I just typed this on another thread.
That is SUN'S birth date. Just as is done here, the spouse's name and
birth
date are often carved on the stone before it is put in. The death date is
left blank until it happens.
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> On Mar 14, 11:20 am, "Jordan Zimmerman" <jor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "jesshc" <jes...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > mOsaiC wrote:
>> >> Though the tombstone is written in Korean, the date of Jin's death
>> >> says
>> >> 9/22/2004. The day 815 crashed. Though I can't explain, something's
>> >> not
>> >> right.
>>
>> Also, there are three dates on the tombstone. There's a 1980 date. What
>> is
>> that?
>
> That's what I was wondering. [Also why there isn't a whole thread
> devoted just to Jin's headstone......?]
> Anyhow, what is the significance of the date 3-20-1980? If Jin was
> born on 11-27-1974, what was so im****tant in his life when he was,
> what, SIX YEARS OLD????
>
> Anyone familiar with Korean culture (and with translation skills)
> wanna jump in on this?
>
> Also what is the meaning of the name Ji Yeon?
> I know just enough about Korean culture to know that the meaning of
> that name must have a great deal of significance to Jin for him to be
> so attached to it.
> So what does Ji Yeon mean in Korean????
>
> And when Sun was calling our Jin's name, she was clearly using some
> other form of his name, endearment? What was the name she was calling
> out?
>
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