Comments on: A Nasty False Cognate http://toshuo.com/2006/a-nasty-false-cognate/ Chinese, Linguistics, Science, Cultural Observations and whatever else I feel like writing about Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Taiwanonymous http://toshuo.com/2006/a-nasty-false-cognate/#comment-4389 Taiwanonymous Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:13:49 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/a-nasty-false-cognate/#comment-4389 There's something evening nastier about 手紙--it's a homonym for "finger" (手指) Fortunately, it seems that 手紙 is rarely used in Chinese. I mentioned it to someone and they immediately thought I was talking about Japanese. In the photo, the complete word is 抹手紙. There’s something evening nastier about 手紙–it’s a homonym for “finger” (手指) Fortunately, it seems that 手紙 is rarely used in Chinese. I mentioned it to someone and they immediately thought I was talking about Japanese. In the photo, the complete word is 抹手紙.

]]> By: smokeyolive http://toshuo.com/2006/a-nasty-false-cognate/#comment-4111 smokeyolive Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:57:04 +0000 http://toshuo.com/2006/a-nasty-false-cognate/#comment-4111 I'll ask and tell you later... haha I’ll ask and tell you later…

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