----- Original Message ----- From: "Dilwyn Jones"
To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: [ql-users] tsunami
After hearing all about the natural disasters affecting the populations of some Asian countries, it was not nice to realise I have parts made by Tsunami on this PC. Without meaning to make light in any way of the awful situation those people find themselves in, it makes me wonder why anyone chose such a name for a computer company? Anyone know if it is connected - apparently the natural disaster term means Harbour (tsu) and Waves (name) in Japanese and of course is female gender like names of hurricanes and other natural disasters!
Tut! Tut! Dilwyn, you old misogynist. Japanese nouns do not have a gender!
There are 2 Chinese/Japanese characters for Tsu and 4 for Nami, 3 of which mean wave. Thus tsunami does not necessarily mean a destructive wave.
What a good start to the year I am having! Not only off topic, but also pedantic and insulting!
Best Wishes, Geoff
PS all you QL-ers writing at great length on New Year's Day. Was it only the Germans who got pissed last night?
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