Comments on: 古池や http://whiteperil.com/2008/01/15/%e5%8f%a4%e6%b1%a0%e3%82%84/ Sat, 12 May 2012 10:38:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sean Kinsell http://whiteperil.com/2008/01/15/%e5%8f%a4%e6%b1%a0%e3%82%84/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Sean Kinsell Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:19:53 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=1523#comment-3112 Yeah, I don't think Jeff's going to be back to posting all that frequently, but he's hilarious. Probably NSFW if you're office is big on preserving leftist pieties, though. : ) Yeah, I don’t think Jeff’s going to be back to posting all that frequently, but he’s hilarious. Probably NSFW if you’re office is big on preserving leftist pieties, though. : )

]]> By: Marzo http://whiteperil.com/2008/01/15/%e5%8f%a4%e6%b1%a0%e3%82%84/comment-page-1/#comment-3111 Marzo Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:00:49 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=1523#comment-3111 ><i>and then go on to write about a Ukrainian drag queen</i> <BR /> <BR />And a P.S. about Alaska &Fangoria, too! I must read Beatiful Atrocities more. (Well, I must read Beatiful Atrocities, period). >and then go on to write about a Ukrainian drag queen

And a P.S. about Alaska &Fangoria, too! I must read Beatiful Atrocities more. (Well, I must read Beatiful Atrocities, period).

]]> By: Sean Kinsell http://whiteperil.com/2008/01/15/%e5%8f%a4%e6%b1%a0%e3%82%84/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Sean Kinsell Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:46:38 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=1523#comment-3110 I'm not entirely sure about that first part. Modern Japanese prose is a lot more compact, but classical Japanese had quite a few long-ass inflections and affixes. It seems to me to even out reasonably well in terms of ideas per syllable. And yeah, the haiku's gotten trite...but you see hackneyed paintings, novels, and plays, too. I think the problem with the haiku is that people learn to think of it as both (1) like, super-deep, man and (2) quick and easy. The temptation to try for both goods at once is just too strong. I’m not entirely sure about that first part. Modern Japanese prose is a lot more compact, but classical Japanese had quite a few long-ass inflections and affixes. It seems to me to even out reasonably well in terms of ideas per syllable. And yeah, the haiku’s gotten trite…but you see hackneyed paintings, novels, and plays, too. I think the problem with the haiku is that people learn to think of it as both (1) like, super-deep, man and (2) quick and easy. The temptation to try for both goods at once is just too strong.

]]> By: Zak http://whiteperil.com/2008/01/15/%e5%8f%a4%e6%b1%a0%e3%82%84/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 Zak Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:49:02 +0000 http://whiteperil.com/?p=1523#comment-3109 ESPECIALLY because Japanese is a much more compact language than English is, so you can squeeze a lot more meaning into 17 syllables. If you are going to copy what is almost always a trite form to begin with (sorry Sean!), you should at least double the amount of syllables in English to give it the latitude you have in Japanese. ESPECIALLY because Japanese is a much more compact language than English is, so you can squeeze a lot more meaning into 17 syllables. If you are going to copy what is almost always a trite form to begin with (sorry Sean!), you should at least double the amount of syllables in English to give it the latitude you have in Japanese.

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