CrazyTigerFan

re: Street Fighter - Official Trailer 1

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/16/26 at 10:35 pm to Socrates Johnson

Man, I've been trying to learn Japanese on and off for years. shite's hard.

re: Street Fighter - Official Trailer 1

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/16/26 at 3:56 pm to Socrates Johnson

quote:
Wait, have I been pronouncing Ryu wrong all this time?

We say certain words wrong b/c vowels have multiple sounds in English but one sound (more or less) in Japanese. Their characters use a syllabary based on syllables.

Any vowel can be doubled in length.

You can sometimes add a ya, yu, or yo after a consonant (like with Ryu).

The vowels in the syllables sound like:
a = ah (the first part of ah ha)
i = ii (the letter e in English)
u = ooh (like in loop or hoop)
e = eh (the vowel sound in meh)
o = oh (the letter o in English)

So ninja should sound like niinja. karaoke should sound like ka ra o ke but we tend to say carry okey. Nintendo should shound like Niin ten do-o (long o), but they "officially" changed the non-Japanese pronunciation.

It all seems simple enough, but it's hard to break the sounds you learned first. (It's also why Japanese people tens to have such a problem with learning English... they use the syllabary sounds instead of trying to figure out the mosh pit of vowel sounds that we've got.)

The exceptions are the polyglots and natural language learners. Lucky bastards.

re: NOLA airport/Kenner/Metairie area recs...

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/16/26 at 9:28 am to j4lsu

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Big EZ Seafood and Oyster House

Vietnamese style boiled and fried. They were better when they hadn't expanded to other cities, and even better when they only had one place on the Westbank. They're still okay, but not as consistent now.

Food and Drink

re: What to do about mother's cat.

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/15/26 at 12:22 pm to prplhze2000

quote:
17 years old

quote:
he is now peeing on things.

It may have failing kidneys on top of adjusting to missing your mother.

re: Best sushi restaurant in Lafayette.

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/15/26 at 10:39 am to Demonbengal

Osaka has some Korean dishes as well as sushi rolls, if anyone in your party is less into raw fish.

Food and Drink

re: Best Horror Movie of All Time Tournament - Round of 64 (VOTE NOW)

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/14/26 at 7:04 pm to iwyLSUiwy

A BOYS BEST FRIEND IS HIS MOTHER REGION

1. The Exorcist
16. Final Destination

8. Carrie
9. The Evil Dead 2

5. 28 Days Later
12. Saw

4. The Ring
13. Frailty

6. It Follows
11. insidious

3. A Nightmare on Elm Street
14. Don't Look Now

7. The VVitch
10. The Strangers

2. Psycho (1960)
15. The Exorcist 3

IT PUTS THE LOTION IN THE BASKET REGION

1. The Shining
16. A Quiet Place

8. Ready or Not
9. The Fly (1986)

5. Silence of the lambs
12. Rosemary's Baby

4. Event Horizon
13. The Grudge

6. Friday the 13th
11. Midsommar

3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
14. Salem's Lot (1979)

7. The Wailing
10. Sinister

2 Poltergeist
15.Tremors

DO YOU LIKE SCARY MOVIES? REGION

1. Jaws
16. IT (2017)

8. Pet Cemetery
9. The Lost Boys

5. The Blair Witch Project
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

4. The Omen (1976)
13. Oculus

6. Fright Night
11. The Descent

3. Scream
14. The Menu

7. Hellraiser
10. Let the Right One In

2. The Thing
15. Dawn of the Dead

BEWARE THE MOON REGION

1. Halloween (1978)
16. The Conjuring

8. Candyman (1992)
9. Paranormal Activity

5. American Werewolf In London (1981)
12. In the Mouth of madness

4. Cabin in the Woods
13. The Changeling

6. Misery
11. Audition

3. Hereditary
14. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

7. Night of the Living Dead
10. The Birds

2. Alien
15. The Sixth Sense

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re: Ideas: best or most memorable wedding gift you received

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/12/26 at 9:30 pm to financetiger

Honestly, the best gifts were all of the family and friends who were able to share their time with us. 20 years later, and too many of them aren't here anymore to spend time with.

If I had to tie it to a "thing" though, my parents funded a bigger event than we could have afforded on our own, and my aunt baked us a great wedding cake.

re: What happened to Poo Poo Broussard?

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/11/26 at 11:27 pm to SallysHuman

quote:
what's this thread about?

The Saints

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/11/26 at 3:00 pm to Volvagia

Houston, toilet is powered, tanks are purged.

re: Spaghetti with Ketchup instead of Tomato sauce. What are your food oddities?

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/11/26 at 2:57 pm to BoomerandSooner

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It's quite popular in the Nordic countries and Japan.

If you see Napolitan on a Japanese menu, this is that.

Food and Drink

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/10/26 at 7:57 pm to Volvagia

Thinking about it now... I wonder why they're fooling with the helicopter rescue and not just recovering the capsule into the well deck after the hydrozine check is done.

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/10/26 at 7:46 pm to Volvagia

LPDs have a well deck.. They can sink the deck, open the back doors, and float it on in.

ETA: By sink the deck I mean fill it with water. They can launch HCAC hovercraft and seadoos and whatnot from within the ship that way.

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/10/26 at 7:00 pm to Lsut81

quote:
Have they ever lost a crew via capsule

Technically. The Apollo 1 fire was in the capsule, but not in flight. (Right?)

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/10/26 at 6:53 pm to The Boat

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Is that white spot the service module?

It was the moon.

re: Drive thru worker shot and killed over Onion Rings at Steak N Shake in St. Louis

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/10/26 at 6:01 pm to Kansas City King

Fry him.

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/8/26 at 11:13 pm to MSUDawg98

Better to be able to troubleshoot it and eventually solve the problem than not. It's something that will certainly be needed on future missions.

re: Underrated movie quotes

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/8/26 at 9:10 pm to Jimbeaux

"Why has the car stopped?"
"It's frightened."

re: Words and terms you think would make good band names

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/6/26 at 2:40 pm to DreamsDieInHimesHall

Skeleton Pelican

Music Board

re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight

Posted by CrazyTigerFan on 4/2/26 at 8:58 pm to Volvagia

We've given the keys to the blind dude, the kid, a teenager had the keys, we threw the keys at anyone in red who happened to be passing that day. And then finally, y'know (footage of the ship crashing into the planet).