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This is the cd "Kingdom of Desire" by Toto. This booklet shows some lyrics which appear to be Chinese (E: nope, Japanese according to comment) Those are not sung in the song.

Bought in Thrift store, so maybe bootleg? Doesn't look like it though, it has a sticker on the front with touring dates of the band. So probably sold at a tour?

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[–] metostopholes 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Drummyralf 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I thought because of the very dense few characters it might be Chinese. Thanks, will update post.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] kender242 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't 'stolen' a bit harsh?

If kanji were truly stolen, then the Chinese would need to use a simplified...

Oh no.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Next you are going to say that we stole our alphabet from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks, who stole it from the Phoenicians!

[–] isyasad 1 points 5 months ago

Chinese characters were also used in Vietnamese and Korean until surprisingly recently.