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Sep. 14th, 2009 06:58 amnooooo why is the weekend over.
*hides under blankets, sleepily*
*hides under blankets, sleepily*
Sep. 14th, 2009
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Sep. 14th, 2009 03:41 pmYou know you're a geek when a sociological/anthropological/historical article on the ethnogenesis of Chinese majorities/minorities makes you think of the Rihannsu.
Mainly I blame the terms used -- I know that Rihannsu, the language, is supposed to sound like Latin + Welsh, but I think there's a lot of Chinese to the way Rihannsu sounds in my head. Semu, Hanren, Nanren* -- and the dynasties and conquering and "civilizing projects" seem like they'd fit fine in Rihannsu history.
I wish I had the time to be reading Star Trek. :(
*"Much has been written about the Yuan status system, with its four categories: Mongol, Semu, ("Central Asian"), Hanren [people of the central plains], and Nanren [people of the South(?)]."
Mainly I blame the terms used -- I know that Rihannsu, the language, is supposed to sound like Latin + Welsh, but I think there's a lot of Chinese to the way Rihannsu sounds in my head. Semu, Hanren, Nanren* -- and the dynasties and conquering and "civilizing projects" seem like they'd fit fine in Rihannsu history.
I wish I had the time to be reading Star Trek. :(
*"Much has been written about the Yuan status system, with its four categories: Mongol, Semu, ("Central Asian"), Hanren [people of the central plains], and Nanren [people of the South(?)]."