"B Robson" <luvrethecat@hinet.com> wrote in message
news:d6ep8q$kh1$1@nnrp.gol.com...
>
>
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> > One kind of odd thing is that the 習字塾 (shuuji juku -- calligraphy
school)
> > signs are always for 日本習字 (nihon shuuji) -- one wonders what other
type
> > of 習字 people would be studying...
> >
>
> Chinese caligraphy is very popular here on the mainland, most Japanese
> people in Tokyo write their names in Chinese. Some of the names are
> quite funny like "stone bridge", "salt valley", and "bell tree".

No no, those are pure Japanese squiggles. Totally different from Chinese
scratches. That's why the Unicode consortium must not allow Japanese and
Chinese character codes to overlap.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com