Comments on: 伊辛巴耶娃 to 伊娃 http://www.garyfeng.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/%e4%bc%8a%e8%be%9b%e5%b7%b4%e8%80%b6%e5%a8%83-to-%e4%bc%8a%e5%a8%83/ 如 影 随 行 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Kevin Miller http://www.garyfeng.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/%e4%bc%8a%e8%be%9b%e5%b7%b4%e8%80%b6%e5%a8%83-to-%e4%bc%8a%e5%a8%83/#comment-188245 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:42:49 +0000 http://www.garyfeng.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/%e4%bc%8a%e8%be%9b%e5%b7%b4%e8%80%b6%e5%a8%83-to-%e4%bc%8a%e5%a8%83/#comment-188245 So what character is it? Someone once clamed that 卅 is (pronounced "san1 shi2", but it's actually "sa4"). It seems to me that this is a common move among languages, e.g., in English "Worcestershire" --> "Wooster." You could spin a story about primacy and recency effects, I suppose... So what character is it? Someone once clamed that 卅 is (pronounced “san1 shi2″, but it’s actually “sa4″).

It seems to me that this is a common move among languages, e.g., in English “Worcestershire” –> “Wooster.”

You could spin a story about primacy and recency effects, I suppose…

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