Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!ps01-sjc1!news.webusenet.com!easynews!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Disaster" Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion Subject: Re: Shougoki? Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:47:07 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: "Disaster" References: <3D2D3BF1.8030604@interchange.ubc.ca> <3d2d3f8c.38100081@news.noos.fr> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 22 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:1034 "Antony" wrote: > Kakarotto wrote: > > > I think its because Shi can also mean death, thats why forty is Yon-ju, not > > shi-ju, but then they say ju-shi (14) on occasion. > > would the use of ju-shi be symbolic of the death of fourteen-year old > pilots, by any chance? When did you see a 14 year old pilot die? -- Kind regards Disaster Disaster's Fan Fiction - http://www.disfanfic.net DSE - For the Public - http://www.disfanfic.net/DSE JAE FAQ - http://www.evafaq.com Pen^3's JAE FAQ - http://faq.pen3.cjb.net Convention Reports - http://www.disfanfic.net/conventions