Talk:Southern Han

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[edit] Southern Han

This word Han is used to say Korea by Koreans and other Asians including Chinese and Japanese. Southern Han means South Korea. This is a disambiguation. There is more than one word used besides Han to say Korea. And of course Han means China in general. This word Han has a lot of ambiguation issues, as many as any character, geoculturally speaking. Han is such a big word that it can't just primarily refer to the important dynasty. It has the same kind of varying timbre as the word Yankees in its different intra-American, international, intra Eastern Seabord and sports senses. The word is a strong Asian identifier, like the word American in the phrase Buy American or the word New York in I Love NY. 'South Han' as a search entry might be too general so the word dynasty may as well be added to the article title as well as a redirect. I really don't know all of what Southern Han could possibly mean, if anything, to a native North Asian, so a native speaker could try to help this article. Han as a phoneme in its 4 North Chinese soundings has so many other meanings that the word Dynasty is absolutely essential in the searchword. Han is a perfect example of a word to start with in making the Wiki EnHan Wiktionary Wikipedia, or whatever name is eventually used. Disclaimer: I am not a native Asian. McDogmApr 30 2005 0049 est usa

Saying Southern Han to mean the Southern Han Dynasty is like saying American to mean the American Revolution.mcdogm--64.12.116.6 11:41, 1 May 2005 (UTC)