Curse

SLuiP · Sep 29, 2005, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Well, nothing to explain. I could post all my 10000 wryy flashes but that would take forever.

Read the manga :>

ecto bomb · Sep 30, 2005, 01:42 AM // 01:42

Yay 100th post for me.......Meep Meep!

Lews · Oct 14, 2005, 03:53 AM // 03:53

The worst is English people speaking German. Ick.

Saridley Kronah · Oct 14, 2005, 09:34 AM // 09:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by arkane_academy

Um... "Za Warudo" is like japanese phoenetics for "the world". In japanese they have two alphabet type systems.

The first is hirigana which is used in combination with kanji (chinese script characters). All phrases and words native to the japanese language utilize this system.

The second is katakana which expresses words used in japanese that have been borrowed from foreign languages. However they are still limited by the pronounciation vowels of the japanese language, therefore adopted words only sound partially similar to the actual word borrowed.

For example, "Orange" is written as "Orenji" and pronounced O (as in of) + ren (ren and stimpy) + Gee (As in G-Shock).

That explains why "The World" is written by Asplode as "Za Warudo"
I'v filled half the void by explaining what the word in his picture means. But i still dont understand the significance of it and I'm japanese, so maybe its not culturally related :P

Sorry for being long winded. My two cents

Actually the japanese have more than 2 scripts
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
& Roomaji ( phonetics )

Adria Soulseeker · Oct 14, 2005, 07:27 PM // 19:27

Damn, I just wasted 5 minutes of my life reading this crap

Iere · Oct 14, 2005, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saridley Kronah

Actually the japanese have more than 2 scripts
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
& Roomaji ( phonetics )

Sorry babe, you lose.

Kanji isn't really a script, nor is it really Japanese. It's the chinese character system they stole.

I suppose this is a bit nitpicky, but calling it a script is silly because it is not a phonetic alphabet- thus why China took over the Japanese Hiragana and Katana in Firefly (Omg I'm such a nerd).

Roomaji is not considered a Japanese script- it's just the English approximations of the sounds. Really, it's not a Japanese script, no more than katakana is an English script.

Oh, I'm such a nitpicky loser. >>