Comments on: Beginner Lesson S2 #24 - Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fried Chicken!

by: tori_ningen_fan

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:57:26 +0000

This is great.
Growing up in Hawaii we always said, jan ken po, I canna show (as in, I can not show), wai lupe wai lupe, bang bang joe! I’m guessing the “I can not show” is from the あいこでしょ but about the rest I have no idea!

by: Clifford

Wed, 16 May 2007 03:38:50 +0000

Actually, funny thing.

I live in Sendai, and one day when I was visiting my neighborhood gorcery store, I discovered a group of adults throwing Rock-Paper-Scissors in the back of the store. They were auctioning off pieces of fish. 6-8 adults were crowding the counter, pumping their fists in the air, to the familiar chant of
SAI SHOU GU, JAN KEN PON. It was hilarious.

This game is the great equalizer between children, but to see these adults playing reminded me that there’s an inner child in all of us.

by: Jiashen

Sun, 13 May 2007 03:18:27 +0000

haha yeah probably because of the 2-2-1 syllabic pattern. If you wanna go a step further, it’s probably also because 布 (like “pon” in Japanese) has that plosive sound that makes for a better ending.

by: Shellyz

Fri, 11 May 2007 16:25:08 +0000

I guess the reason why it’s called 石头，剪刀，布 instead of 石头，剪刀，纸 is just because the rhythm sounds better!

by: maxiewawa

Fri, 11 May 2007 07:36:45 +0000

Now that I think of it, in Australia we used to say ’scissors paper rock’.

by: Jiashen

Fri, 11 May 2007 05:24:57 +0000

In Singapore we say in English “scissors paper stone”. haha interesting isn’t it?

by: Sindy

Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00:20 +0000

JP101 Crew and Listeners!

Great Beginner Lesson S2! I didn’t knew Janken game existed until I saw it on Anime/Manga.

To be honest I’m so innocent here, I haven’t play it before and I just understand Janken a little. S_R_C

by: ShinKo

Thu, 10 May 2007 09:12:17 +0000

lol~ I used to play Janken with my friends around the stairs just to waste time away during elementary school.

by: maxiewawa

Thu, 10 May 2007 04:00:46 +0000

I always thought it was 石头，剪刀，簿。My thought process was that a 簿is made of paper, but I guess 布makes more sense!
Why couldn’t it be 石头，剪刀，纸？

by: Isolina Black

Wed, 09 May 2007 21:24:46 +0000

-Giggles-
I actually understood alot of that, even though I’ve never heard Japanese in real life, or had any Japanese lessons. And I’ve never listened to any of the rest of these podcasts.
I just listen to anime. Over and over. ALOT of it. All in Japanese. ^^;'’