What? Time for ANOTHER Eternal Thread Already?

[The Truth and Light]

Assimilate? So change your mannerisms, language, religion, and dress style?

Hm... that actually sounds like a fun thing to do.

Trust me, it isn't.

One of us... one of us...

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Well, if you're going by interpretations of how you see Dyakovo, there may be several ways to write his name.

I think that's what you did, you went with what you thought of him and wrote the kanji for it.

You're saying he thought of me and thought "kind"...

That's my take on it. I wonder what he did to come up with the kanji.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Trust me, it isn't.

One of us... one of us...

Honestly, that's basically what immigration and the melting pot is.

[Dyakovo]

Hey, you get taught this shit in primary school, or else you moved... We don't get it forced onto us until later, when everything is all settled.

I am jealous of my girlfriend though... she speaks English and Bulgarian...

Ah, to sound Eastern European.

I was learning English before kindergarden.

Me too...

[Seperates]

I'm hoping that learning the basics, then actually assimilating into the culture will help me learn.

Assimilate? So change your mannerisms, language, religion, and dress style?

Hm... that actually sounds like a fun thing to do.

Well, I'm not going Muslim, if that's what you are asking.

However, everything else, yes. And it's not fun. It's difficult and time consuming. Such is the reason why being an anthropologist in a culture is much different than being a tourist.

[Azrael]

Well, I just wanted to see what would come out of it. He wanted it anyway.

Since there are multiple ways to transliterate, I wonder what else I could've written it as...

Well, if you're going by interpretations of how you see Dyakovo, there may be several ways to write his name.

I think that's what you did, you went with what you thought of him and wrote the kanji for it.

I did? I didn't really care about the meaning! (I got lazy and so rather than find a good meaning I just went with the first thing that I thought worked based on the on'yomi reading).

[Seperates]

Hey, you get taught this shit in primary school, or else you moved... We don't get it forced onto us until later, when everything is all settled.

I am jealous of my girlfriend though... she speaks English and Bulgarian...

Ah, to sound Eastern European.

I was learning English before kindergarden.

See? I would give so much for that.

[Azrael]

Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

Dammit, you got that song from that commercial stuck in my head.

[The Truth and Light]

One of us... one of us...

Honestly, that's basically what immigration and the melting pot is.

Diversity is beautiful, ain't it?

Assimilate? So change your mannerisms, language, religion, and dress style?

Hm... that actually sounds like a fun thing to do.

Well, I'm not going Muslim, if that's what you are asking.

However, everything else, yes. And it's not fun. It's difficult and time consuming. Such is the reason why being an athropologist in a culture is much different than being a tourist.

Nonetheless, it still sounds rewarding, if you love the culture so much.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Well, if you're going by interpretations of how you see Dyakovo, there may be several ways to write his name.

I think that's what you did, you went with what you thought of him and wrote the kanji for it.

I did? I didn't really care about the meaning! (I got lazy and so rather than find a good meaning I just went with the first thing that I thought worked based on the on'yomi reading).

Well, that's what it comes across as.

When you look at the series of kanji you used to write his name in Japanese, even if you were basing it out of on'yomi reading, they seems a tad random.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

I was learning English before kindergarden.

See? I would give so much for that.

I assume you also did the same, just like Dya.

But yes, Mumbai is a melting pot. Before I started attending primary school I was already fluent in Hindi and Marathi as well as conversational in English and Punjabi.

Not the reading, the speaking. I was a kid, I couldn't read.

[Azrael]

I did? I didn't really care about the meaning! (I got lazy and so rather than find a good meaning I just went with the first thing that I thought worked based on the on'yomi reading).

Well, that's what it comes across as.

When you look at the series of kanji you used to write his name in Japanese, even if you were basing it out of on'yomi reading, they seems a tad random.

I know they do. There's really no proper way to write it, so I just went with that. Although, there might be a combination that makes more sense...

[The Truth and Light]

See? I would give so much for that.

I assume you also did the same, just like Dya.

But yes, Mumbai is a melting pot. Before I started attending primary school I was already fluent in Hindi and Marathi as well as conversational in English and Punjabi.

Not the reading, the speaking. I was a kid, I couldn't read.

A lot of people where I live are raised bilingual, but it tends to be a combination of English and Spanish.

[Mushet]

Love this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5DIOAn_iUI&feature=g-vrec

[Dyakovo]

See? I would give so much for that.

I assume you also did the same, just like Dya.

But yes, Mumbai is a melting pot. Before I started attending primary school I was already fluent in Hindi and Marathi as well as conversational in English and Punjabi.

