Re: [OT] Early Asian History

From	Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written
Subject	Re: [OT] Early Asian History
Date	2016-06-05 23:38 -0600
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Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:05:39 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"
><b.scott@csuohio.edu> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:37:56 +0800, Robert Bannister
>><robban@clubtelco.com> wrote
>>in<news:drk604F4vjsU2@mid.individual.net> in
>>rec.arts.sf.written:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>> Wouldn't Cantonese still be the most widely-spoken form
>>> of Chinese outside China?
>>
>>The Yue dialects, among them Cantonese, are well up there,
>>but the Min dialects, especially Hokkien, are also widely
>>spoken outside China, as is Hakka.  And Mandarin is
>>increasingly common.  My guess is that it’s either Hokkien
>>or Guangdong (Cantonese proper), but that’s only a guess.
>
>And I simply have no idea.  Everything I know about China and Chinese
>comes from visiting China; I don't know a damn thing about elsewhere.

As a protectorate of England, the Hong Kong dialect (Cantonese) is
probably the most commonly seen in English-speaking countries, so what
we in this English-speaking forum have seen is probably not
particularly relevant to what's found in the non-English world.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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[OT] Early Asian History William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 12:51 -0700
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-06-02 15:43 -0700
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 19:03 -0700
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-02 21:35 -0700
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 11:03 -0700
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History Bill Gill <billnews2@cox.net> - 2016-06-03 08:24 -0500
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:53 -0700
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-06-03 11:57 -0700
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 12:50 -0700
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-04 00:21 -0400
      Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-04 07:28 -0700
        Re: [OT] Early Asian History Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-06-04 10:43 -0700
          Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-04 16:11 -0400
            Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-04 14:08 -0700
              Re: [OT] Early Asian History "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 17:37 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-04 17:56 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 18:15 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2016-06-04 21:58 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-05 01:32 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-05 12:43 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-05 14:53 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-05 15:37 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-06 10:37 +0800
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-05 23:05 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-06 01:13 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-05 23:38 -0600
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-06 02:41 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-06 01:57 -0600
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-06 13:51 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 12:13 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2016-06-06 21:54 +0100
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-07 04:40 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "John F. Eldredge" <john@jfeldredge.com> - 2016-06-07 23:39 +0000
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-07 22:09 -0600
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-08 13:26 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-08 12:10 +0800
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Robert Bannister <robban@clubtelco.com> - 2016-06-07 12:12 +0800
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-07 01:32 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 00:26 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Robert Woodward <robertaw@drizzle.com> - 2016-06-05 21:43 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-06 09:46 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-05 05:29 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-05 12:54 -0400
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-05 12:27 -0700
                Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-05 23:16 -0400
        Re: [OT] Early Asian History wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-08-03 17:32 -0400
          Re: [OT] Early Asian History Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-08-03 17:36 -0400
            Re: [OT] Early Asian History wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2016-08-03 18:21 -0400
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 12:39 -0700
      Re: [OT] Early Asian History Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-06-08 09:13 -0700
        Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 09:24 -0700
        Re: [OT] Early Asian History Joe Bernstein <joe@sfbooks.com> - 2016-06-09 20:24 -0700
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 16:25 -0700
    Re: [OT] Early Asian History Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 07:18 -0700
      Re: [OT] Early Asian History Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-06 09:46 -0700
        Re: [OT] Early Asian History "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2016-06-06 13:23 -0400
  Re: [OT] Early Asian History David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-06 21:39 -0500

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