August 28, 2008: Elevator in Taiwan - Page 2

ZenGum · 09-03-2008, 08:06 PM

What can I tell you about rhyme in Japanese culture?

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SFA, I'm afraid.

Well, a bit. Japanese is not tonal (well it is a tiny bit but not like Chinese or Thai) and the vowel sounds are constant, so rhyme is easy to achieve, but I never encountered much use of it that I recognised. But I really can not speak or understand Japanese.

However, the SHAPES of the characters are significant. The character for eight looks a bit like

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which is for some reason much liked - getting bigger, growing, prospering. Thus eight is a lucky number. The Nagoya soccer team is called the Grampus Eight which confused the hell out of me for a while, since there are 11 players. And the Chinese were delighted to start their Olympics on 08/08/08.

footfootfoot · 09-03-2008, 08:57 PM

08/08/08/08= bigger, better, faster, more

BigV · 09-04-2008, 09:02 AM

Small Format Art?

ZenGum · 09-05-2008, 01:39 AM

Sweet F$%# All

Ibby · 09-05-2008, 05:34 AM

Generally it's not an issue, but when it comes to superstition, good and bad luck... its all about what it sounds like. like, around new years, eat pineapple cuz the taiwanese word for pineapple sounds like the mandarin word for some sort of prosperity.
that kinda thing.

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