Not the reading, the speaking. I was a kid, I couldn't read.

I wish that I had grown up with at least two languages...
I'm rather jealous of my little nephew, who at 3 speaks English, French, and Arabic...

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Well, that's what it comes across as.

When you look at the series of kanji you used to write his name in Japanese, even if you were basing it out of on'yomi reading, they seems a tad random.

I know they do. There's really no proper way to write it, so I just went with that. Although, there might be a combination that makes more sense...

That's what I was pointing out.

Earlier, I went by the possible meanings of his name, divided. That's why, for example, I chose the kanji for ''child'' when it came to represent the 'ko' of his name. That made more sense to me. You said it was wrong, and it very well could be.

[Seperates]

Honestly, that's basically what immigration and the melting pot is.

Diversity is beautiful, ain't it?

Well, I'm not going Muslim, if that's what you are asking.

However, everything else, yes. And it's not fun. It's difficult and time consuming. Such is the reason why being an athropologist in a culture is much different than being a tourist.

Nonetheless, it still sounds rewarding, if you love the culture so much.

I don't love it. In fact, many aspects of it are quite overly patriarcal, absurd, and horrific. But to be a good anthropologist, you have to be as amoral in your observations as possible. You are trying to discern why these cultural behaviors manifest themselves, not whether they are ethical and "right".

I'm just very interested in studying it.

[Seperates]

See? I would give so much for that.

I assume you also did the same, just like Dya.

But yes, Mumbai is a melting pot. Before I started attending primary school I was already fluent in Hindi and Marathi as well as conversational in English and Punjabi.

Not the reading, the speaking. I was a kid, I couldn't read.

Unfortualy, I was born in Minnesota and raised in Colorado. We didn't have many non-English speakers.

[Azrael]

I know they do. There's really no proper way to write it, so I just went with that. Although, there might be a combination that makes more sense...

That's what I was pointing out.

Earlier, I went by the possible meanings of his name, divided. That's why, for example, I chose the kanji for ''child'' when it came to represent the 'ko' of his name. That made more sense to me. You said it was wrong, and it very well could be.

You used katakana, which has no inherent meaning. And I don't think 日 has the proper pronunciation for his name.

I might as well try to find something that works.

[The Truth and Light]

Well, I guess I'll be back in a few. Gonna check my Tumblr and stuff.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

That's what I was pointing out.

Earlier, I went by the possible meanings of his name, divided. That's why, for example, I chose the kanji for ''child'' when it came to represent the 'ko' of his name. That made more sense to me. You said it was wrong, and it very well could be.

You used katakana, which has no inherent meaning. And I don't think 日 has the proper pronunciation for his name.

I might as well try to find something that works.

His name has no inherent meaning in Japanese to begin with, Azrael. All we have been doing is using approximations. Besides, when writing, the Japanese use both katas and kanji, and even hiragana so I'm not sure what makes my translation bad but not yours. For all we know, we're both wrong.

[Azrael]

You used katakana, which has no inherent meaning. And I don't think 日 has the proper pronunciation for his name.

I might as well try to find something that works.

His name has no inherent meaning in Japanese to begin with, Azrael. All we have been doing is using approximations. Besides, when writing, the Japanese use both katas and kanji, and even hiragana so I'm not sure what makes my translation bad but not yours. For all we know, we're both wrong.

Of course we're both wrong! That's the fun of it!

[Mushet]

You used katakana, which has no inherent meaning. And I don't think 日 has the proper pronunciation for his name.

I might as well try to find something that works.

His name has no inherent meaning in Japanese to begin with, Azrael. All we have been doing is using approximations. Besides, when writing, the Japanese use both katas and kanji, and even hiragana so I'm not sure what makes my translation bad but not yours. For all we know, we're both wrong.

EVERYONE IS WRONG BUT ME

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

His name has no inherent meaning in Japanese to begin with, Azrael. All we have been doing is using approximations. Besides, when writing, the Japanese use both katas and kanji, and even hiragana so I'm not sure what makes my translation bad but not yours. For all we know, we're both wrong.

Of course we're both wrong! That's the fun of it!

Then I'm not sure why you're correcting me when you're, well, just as erroneous as I am.

[Seperates]

You used katakana, which has no inherent meaning. And I don't think 日 has the proper pronunciation for his name.

I might as well try to find something that works.

His name has no inherent meaning in Japanese to begin with, Azrael. All we have been doing is using approximations. Besides, when writing, the Japanese use both katas and kanji, and even hiragana so I'm not sure what makes my translation bad but not yours. For all we know, we're both wrong.

Gotta love the Japanese... Personal languages for everybody!