posted on February 12, 2004 08:52:53 PM new
Definitely Asian, either Japanese or Chinese??? I think the words are saying "Help, I don't know enough to get in out of the rain."
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"I have resolved to allow my friends their peculiarities." -- Samuel Johnson
posted on February 12, 2004 09:08:26 PM new
it's BOTH Chinese AND Japanese!
Even though the two languages are utterly different in sound and grammer, the written words are identical! Any Japanese can read a Chinese newspaper and understand it, and vice versa. The letters are called "ideograms" in english, "Kanji" in Japanese, and I guess they are called something different in every Chinese dialect, because I couldn't find a name on a quick Google search.
but here is a little information;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideogram
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
posted on February 13, 2004 07:43:24 AM new
dargonmom is right,it is japanese parasol with kansi characters-the red letter stands for sincerity/honesty.
rest in black are name of some organisation.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
Whoooe! It's Still, up there! 
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