Re: Possible new name for "deity"
On Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 05:02:14AM -0700, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote:
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> Anthony Fok, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote:
> >Actually, AFAIK, Mitsubishi stands for "Three Diamonds". Mitsu is "three"
> >in Japanese, so I guess that means "bishi" is diamond. :-)
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> Yes, it's actually a geometric diamond as opposed to the stone...
Oh yeah, you are right! :-) (I almost forgot, even though the Chinese (or
Hanji or Kanji) version means Three Diamond (geometric). :-)
> >(In Chinese, we call it "San Ling", i.e. Three Diamonds. I wonder if it is
> >written the same way in both Chinese and Japanese. :-)
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> Other similar examples have been this way, so I suspect this one would
> be as well...
Neat stuff! You know Japanese also? :-) (Of course, sometimes, two same
phrase/word in Chinese and Japanese sometimes mean something totally
different, because the usage has changed over the years or sometimes the
Japanese has adapted the words for other uses, etc. :-)
Anthony
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