Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

How come you're not on the list, is this a practical joke?

Maybe we should get together for an actual BBQ but then we'll probably have a major disagreement about who to kill and eat.

chikuzen wrote:

Do you know that the Japanese word for hemorrhoid is "JI".  JI-ARI?  JI-NASHI?  JI-MORI MORI?  Ha Ha Ha!!

Justice often takes a circuitous path...

Chris, do you mean it should be ARI-JI, and NASHI-JI? WE could call it that to differentiate it from shaku-JI  and JI-shaku. Although, jishaku in Japanese means magnet.

Honestly speaking, I did have a colonoscopy (no joke) this morning and the verdict was:  JI-NASHI!

Last edited by chikuzen (2009-05-20 21:59:43)

Is it true that pros have posture and lung control so precise you can see light shining through from the other end?

chikuzen wrote:

No-sword wrote:

Is it true that pros have posture and lung control so precise you can see light shining through from the other end?

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Don't you think that's a bit cheeky?

Might be cheeky, but it's absolutely true. I've seen it many times. Sometimes didn't even have to look very hard

        

Yeah! I did it!
When I came back from a friend's gig here in London last night, I laughed so much looking at this thread! I had to express that!
Sorry, no personal offence to anyone.

We could also choose a new kanji for ji. Here are a few. They can all be read and pronounced as ji. And there are more:
寺 時 字 辞 侍 痔 持 似 亊 事 仕 児 兒 匙 塒 孳 尓 岻 弍 怩 恃 慈 柿 次 治 爾 珥 璽 畤 磁 示 粫 而 耳 膩 臑 自 蒔 貳 路 臑 自

And to repeat for Riley: I do promise to look at sticky no 1 when I am past the first deadline.

fouw wrote:

I agree with you there, most anybody would. If they're being serious.
But, like several other members  before and after my post, I was kidding.
OK I guess I'll put the filter back on if a lame remark, no offence meant,  gets a dead serious reply.

Best,
K

Well, there's the problem, right there. You go and write a poem in jest suggesting that my brain is overly complicated, when actually it is so damn simple that it can't even see that you were kidding. So of course this simple brain comes up with a dead serious reply.

My rule for this Forum is to never take offense regardless of what's been written, otherwise one shouldn't be contributing. As you know, far more offensive posts than yours, had it been serious, have been directed my way.

I apologise for misreading your intentions. That's why I really appreciate all the little smiley things that now even Kiku can use.

I suggest you keep the filter off.

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chikuzen wrote:

No joke. I think we need to bring this long conversation to fruition somehow because it's so long, I have to keep going back and re-reading stuff just to remember who said what and why or why not..

Michael,

I appreciate the thought and effort of your proposal.

On an internet forum, I'm a believer that smaller government is better government because it gets things done. I have a funny feeling the organization of a Dictionary Committee would make this current thread look like a Swiss Rail Station. Can you imagine debating Horst's input?

Hmmm.. Let's think about what that committee would be like... Pretty scary!

1.Brian Ritchie - Demands "Shakuhachi" be changed to "Tube of Delight."
2.Ken LaCosse - Doesn't get it so remains quiet.
3.Ed Beaty - "Ya know, all terminology can be found by using the handy search function."
4.Dr. Riley Lee - Opens new topic comparing cricket and baseball terminology.
5.Kiku Day - Peaceful yet carries boxing gloves in shakuhachi bag just in case. 
6.Justin Senryu - Submits essay about something.
7. Josh Smith - Too busy with a thesis and a daughter.
7. Daniel Ryudo - Creates controversy with his poem, "Terminology of a Howl."
8. Horst Xenmeister - Constantly declares "Casted boreing is the ending of history."

 

Well we've ridden on the "jimori" rollercoaster, puked, and survived. I'd like to thank everybody for their contributions to this discussion. It's amazing how many thoughtful and erudite people there are on the forum. I'd also like to congratulate everybody who took a fair amount of abuse and retained their composure. Special thanks to those who brought levity and humor to the discussion.

Tairaku wrote:

Well we've ridden on the "jimori" rollercoaster, puked, and survived. I'd like to thank everybody for their contributions to this discussion. It's amazing how many thoughtful and erudite people there are on the forum. I'd also like to congratulate everybody who took a fair amount of abuse and retained their composure. Special thanks to those who brought levity and humor to the discussion.

HEY! You sound as if it's over!

We have to wait for Kiku to finish whatever she has to finish before her deadline!?!! Don't we?!???

AND... while I have your attention: have a look at www.princeton.edu 

If the article gives the impression that Tom Hare gave the lectures and I taught the practical lessons, in fact we team taught the lectures. I did all but a few of the practicals, when Tom filled in for me. It was definitely a joint effort and a real pleasure. Twenty bright young Princeton kids are now fluent in two notation systems, can perform three honkyoku representing two different lineages, have heard over twenty honkyoku performed live by three professionals (Ralph Samuelson and Ned Rothenberg guest lectured) and probably have a better overview or grasp of the over all tradition (shallow though it might be) than I did during my first two decades of playing shakuhachi.

Please don't respond to this FYI post here. I'll make a proper announcement and field questions elsewhere, as soon as I figure out in which topic it belongs. This topic in general and especially this thread should keep its strict focus on jinashi/gnocchi, kunrei/hepburn, cricket/baseball, scatology and related matters.

The above link is good only until 27 May (home page changes weekly). After that, see http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/volume9 … /japanese/

For a different, shorter article, from the Princeton alumni magazine, see: http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2009/05 … /index.xml

Kiku Day wrote:

Don't get your hopes too high, Riley.

I have absolutely no expectations of you, Kiku, other than common courtesy, perhaps.

But it's very possible that if no changes are made to the original sticky, a number of the Forum readers will be extremely interested in knowing why. Again, that may sound like a threat, but it's just an observation. At the very least, it might keep this dead horse of a thread galloping on for another epic test criket match.

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Kerry wrote:

Riley Lee wrote:

Kiku Day wrote:

Don't get your hopes too high, Riley.

I have absolutely no expectations of you, Kiku, other than common courtesy, perhaps.

But it's very possible that if no changes are made to the original sticky, a number of the Forum readers will be extremely interested in knowing why. Again, that may sound like a threat, but it's just an observation.

Dr. Lee,
After reading the thread again ( I have the day off ), I don't see a number of Forum readers coming forward demanding a sticky revision. From what I gather this is either a more serious linguistic inquiry (if you or Ms. Day already hold Ph.Ds in Japanese language Linguistics, my apologies!) or merely a handcount of opinion, in Japan.
Professor Hare's and your program at Princeton is truly admirable and inspiring.

Last time I checked, this was not a democracy, and Dr. Lee is one of the moderators.

Kiku Day wrote:

I was, of course, only teasing you

As the Brits would say, "Snap!"
Translation: As was I, of course.
But, I didn't to put a at to the end, to clarify, like you did. I'll put one in retrospectively, though belatedly.