[Buddha-l] FW: Three year Research Associate, UK, Indian & Buddhist theories of self

[James A. Stroble]

On Thursday 02 August 2007 16:34, jkirk wrote:
> Hmmmm--think from now on I shall stop writing aso and begin writing nado.
> Aso is, as you point out, too embarrassingly close to aa so.
> The beauty of it is that nobody will know what I've written except Stephen
> and maybe a few other Japanese speakers on the list.
> Heh heh.
> Joanna

But to be really effective you need to reduplicate in Japanese, so 
say "nado-nado".  And you can add "zen-zen" to your repetoire, which 
literally means "entirely, completely" and so really means "it's nothing".  

Ah, I love the smell of comparative linguistics in the evening!
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:The right way to seize a philosopher. Crates, is by the ears: persuade me  
then and drag me off by them; but if you use violence, my body will be with 
you, but my mind with Stilpo."  Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius, VII:24
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