Byebye India!
Posted by harvey in Culture on 26. Feb, 2004 | Comments Off
Hey everyone! Question: In India 3 wheeled vehicles are called “Rickshaws”. In Japanese, they’re called 人力車 jinrikusya right? Is this coincidence? Is it ateji? Or was the English world built based on the Japanese pronunciation? What’s up?? Sorry for the long silence. I’m done with the India thing! Tomorrow I fly back to Japan. Let [...]
Kanji in my Mind
Posted by harvey in Culture on 03. Feb, 2004 | Comments Off
I haven’t updated forever. Sorry guys. I’ve got a lot of craziness going on in my life. Heh. Good craziness, but, it’s crazy! Anyway, for a quick thought that just crossed my mind… Kanji! Everyone knows Kanji as those ridiculous picto-grams that take even Japanese people years and years to master. Most people can learn [...]
