Yeah! I am happy for "Dice K"! Ha ha ha funny, American people call daisuke "Dice-K," but pronounciation of Dice-K is really correct. "KE" of Japanese words is pronounced "KI" sometimes. Karaoke is said "Ka-la-o-ki,・Pokemon is said "Po-ki-mon." So that "Daisuke" might be said "Da-i-su-ki"? "Daisuki" means "I like!" But Dice-K let people know how to read his name. That's nice.
Technorati report said this. --In terms of blog posts by language, Japanese retakes the top spot from our last report, with 37%, (up from 33%) of the posts followed closely by English at 36% (down from 39%). Additionally there was movement in the middle of the top 10 languages, highlighted by Italian overtaking Spanish for the number four spot. --
Interesting? Why? Japanese tend to get immersed in anything? We like monologues more than conversations? The indirect communication matches us?
Ganso Kokusai Hihokan (International Erotic Museum) was the shrine for "grade-B" mania pilgrims. But finally it was closed at the end of March. Their erotic crazy collection was in abysmal taste. Some sites have good Hihokan pages. Nifty Portal Z has it too. If you want to see, they upload all pictures in fricker (but be careful they are too much, ). A kind of DNA of Hihokan is inherited by this Ayashi Shonen Shojo museum in Izu...hmm chaos...orz.
I wonder if it would be fun to make a museum in the world site. Actually there are countless museum in the world from nice to silly, so I won't be running out of topics to write. In Tokyo, Meguro Parasitological Museum is famous. The Kiseki Museum s a little museum to show a rare and funny stone collection; you can check some these page. Sometimes (I don't know why though) I have been asked about KAMOBOKO from foreign people. I will let them know this KAMABOKO museum next time. They have an experience class too. This is not in Japan, and I won't say it's bad taste but Suoi Tien Theme Park of Vietnam is really something. Hmm it seem really fun to make museum blog. What do you think?
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Posted by: fntekcgx puqyjgn | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Hi there
I don't know "Dice Clay". I am sad he lost today's game. Yes Garrett language is difficult, I can't write my blog wtihout dictionary at any rate. I am not sure I can master English till I die.
Posted by: Mari | Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 12:28 AM
Do you know the American comedian "Dice Clay"? I think he's angry about Dice K!
I went to a sex museum in Atami which was crazy. I also like the Ramen museum in Yokohama.
Posted by: Roaf | Monday, April 09, 2007 at 07:37 PM
Yes, we mispronounce "kerriokey" (karaoke) and "crotty" (karate) and "geesha" (geisha), but I was also confused by the Japanese use of some western words, In English, a "mansion" is a single large house, not an apartment building. So one time I was talking with a Japanese person…
Me: I live in an apartment.
Her: Oh, you live in a manshon?
Me: Huh? No, I live in a very small apartment.
Her: Oh, yes, the apartment is in a manshon.
Me: …What? No…
It was only later when I found out that in Japanese, manshon means "apartment building!" I was very confused.
There's also howaito for "white" (where does the ho part come from?), and my favorite, conbini for "convenience store"… it looks like "combine," which means to put things together, so it still works well, as there's many different things at a convenience store. Languages are strange that way…
Posted by: Garrett Albright | Saturday, April 07, 2007 at 03:33 AM
Foreign people hear a lot about Kamaboko because of the manga and anime called Naruto. Perhaps this is why they ask you about it.
Posted by: Chris | Friday, April 06, 2007 at 11:26 PM