Re: script count?

On Dec 13, 2003, at 3:56 PM, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> Bill Bright claims that the famous three-syllable character for
> 'library' (transcribed tushuguan in Hockett 2003 and Mair, WWS) exists
> almost exclusively to demonstrate that at least one three-syllable
> character exists. Can you confirm or deny?
>

Alas, no.

(I used to claim that the logo for the Mass Transit Railway company in
Hong Kong was the only polysyllabic "character" in the language. :-)

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