01-05-2011, 05:12 AM
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Re: Transmission, Inheritance, Emulation 18
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Fred Little wrote:
Tanomo knew how to read and write using Chinese characters. He had no personal need to write in katakana, except perhaps as furigana (smaller kana alongside Chinese characters in a text) to indicate the mixed reading of the compound
(see Josh Lerner's post 36 at this link):
http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/showthread.php?p=178850
If we start from the documented premise that the reading is not a straight Chinese reading, but a strange mixed reading, the argument for the katakana being a sign that Tanomo was taught by a Chinese teacher is, well, strangely mixed.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but I would have to suggest that this isn't evidence that is going to settle the question, or even point dimly toward a settlement.
Best,
FL
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Hi Fred,
The question then becomes, why did Sagawa's father write aiki in katakana and not kanji? I don't have the original japanese version of the text and all I have is the interview to go by, so I'm sort of questioning things from afar.
Thanks,
Mark
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