[thechat] sharks (was: rationality)

Lachlan Cannon luminosity at members.evolt.org
Mon Jan 6 19:09:01 CST 2003


Ben Dyer wrote:
> At 12:39 PM 1/6/2003, you wrote:
>
>> You've obviously never experienced a kamikazi deer attack.
>
>
> I would like to take this time to say that the word you're actually after
> is "kamikaze".  "Kaze" is Japanese for wind (Kamikaze meaning "Divine Wind"
> or "Godly Wind").  "Kazi" means fire, I think.
>
> </Japanese vocabulary lesson and thread hijack>

<resume Japanese lesson>
There is in fact no 'zi' in Japanese, since the corresponding s row
letter it would be formed from is a special case. Instead of si it is
shi, and with ten-tens it becomes a 'ji'.
</lesson>
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Lach
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