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Post by chiiyo on May 11, 2002 12:44:55 GMT -5
(small note to Kiyoaki-san: Is it possible not to address me as Sophia? It's not my real name and I don't go by it often therefore it is often disconcerting to see it being used. I believe the first few times I didn't even know I was refered to... you could use Lili, or Shi-chan... sorry...)
Just a small point I wish to make:
I believe that this message board is very enriching. From this message board some of us have managed to learn other viewpoints, and some of us have even helped others. I just want to say thank you to all of you for being such great people. And to Akihito (doko??), I believe that this message board is already putting part of your dreams into reality. Look at the amount of people who are slowly getting converted! Just the other day I was explaining to my otaku friend about why kimonos are so interesting, not just another garment you fashion out of cloth. I believe that so long as even just one person gets convinced that kimonos are indeed an extremely interesting topic, we have helped your cause along, even for a little bit.
I think Ichiro-san and Yuka-san must be so proud of this message board...
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Post by Kiyoaki on May 11, 2002 14:22:29 GMT -5
Lili,
Thank you for clarifying the 'name' issue. I think my prefrence for the "Sophia" name comes from the awkwardness of your "Cyberhippy" persona. It doesn't seem to fit in this venue. 'Lili' works much better.
Kiyoaki
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Post by Kou Hiko on May 12, 2002 2:14:02 GMT -5
I, personally, am so grateful for this board. I have learned SO much, for instance, that there are people who put my knowledge of kimono to shame. I am considered an "expert" in my area on kimono (there is one other in my area, but she's Japanese and went to several schools and has a kimono license and teaches a "kabuki" school and is even well-known in Japan!) I am glad that people hear show me up in knowledge of kimono, because I was starting to get a "big head" and believing my "expert in kimono" title given to me by my Japanese teacher.
And it's so fun to talk to you all. I know this sounds weird and my scare some people, but I consider us all friends. Not like "lets hang out everyday" high school buddies, but distant internet friends that I love to talk to. Like Shi-chan, you have such a fun personality and I love hearing what you say about what you learn. And Kiyoaki is so smart and so eager to help EVERYONE, which I'm sure everyone is grateful for. Akihito is so full of determination, and entertaining. He always makes me smile, and I'm starting to miss his presence... where are you, Akihito-kun?! Fraise, it makes me happy to see someone who enjoys the fabric as you do and that you made your own kimono (I still can't find time to work on mine!). Everyone else, I'm not forgetting you, I just don't want to go on and on and on.
I'm sorry if I weirded anyone out. I think those who are into anime and are on other message boards/mailing lists feel the same. I used to be on two anime boards and we were like a close knit family. I can see this board becoming the same. I know, I'm getting all personal and stuff, but I just wanted to share my feelings and graditude. I've learned alot from you all. I just think it would be cool if this continued and became equally rewarding for everyone. And don't feel intimidated by me calling you "friend", just know that "I think you're all cool and I like talking to you all, let's be pals, etc. etc. and let's continue talking to each other." ::looks toward Akihito who is apperantly hiding from us::
Anyway, this is a lot longer than what I expected to write, so, I'll talk to ya'll tomarrow!
~Amanda "Hiko"
P.S. Is it okay if I use Shi-chan? I don't know if it'll confuse people. I just like adding chan, san, etc. to names, and I'm surprised I haven't been lately (I guess I was afraid people wouldn't like it because chan and kun are more personal). I like chan for me (it makes me feel cute ;D) and kun for boys, but I'm not sure what to use for Kiyoaki-san. I'd like to use kun but I don't know how you'd take it. (My sister insists people use kun for her and uses boku instead of watashi.) I would use so much more romanji here but it shows up weird for some reason (like "hajimemashite" is all wrong)... Ack! I keep rambling! Just no one ask about my wonderful day today or I'll talk/type your ear/eyes off! (Oh! I'm so happy!!) So, I'll just go now... so... bye ;D
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Post by Kiyoaki on May 12, 2002 15:12:15 GMT -5
Amanda,
Thank you for your warm message. I'm not in the least embarassed by your remarks. I'm not Japanese born, so "-san" or "-kun" doesn't seem natural to me, but feel free to use either. The "watakushi"/"boku" distinction is a gender one. "Boku" is properly used by men when referring to themselves in conversation. "Watakushi" is used in writing or other polite forms of communication for either gender.
Kiyoaki
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Post by Kou Hiko on May 13, 2002 2:05:01 GMT -5
(Sorry, an off-topic side-note ) My sister likes to use boku because of the irony that she's a girl and that she heard that teenage girls in Japan who are "rough" and tom-boy-ish use boku. I like to use atashi rather than watashi or watakushi. I've tought myself informal Japanese, and tend to use it ALOT and all of my friends that I took Japanese with can't understand me because they only use formal Japanese. Informal flows better when talking to friends. I tend to mix different was of speaking Japanese, and it's a bad habit, like one moment it'll be informal Japanese and then I'll switch to Kansai-ben and then to semi-formal Japanese ("desu") and so on. An example is that I use honma (Kasai-ben form of hontou) in non-Kansai dialect (I never learned what the common dialect was called in Tokyo...). A good thing about knowing informal Japanese in high school is that you can talk to your teacher without the other students understanding you . My teacher and I were always informal to each other after my second year. Okay, enough rambling. C' ya! ~Hiko
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Post by Kiyoaki on May 31, 2002 21:58:17 GMT -5
Hiko
Tokyo, modern Edo, sits on the Kanto plain, so "Kanto" is the equivalent of Kansai for the Kyoto dialect.
Kiyoaki
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Post by chiiyo on Aug 7, 2002 8:57:55 GMT -5
Good luck with your dream, John! It sounds like a good plan...
*grin* I've never even been in Japan before, and I don't know enough to make a decent conversation. My aim is to one day be able to speak Japanese well enough to attetnd engineering courses at a Japanese university... but it's not very possible... *grin*
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