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yixing pottery... pronunciation?,and chat

updated wed 19 nov 97

 

Erikyu on tue 18 nov 97

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At 06:35 PM 11/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
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=3EPardon my ignorance here, but could someone please enlighten me as to the
=3Eproper pronunciation of=A0 =22YiXing=22=A0 ???

My wife (Taiwanese born) says it is : E =5E Shing -
=5E =3D raising tone
- =3D flat tone
E =3D E as in eraser
Shing =3D shingle without the =22le=22
Remember Chinese has many different dialects which use a common written
language but totally different pronunciation.

Clayarter Chat was fun last week, I was busy with my newborn but lurked a =
lot.

From the SF bay area where I can still harvest tomatoes...
=0D
Erikyu, aka Eric Haggin
Concord, CA
east=40ccnet.com

Yakimono Ya
Nendo ni Shimiiru
Kama no koe=0D