General Questions Thread

[Daniel E.]

Folks, please don't ask just for the heck of asking. Any more pointless questions will be deleted.

[Urzu 7]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Its been so long I can't remember... but I imagine Mogen-David's classic concord wine, kosher for Passover is probably what they use.

I'll try it out. Thanks.

[monster]

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

[Hasumi]

^ I never thought about that, wouldn't it be redundant?

I suppose it would.

[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.

Originally Posted by monster

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

Don't think that happens all that often—if ever. 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.”

[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".