From: Leo Broukhis (leob@mailcom.com)
Date: Wed Mar 11 2009 - 11:00:30 CST
I see that the discussion has become quite heated, and for whatever
reason centered on the RABBIT symbol that is inequivocally in a zodiac
set (regardless of the Linnaean classification of the prototype
animal).
My point was that the list of animals in the proposed set happens to
cover all Eastern zodiacs with very little liberty taken (MOUSE - rat,
COW - ox/buffalo, SHEEP - ram/goat, CHICKEN - rooster), and it that it
might be a good idea - seeing that the Japanese carriers, presuming
they know the Japanese culture better than we do, felt no need to
separate "mouse" from "rat", etc. - to annotate *these four*
characters, thus widening their semantics.
Leo
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