[Buddha-l] Question about Chinese orthography

[Richard Hayes]

On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 12:46 -0400, Dan Lusthaus wrote:

> That's the problem with learning Zen in its Korean or Japanese incarnations.
> They go "mu." In Chinese the word is pronounced "Wooooo" -- much more
> exhilirating.

How was "wu" pronounced in Zhaozhou's time? Woof?

I like the Vietnamese pronunciation: Vu! (In French that's Vous; in
English, You.)

-- 
Richard