Personally, I like Asahi beer....
On 6/4/08, Katrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My denji jisho (electronic dictionary) states that asahi means "the morning > [rising] sun"... its > written with the kanjis for morning (asa) and sun (hi) ^_- > > a lot of things is named after it, for example the asahi shinbun (shinbun = > newspaper) > > ~Katrin > > > Am 4 Jun 2008 um 13:10 hat frank theriault geschrieben: > > > > 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 > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > ****************************************************************************** > Desert Rose > Chris' & Katrin's X Japan homepage! Please visit it! > http://www.desertrose.de > > >From now on I will try to live for you and for me. > I will live with love...with dreams... > and forever with tears.. > > ****************************************************************************** > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
