Spellings of Hoisanese/ Hoipingnese words

[David Wong]

Hi everyone...

Is there a definitive site/ reference for the accepted spellings for anglicized words from our Toisan/ Taishan/ Hoisan (or Hoiping/ hoy ping/ kaiping) words?

Eg. words like Gum San vs Gam Sun vs Gim Sun vs Gaam Saan etc

I need to get proper spellings for a dissertation I am preparing.

thanks!

[Henry]

Hi David,

Gene Chin, a dear friend, has made a considerable effort in this regard:


www3.fitnyc.edu/gene_chin/hed/


Regards,


Henry

[Ah Gin]

Henry,

Long time no see (my fault. Being very busy over here). Gene Chin's work is most impressive. Long live Hoisanwah.

Regards, Ah Gin

[Henry]

Ah Gin,

So nice to hear from you !

I too have been rather busy in my new home in the Phoenix, AZ area.

Lately, I have tried to be more attentive to requests on the Forum.


Henry

[christine]

You may also enjoy: www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/recordDetails.jsp?ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED022176&searchtype=keyword&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&accno=ED022176&_nfls=false&source=ae
I don't know if the spellings there are any "officially recognized" spellings but it sure it fun to read along and sound things out and try to make sense of it.

[David Wong]

Thanks everyone. I had mentioned that there will be many variations to my publisher... but they wanted to make sure that our Hoisanwah english spellings were the most "accepted form". But what do these gweilos know ;-)