From: Patrick Andries (Patrick.Andries@xcential.com)
Date: Mon Dec 15 2003 - 13:28:10 EST
----- Message d'origine -----
De: <jon@hackcraft.net>
> Quoting Doug Ewell <dewell@adelphia.net>:
>
> > Patrick Andries <Patrick dot Andries at xcential dot com> wrote:
> >
> > > Because according to the articles this was the original English
> > > spelling before the occupying Japanese authorities changed the initial
> > > C by a K so that Korea would follow Japan in alphabetical order.
> >
> > This seems very misguided, if true.
>
> And it doesn't seem true.
> <http://www.postmuseum.go.kr/DownImage/000915165823000_1.JPG> is a 5poon
stamp
> issued in 1895-07-22. Japan's annexation of Korea began in 1905.
>
> "Corea" and "Korea" appear to both be in use in the 19th century and into
the
> 20th.
Indeed.
http://www.postmuseum.go.kr/DownImage/000914161817000_1.JPG
is an 1884 stamp labelled Corean Post.
Doesn't preclude standardizing on « K » by Japanese authorities.
P. A.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Mon Dec 15 2003 - 14:14:44 EST
