Friday, June 7, 2024

Voice

Zさん:"I like the kanji 声。It means 'voice', and it kinda looks like a cartoon character voice bubble. Maybe Klingon."

Friday, May 31, 2024

Whiskey Sour

Zさん:"What do you call it when a group of サラリーマンget drunk on whiskey sours and become loud and obnoxious?"
Aさん:「I don't know, what?」
Zさん:"ウイスキーサウガシイ"
Aさん「もし僕が酔っていたら、面白いだろう。」

Friday, May 17, 2024

Eye of Sauron

Zさん:"So when the ring of power was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, it was quite a blow to Sauron. The Eye of Sauron was destroyed too. He needed a seeing-eye dog."
Aさん:「What kind of beast would that be?」
Zさん:"What else? Mordor Ken!"

Friday, April 26, 2024

The Nature of 中

Aさん:「Ever notice that the Japanese character 中 looks just like the Greek letter Φ」
Zさん:"Whoa. It all makes sense. China is the golden ratio country. When you are deep in thought, you are contemplating the golden ratio.  Junior High School is the golden ratio ... school."
Aさん:「... oh ... also... it's the angle between the x,y-plane and the z-axis in a spherical coordinate system.」
Zさん:"Well, now you're just being absurd."

Friday, March 29, 2024

Profound Pronoun Pronunciation

Zさん:"In Japanese, men refer to themselves as わたし, and women refer to themselves as あたし。Men also refer to themselves as ぼく, so does that mean women can refer to themselves as おく?
Aさん:「。。。あか。」

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Equinox

Zさん:"I always get the Japanese words for the Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox confused because they sound so similar: しゅんぶん and しゅうぶん。"
Aさん:「In Autumn, the 'n' is silent.」
Zさん:"... なるほど ..."


Saturday, February 10, 2024

Hamlet

Zさん:"I heard Hamlet is playing at the old theater downtown. Have you seen it yet?"
Aさん:「まだです。」
Zさん:"まだ most foul."
Aさん:「。。。」