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From: donh@netcom.com (Don HARLOW)
Subject: Re: Single European Language
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Organization: Esperanto League for North America, Inc.
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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 06:36:46 GMT
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stevemac@bud.indirect.com (Stefano MacGregor) skribis en lastatempa afisxo <3si8lp$o02@globe.indirect.com>:
>Lastatempe skribis knappen@vkpmzd.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE jene:
>
>>This implicit rule has the consequence, that the strategical game `go' cannot
>>be named by the name most westerners know. Esperanto resorts to the chinese
>>root, naming it `vejchio'.
>
>  It is more often known in Esperanto by the name "Goo", as in a couple 
>of books on the subject:
>    o  Invito al Go-Ludo
>    o  Fundamento de Strategio kaj Taktiko en Go-Ludo
>
>  At least, the =root= of the word is "go-", and no additional "O" is 
>required in compounds, so there's "gotabulo" --> "Go-ban".
>
>  I tried in vain to use the translation of Chinese "wei-qi": 
>"C`irkau`s`ako", but it didn't catch on.  Too many diacriticals, I guess.
>
"Vejc^io" is the name more commonly used for the game that is known in 
the West (when and where it is known) as Chinese chess. Similar to 
Western/Middle Eastern chess ("s^ako") but not quite the same.

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