thanx for following thru on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/18797
etc
with this interesting addition
which was indeed very much worth wading for
& which i take to confirm not only that not all
tripoints are mikuni tripoints
but also that the traditional japanese word for
countries within the word mikuni
is
or is more nearly synonymous with
the present japanese word for the provinces
rather than the modern japanese words for the
prefectures
let alone for countries in the sense of nation states
except of course insofar as the provinces used to be
like separate countries
--- Hugh Wallis <
hugh@...> wrote:
> Just following up on the disucssions earlier on the
> meaning and use of the
> Japanese word "Mikuni" ( »° ¹ñ ) - literally
> meaning 3 countries. I had
> some discussions with some Japanese speaking friends
> and they all felt that
> this word should properly be used to refer to
> tripoints, only where a place
> has been specifically named as such. For example
> »°¹ñƽ which means "Three
> Country Pass" or "Mikuni Pass". Therefore it seems
> it is appropriate in our
> disucssions to refer to prefectural tripoints that
> are not so named using
> the English word tripoint.
>
> Cheers
>
> Hugh
>
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