General Questions Thread

[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by monster

In English, if you end a sentence with an initial, do you still put an extra dot for the period?

Such cases rarely occur, if at all. I would imagine "no", you don't put an extra dot before the full stop, purely for aesthetic reasons rather than grammar (in other words, it's mainly a publication housestyle/design choice). A better solution would be to recast the sentence to avoid ending it with an initial.

Originally Posted by felix

Technically it wouldn’t. However I find the whole putting of periods after letters redundant especially for abbreviations that are meant to be read as words.

Technically, those would be acronyms rather than abbreviations. Again, it would be a design choice on the publication's part as to whether to dot the short forms or not.

Originally Posted by felix

Also in birtish english usually you don’t place periods after the letters, if I’m not mistaken. So it’s just something like: “fox123O is a GIRL.”

Not sure about that. Take J. K. Rowling and J. R. R. Tolkien, for example.

[monster]

Just to clarify, I'm more exposed to American English. I didn't bother specifying earlier since I wasn't (and am still not) sure if that would make any difference.

With that said, thanks for answering, you guys.

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

A better solution would be to recast the sentence to avoid ending it with an initial.

That does seem to be the safest option since I'm just so used to putting all the dots unless it's an acronym, and sometimes even then.

[econzz]

ah I had a question...might be a little silly tho.. please don't laugh at me >,<

what is the difference between yukata and kimono?
and on what occasion do people wear yukata and kimono?
and is there kimono for men? or yukata for girl?

just wondering tho. sorry if anyone hv already discuss on this.

[Kylaran]

Originally Posted by econzz

ah I had a question...might be a little silly tho.. please don't laugh at me >,<

what is the difference between yukata and kimono?
and on what occasion do people wear yukata and kimono?
and is there kimono for men? or yukata for girl?

just wondering tho. sorry if anyone hv already discuss on this.

The word kimono (着物) in Japanese means "thing that is worn," and can be translated in a larger sense simply as clothing (prior to the introduction of Western clothes). Thus, a yukata (浴衣） is a subset of kimono that is designed for summer that is lighter than the more expensive silk kimono that are quite warm during cold Japanese winters. Traditionally it served as summer clothing, and as its name implies, as the sort of clothes you wear after a bath. Yukata can be worn by men and women, though of course the design would be different.

Wikipedia can go into detail more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukata

You'll see girls don yukata often in the summer, particularly if you have the chance to go to a fireworks display (they're really crowded though...), so by consequence foreigners who watch anime have come to be familiar with the yukata as a representative of kimono, when in fact there are many many different kinds.

On another note, sometimes you may see girls will wear beautiful kimonos (not yukata) on some traditional holidays; kimonos are also frequent during Coming of Age Day (成人の日）.

[Kudryavka]

What's the male counterpart to a "waifu"? I know that literally it would be a "hasubando," but I've never seen that term used by someone else in the context of a waifu before. So is there an existing term? Bishie? Hunk? BF?

[felix]

You understand "waifu" is not actually a word itself, yes?

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by felix

You understand "waifu" is not actually a word itself, yes?

I know that it's not a real word, but it is an Internet word (no better name for it, sorry) that has a somewhat widely known connotation - or at least, mai waifu does. I'm wondering if there's a similar word for a guy character I like, or w/e.

[risingstar3110]

Originally Posted by Komari

What's the male counterpart to a "waifu"? I know that literally it would be a "hasubando," but I've never seen that term used by someone else in the context of a waifu before. So is there an existing term? Bishie? Hunk? BF?

How's about "hubby"?

As what i saw, that's what fangirls use in situation when guys will likely to use "waifu"...

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by risingstar3110

How's about "hubby"?

As what i saw, that's what fangirls use in situation when guys will likely to use "waifu"...

OK, thank you!

[CupidKirby]

Is it true that Chibi Maruko-chan has an English dub that aired on Animax in Asia?

[SoloPanda]

I've been looking for a baka to testo light novel thread here but can't seem to find it is there one? and if there is could someone show me where i can find it please?

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by SoloPanda

I've been looking for a baka to testo light novel thread here but can't seem to find it is there one? and if there is could someone show me where i can find it please?

Hm, doesn't seem to be one. In that case, should be fine to make the thread yourself in the Manga and Light Novels section.

For future reference, you can use the Search feature on the forums to pick out threads yourself.

[SoloPanda]

Originally Posted by Komari

Hm, doesn't seem to be one. In that case, should be fine to make the thread yourself in the Manga and Light Novels section.

For future reference, you can use the Search feature on the forums to pick out threads yourself.

Thank you very much i'll try making one and seeing if there is any interest in it.

[Solafighter]

In this forum, in the "General Chat", wasnt there a thread about traveling to Japan? Cant find it anymore.


EDIT:
Found it.
Heck, the last post was in May..

[Kameruka]

Is there any other language(s) where "brother" and "husband" in same word?

In Malay "abang" literally mean "brother" but it also can be used for husband as well, like "hubby" in (American) English. I can't imagine Kirino and Sora calling their brothers as "abang".

[Irenicus]

Not exact, but in Korean "oppa" is used for an older male sibling or someone who is viewed as an equivalent of an older male sibling; it is also used by women to call their boyfriends/husbands/lovers.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Irenicus

Not exact, but in Korean "oppa" is used for an older male sibling or someone who is viewed as an equivalent of an older male sibling; it is also used by women to call their boyfriends/husbands/lovers.

Some girls call their husbands "boss". I heard it from my friends' once - the wife was telling the child to get permission from his dad.

Interestingly, adding an "i" at the end of the romanised phonetic and you get - *IS SHOT*.

[Izayoi]

I don't know where to ask this but has anyone read 加瀬大輝's マンけん (Roman: ManKen)? I don't know if there is scan online, but if you have then can you give me a review?

[Kudryavka]

I'm trying to buy tix to an orchestra concert in LA this October. It says that tickets start at $35 per person, but when I go to Ticketmaster to buy, they give me a bunch of choices. I have no expertise in orchestra halls whatsoever, so I just make random combinations of words I don't understand, and consistently end up with tickets that are well over $100 each. Can somebody who knows a bit about orchestra help me out? What combination of the following will get me the cheapest seats possible?

Section:
-Best Available
-Mezzanine Level
-Orchestra Level
-Pit

Location
-Best Available
-House Center
-House Left
-House Left Center
-House Right
-House Right Center

The Ticketmaster site, if you'd like: Concert

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Komari

I'm trying to buy tix to an orchestra concert in LA this October. It says that tickets start at $35 per person, but when I go to Ticketmaster to buy, they give me a bunch of choices. I have no expertise in orchestra halls whatsoever, so I just make random combinations of words I don't understand, and consistently end up with tickets that are well over $100 each. Can somebody who knows a bit about orchestra help me out? What combination of the following will get me the cheapest seats possible?

Section:
-Best Available
-Mezzanine Level
-Orchestra Level
-Pit

Location
-Best Available
-House Center
-House Left
-House Left Center
-House Right
-House Right Center

The Ticketmaster site, if you'd like: Concert

Wait until it is very near to the concert date then choose best available.

Seriously, if you are there for the music, don't scrimp; try to choose the mezzanine seats, somewhere in the middle range. If you are there as entertainment with your friends, the suggestion in the first line should suffice.