Re: Moy Yan/Mei Xian/Mei Hsien

["S. L . Lee" <sllee@asiawind.com>]

Dylan,

Please see my slides at the Toronto conference (Hakka site frontpage).
There are ample evidence about the connection of Asian culture and native
American culture.

SL Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dylan Sung" <dylanwhs@ukgateway.net>
To: <mcrinfo@sympatico.ca>; "S. L. Lee" <sllee@asiawind.com>
Cc: "Hakka Forum" <fhakka@asiawind.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Moy Yan/Mei Xian/Mei Hsien


> Subject: Moy Yan/Mei Xian/Mei Hsien
>
> "S. L . Lee" <sllee@asiawind.com> wrote:
> <SLLee> Jean-Francois Ah-Chow,
> <SLLee>
> <SLLee> You posted a lot of questions. The reason for so many Chinese
> <SLLee> Hakka with "surnames" starting with "A" has been discussed in
> <SLLee> the Toronto Conference if you were there. These were actually
> <SLLee> given names and Hakka and Cantonese speaking people have a
> <SLLee> habit of adding the sound "ah" in front of the given name when
> <SLLee> calling people. Surprisingly, I heard that some native
> <SLLee> American tribes also have the same convention! This shows the
> <SLLee> ancient relationship of the two cultures.
>
> I'm afraid I'll have to correct the wrong impression given by the last
sentence.
> Supposed surface similarities does not equal any direct relationship
between the
> two cultures of Chinese (whether Hakka or other) and those of the various
> American Indian tribes.