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Post by Cyn431 6/9/2010, 9:23 pm

I found this kind of ironic... Anyway, so if you know stuff about Japanese stuff and whatnot, you know that shi could mean two things: four, and death. (Plus it's my favorite number. Razz) Take a good look at the Kanji symbol for death:



It's a freakin' smiley face.

xD
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Post by Jesus4Eternity 6/9/2010, 9:24 pm

That's.... odd.... O.o
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Post by rattyjol 6/9/2010, 10:38 pm

Hahaha. xD
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Post by Komoda 6/9/2010, 10:39 pm

Haha, I find this funny because all the preps have this as their middle names on FB, and they have no idea what it means.
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Post by rattyjol 6/9/2010, 10:44 pm

Wait... I just Googled it, because I wanted to know whether it was the same in Chinese (which I'm taking next year), and the symbol is completely different, even though they both use Kanji...?
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Post by Komoda 6/9/2010, 11:06 pm

Kanji is used as a general term for that style of writing, but the symbols vary from language to language. The word itself is Japanese, but it translates to "Han characters" or "Chinese characters" so the Chinese still use it to name their writing. If that makes sense. It's just like how we use the Greek term "alphabet" to name our own lettering system. nod
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Post by rattyjol 6/9/2010, 11:09 pm

Ahhh. nod I see.
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Post by Cyn431 6/9/2010, 11:12 pm

Komoda wrote:Haha, I find this funny because all the preps have this as their middle names on FB, and they have no idea what it means.
*points at random said FB people* Haha, your middle name is death. Razz
Then again, who am I to talk? My middle name is the Japanese word for green. xD
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Post by shadowsowner888 6/9/2010, 11:23 pm

Haha, OMG, so that's what the smiley face means! XD I always wondered.
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Post by Komoda 6/9/2010, 11:23 pm

Cyn431 wrote:
Komoda wrote:Haha, I find this funny because all the preps have this as their middle names on FB, and they have no idea what it means.
*points at random said FB people* Haha, your middle name is death. Razz
Then again, who am I to talk? My middle name is the Japanese word for green. xD
Is that actually your middle name? That's so cool! ^u^
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Post by Cyn431 6/10/2010, 12:47 am

@Shad: Yahuh. nod It's so weeeeeeird. But I lav it. xD

@Mo: Mm-hm. :3 Thankie! My friends and I laugh at the fact, though, even if it's supposed to be like spring green... it's still green. Razz
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Post by Malicious Nightmares 6/10/2010, 6:48 am

shadowsowner888 wrote:Haha, OMG, so that's what the smiley face means! XD I always wondered.

Same here. ^-^
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Post by Avé 6/10/2010, 4:10 pm

I never knew death was so adorable...
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Post by Malicious Nightmares 6/10/2010, 4:13 pm

Avé wrote:I never knew death was so adorable...

XDDD

Worse is, I always make poems about Death being a foul and horrifying being... XD
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Post by Taquito 6/10/2010, 4:29 pm

THAT'S what it means! I knew those symbols meant something besides letters. like....ℓ or something. Or the greek alphabet.
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Post by Cyn431 6/10/2010, 4:34 pm

@Avvy: Isn't it so cute? :3

@Mia: I never knew you felt so negatively towards the smiley face. :O

@Musi: Well, I dunno about the Greek alphabet, but in Japanese each letter represents a syllable, and that smiley face refers to the syllable shi, which alone can be its own word ... In this case, the smiley face means DEATH. xD
ℓ <-- what is that, anyway? JW, 'cause I can't tell. xP
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Post by rattyjol 6/10/2010, 4:44 pm

It's a fancy 'L' that's used as the symbol for liters. nod
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Post by FOREIGN?! 6/10/2010, 5:24 pm

Wow. O.o
IT WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP! xD
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Post by Cyn431 6/10/2010, 6:57 pm

@Ratty: Ohhhh. That just proves my earth science teacher all the more dimmer, because she never taught us that ...

@Forry: Oh my gosh, now you're making me want to turn this into a chain email.
"SEND THIS TO TEN PEOPLE OR THE SMILEY FACE WILL SNEAK INTO YOUR ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A GUN AND SHOOT YOU!"
xD
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Post by Malicious Nightmares 6/10/2010, 6:58 pm

Cyn431 wrote:@Ratty: Ohhhh. That just proves my earth science teacher all the more dimmer, because she never taught us that ...

@Forry: Oh my gosh, now you're making me want to turn this into a chain email.
"SEND THIS TO TEN PEOPLE OR THE SMILEY FACE WILL SNEAK INTO YOUR ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A GUN AND SHOOT YOU!"
xD

You just made me rofl. XD
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Post by rattyjol 6/10/2010, 6:59 pm

Hahaha. xD That'd be hilarious.
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Post by FOREIGN?! 6/10/2010, 7:05 pm

@Cyn: I would so totally forward that. xD
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Post by Cyn431 6/10/2010, 7:12 pm

See, Cyn isn't a total loser—she can make people laugh too! ^^; Hehehehe... I don't have low self esteem.

Now you guys are making it all the more tempting to start it. xD
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Post by rattyjol 6/10/2010, 7:21 pm

I probably wouldn't, just because I have no friends with emails to forward it too... rolleyes
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Post by Cyn431 6/10/2010, 7:32 pm

Awweh. D:
My friends might forward it if I forward it to them if they think it's funny. But most of them don't get why we think what we do here is so awesometastical, so meh. xD
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