frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Asahi is the name of a river, a lot of different things are named after >> it, much like say Washington. Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to >> do with the Washington Nationals< (baseball team), which has noting to >> do with Washington and Lee University, except for the name... >> > > I always thought Asahi meant "light" in Japanese. Not light as in > "less affected by gravity" but light as in "absence of dark". Ex > Oriente Lux and all. > > Of course I could be wrong. And I'm sure there is an Asahi River in Japan. > > BTW, speaking of the Washington Nationals, they have nothing to do > with baseball. Have you ever seen them play? > > cheers, > frank > I try to avoid painful things...
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