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Usagi Miyamoto
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 Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: 06-12-25 Old Man Winter |
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Snorri
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I like it anyway.
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PinkSpider43
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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But... Tat says it means "Jack Frost"
Clearly, reality is mistaken here. |
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Bart
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| PinkSpider43 wrote: |
Clearly, reality is mistaken here. |
And I always thought that Mellowfish would be the first to use that phrase. |
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mouse
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: 06-12-25 Old Man Winter |
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| Usagi Miyamoto wrote: |
This seems a little odd, since the character is actually Winter,
meaning the season, and not a personification of chilly cold frostyness, particularly. |
is there an actual character for the personification of winter, i.e., jack frost?
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Usagi Miyamoto
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: Re: 06-12-25 Old Man Winter |
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Gabriel
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: |
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It could just be that Tat is using the term "Jack Frost" to mean winter...either way, I like the strip, always enjoy that kind
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mouse
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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yeah, i really like the calligraphy ones.
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TiranoPetrie
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i never thought that Tats meanings were the exact meaning for the symbols. i remember the one where he used Dragon. the symbol literally said 'dragon' but his caption didnt
*wanders off to find it*
*edit*
here we go
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nemo
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:16 am Post subject: Humour impaired |
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Hey, this thread amused me, so for those humour impaired folks who started it:
http://m8y.org/tmp/calligraphy.html
(I tossed in convenient title/alt text, but 'sall Tatsuya's fine work)
The translation is part of the joke. |
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