
>> numbering system.
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> The Chinese and Japanese numbers are the same but are not widely used.
> The Chinese/Japanese numbers are used in certificates and ceremonial
> stuff, but Arabic numbers are used every day.
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>
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
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I notice a lot of times the model designate is in Roman, as well. For
instance the Carina comes up with TA12 behind it, that's definitely not
Japanese.

Charles of Schaumburg