Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Barticle » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:12 pm

Spdwagon wrote:That\'s right.
Really? :blink: Cool. B)

I´m going to break out my Japanese dictionary later and see if I can come up with some MJ puns... stay tuned.
-When Potemayo(previously posted image) aired, there was only one fansubbed anime awaiable for english speaking people, Akagi(do correct me if I\'m wrong). In it they called the West tile Xia (shaa).
So far so good - I understand Shaa is the normal term in Japanese Mahjong.
-Iirc Potemayo couldn\'t talk and could only say simple words.
The pic I shopped is from a scene where she shouts Shaaa, and it was constantly reposted on a certain imageboard where I hail from.
I see... That was pretty esoteric!
Here is a Youtube video:
That clip is mad! :laugh: Heh!

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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Barticle » Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:50 pm

Barticle wrote:I´m going to break out my Japanese dictionary later and see if I can come up with some MJ puns... stay tuned.
Here´s a few ideas (with liberal translations)...

Tenhou means "heaven win" but if it was written with different kanji for Ten and Hou it could mean "palace treasure" (which sounds like a Yaku name from classical Chinese MJ) or "abundant points".

Furi Ten could mean "disadvantage to points".

Tanki was a good one! The correct reading is "single horseman" but Tan Ki could also mean "search for an opportunity", "regret time", "short hope" or "choose to pray"! :laugh:

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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by oxoboxo » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:09 pm

wwwwwwww at 2 and 3 XD

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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Tom Sloper » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:20 pm

oxoboxo wrote:wwwwwwww at 2 and 3 XD
Wha...? :unsure:
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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Shirluban » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:19 pm

oxoboxo wrote:wwwwwwww at 2 and 3 XD
Can you please make sentences with more than two words.

As a moderator, I request you to explain what is the interest to link to some search engine main page.
Cats don't do タンヤオ (tan-yao) but タニャーオ (ta-nya-o).
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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Osamu » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:21 pm

w = short for 笑(warai/laugh) basically japanese version of lol.

To keep this post on topic...

1: What\'s a nickname for 9-crak?

2: what\'s a nickname for 8-bam?

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Re:Crazy Mahjong Lingo...

Post by Shirluban » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:45 pm

Osamu wrote:w = short for 笑(warai/laugh) basically japanese version of lol.
Ha! It makes many much more sense now!
Assuming the link was automatically added by the server, and is not part of the intended message :side:
(test: wwwwwwww <- indeed, the link is unfortunately added by the server)

Could 8-bam be basu (bus, or bath) ?
Or maybe hason (break) ?
(Normally, 8 bam is paasou.)
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