Comments on: Hoshii http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/ Software Engineering, Japan, Tokyo, and my life. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Charles http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3347 Charles Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:51:57 +0000 http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3347 basketball gives an adrenaline boost to life - great stress reliever. * (star) is pronounced "hoshi" in Japanese Girl in japanese is pronounced differently (vowels are extended, hard to explain) when extending the last vowel in hoshi and mixing it with the word girl, it ends up meaning "I want all the sexy ladies" basketball gives an adrenaline boost to life - great stress reliever.

* (star) is pronounced “hoshi” in Japanese
Girl in japanese is pronounced differently (vowels are extended, hard to explain)

when extending the last vowel in hoshi and mixing it with the word girl, it ends up meaning “I want all the sexy ladies”

]]> By: Matt B http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3343 Matt B Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3343 Totally don\'t have a clue what the name really means, but the whole experience sounds freakin awesome. Oh how I yearn for basketball. Totally don\’t have a clue what the name really means, but the whole experience sounds freakin awesome. Oh how I yearn for basketball.

]]> By: Charles http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3333 Charles Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:35:19 +0000 http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3333 haha, that would be the "apparent" answer, and also the one that I originally thought when I saw the uniforms (I was slightly afraid to put it on initially)... until I learned the double-meaning. haha, that would be the “apparent” answer, and also the one that I originally thought when I saw the uniforms (I was slightly afraid to put it on initially)… until I learned the double-meaning.

]]> By: Jim http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3327 Jim Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3327 I'm just hoping in my deepest heart that it is NOT Star Girls. I’m just hoping in my deepest heart that it is NOT Star Girls.

]]> By: Charles http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3326 Charles Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:57 +0000 http://www.forthecode.org/2010/02/08/hoshii/#comment-3326 +5 points to the person that can figure out what the team name is, hint - it is not as apparent as it may seem (actually, this will be nearly impossible for anyone that has little Japanese comprehension, and rather difficult for those that are advanced) +5 points to the person that can figure out what the team name is, hint - it is not as apparent as it may seem (actually, this will be nearly impossible for anyone that has little Japanese comprehension, and rather difficult for those that are advanced)

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