Re: [tied] seven layered-world

Richard:

> If Japanese pronunciation of these words tracked Chinese
> (which dialect, by the way?) for a while, and then thoroughly
> assimilated them, it makes sense to talk of the 'split of the
> Japanese forms with the Chinese'.

I suppose although it's confusing if explained with those words
because a "split" is normally referring to two related languages,
not adstrates.


= gLeN