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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2005-12-19 04:35 pm
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Oracle Bone Writing Corporation

I'm amused that Oracle Corporation's Chinese name appears to be based on the word 甲骨文 (jia3gu3wen2/oracle script: as I understand it, the kind of ancient Chinese writing found on "oracle bones").