It's KANJI not **KANJIS**

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Reply #1 - 2010 February 19, 7:57 am
Yonosa Member
From: USA Registered: 2009-05-12 Posts: 485

JUST STOP PLEASE.

Reply #2 - 2010 February 19, 8:04 am
Rael89 Member
From: new york Registered: 2008-07-26 Posts: 103

Don't you have more important things to worry about?

Reply #3 - 2010 February 19, 8:47 am
Babyrat Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-07 Posts: 144

This reminds me of a funny story: I once gave some fruits to my sheeps and all day long they shits everywhere.  So I stopped feeding them fruits. I started feeding my fruits to peoples they got very happy. But there tooths started to rot so I decided to feed them some fishs and mouses.

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Reply #4 - 2010 February 19, 8:50 am
gyuujuice Member
From: USA Registered: 2008-09-24 Posts: 828

What happened to the fishes and mice? And where did the fruit come from? And why am I bothering analyzing a story that spans only 3 sentences? =_=

Reply #5 - 2010 February 19, 9:11 am
meolox Member
Registered: 2007-08-31 Posts: 386

This annoys me greatly too, "Kanjis" sounds horrible and unnatural. I suggest an immediate ban for anyone who uses it tongue

Reply #6 - 2010 February 19, 9:19 am
Fishface Member
From: London Registered: 2009-06-10 Posts: 32

Babyrat wrote:

they shits everywhere

wouldn't it just be shit, since it's a verb and not the plural of shit?

Reply #7 - 2010 February 19, 9:24 am
Nukemarine Member
From: 神奈川 Registered: 2007-07-15 Posts: 2347

So wait, you're complaining how to use the romanized version of a Chinese word. It's ROMAJI not romanji. Everyone knows ROMAJI is capitalized.

Signed,

漢字たち。

Seriously (or not), I have a hard enough time keeping English words like "they're", "their", "there", "hear", "here", "it's", "its" straight without worrying about what the grammar committee decided to be the rules for loan word.

So wait, what's the correct word when you turn Kana into Kanji: is it called Kanjify or Kanjying?

Reply #8 - 2010 February 19, 9:37 am
bflatnine Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-10-10 Posts: 360 Website

Fishface wrote:

Babyrat wrote:

they shits everywhere

wouldn't it just be shit, since it's a verb and not the plural of shit?

I like 'shat' better.

Reply #9 - 2010 February 19, 9:40 am
Evil_Dragon Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-08-21 Posts: 683

Roger that.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to read some mangas.

Reply #10 - 2010 February 19, 9:53 am
yukamina Member
From: Canada Registered: 2006-01-09 Posts: 761

Fishface wrote:

Babyrat wrote:

they shits everywhere

wouldn't it just be shit, since it's a verb and not the plural of shit?

Nah, you can add 's', it just grammatically incorrect in the example. ex. You sit, she sits, they sit

Reply #11 - 2010 February 19, 9:55 am
Jarvik7 Member
From: 名古屋 Registered: 2007-03-05 Posts: 3946

It's kanjii (pronounced kanj-eye), since it's a latin root duh.

Reply #12 - 2010 February 19, 10:23 am
JimmySeal Member
From: Kyoto Registered: 2006-03-28 Posts: 2279

No, actually, kanji is the plural form of kanjus.

Ex:

Man, I was so busy today, I only had time to study one kanjus.

Reply #13 - 2010 February 19, 10:26 am
Babyrat Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-07 Posts: 144

Guess a few people didnt get that I was doing grammaticaly incorrect plurals...

Reply #14 - 2010 February 19, 11:01 am
spleenlol Member
From: Michigan Registered: 2009-07-07 Posts: 154

Nukemarine wrote:

So wait, what's the correct word when you turn Kana into Kanji: is it called Kanjify or Kanjying?

Kanjify. smile

Reply #15 - 2010 February 19, 11:06 am
bflatnine Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2008-10-10 Posts: 360 Website

Babyrat wrote:

Guess a few people didnt get that I was doing grammaticaly incorrect plurals...

Or we did, and pointed out that 'shits' is a verb in that sentence, and is thus inconsistent with the rest of the joke. 'Shit' or 'shat' would be correct (although I think using 'shit' as past tense sounds odd).

Reply #16 - 2010 February 19, 11:21 am
Tobberoth Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2008-08-25 Posts: 3364

Sorry mate, dictionary.com clearly states that kanjis is an accepted plural form of kanji.

Reply #17 - 2010 February 19, 11:24 am
Babyrat Member
From: UK Registered: 2008-10-07 Posts: 144

bflatnine wrote:

Babyrat wrote:

Guess a few people didnt get that I was doing grammaticaly incorrect plurals...

Or we did, and pointed out that 'shits' is a verb in that sentence, and is thus inconsistent with the rest of the joke. 'Shit' or 'shat' would be correct (although I think using 'shit' as past tense sounds odd).

Well it was worth a try! Found it hard to think of incorrect plurals!

Reply #18 - 2010 February 19, 11:45 am
kazelee Rater Mode
From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

What Tobberoth said.

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