Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)?

aboros Member

Registered: 2006-08-30 Posts: 48

I use Mr. T and my wife when either one or the other makes more sense. She gets a kick out of it when I tell her the stories that involve her - and she's plenty colorful enough to give me vivid images.

My favorite: The salad princess (once upon a time) going off to fight the dragon after borrowing the gold chains from Mr. T.

Spiderman is my favorite personification so far - very helpful. Just like for person, I added a second image for 'thread' - my brother. There are so many kanji with 'thread' that it isn't a problem to have multiple images in my experience. Kind of like the Tom Hanks approach.

Shibo Member

From: South Dakota, USA Registered: 2008-01-19 Posts: 132

tummai wrote:
Old thread I know, but I'm reviving it. I use Fedor Emelianenko as my person.

Fedor? Rofl. Is he destroying legions of mighty fighters or ducking big fights?

mentat_kgs Member

From: Brasil Registered: 2008-04-18 Posts: 1671 Website

I used superman for part of it.
It worked flawlessly for the "chief" kanji, as perry white is superman's chief.
I also used musashi.
Sheep is luffy from one piece. Gentleman is kame from dragon ball.
Turkey is a brazilian comic actor called Mr Turkey.

Last edited by mentat_kgs (2008 June 02, 3:44 pm)

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snispilbor Member

From: Ohio USA Registered: 2008-03-23 Posts: 150 Website

I use the first girl I ever had a crush on way back as a kid.

I find the shared stories usually work fine if you substitute Mr. T or whoever, for your chosen person. At least in my case it works out fine. It's not important for the story to "make sense" so it doesn't matter that the old crush has been put in situations way out of the ordinary for her.

(My old crush, in a french maid outfit?! I'd encroach on that!)

Nukemarine Member

From: 神奈川 Registered: 2007-07-15 Posts: 2347

I did use Batman for "equip" as the kanji fit that scene in Batman Begins so well. In hindsight, Batman would be a great character all around for that primitive.

QuackingShoe Member

From: USA Registered: 2008-04-19 Posts: 721

Yes, Batman worked very well for me. He was the first thing that came to mind, and I'm glad he did. He works for a lot that just make a certain kind of sense (battles between Batman and Poison Ivy are Excellent, Batman is Reliant on his specialized Garments, Batman's Dwelling is fit for a Lord, Batman's servants only use mops imported from Italy, Batman has many rules for the Robins at his side), and Batman is just ridiculous enough that he works for everything else as well, in the way that Chuck Norris and Mr. T do. After all, He's Batman, and he can breathe in space...

Last edited by QuackingShoe (2008 June 02, 10:31 pm)

playadom Member

Registered: 2007-06-29 Posts: 468

snispilbor wrote:
(My old crush, in a french maid outfit?! I'd encroach on that!)

For this reason alone, I plan to steal your idea!

hehehe...

I'm sinking my teeth into chapter 23(fingers!) as we speak. Using Colonel Sanders has been very entertaining.

Last edited by playadom (2008 June 02, 10:40 pm)

Triddy Member

From: Canada Registered: 2008-04-30 Posts: 19

snispilbor wrote:
I use the first girl I ever had a crush on way back as a kid.

I find the shared stories usually work fine if you substitute Mr. T or whoever, for your chosen person. At least in my case it works out fine. It's not important for the story to "make sense" so it doesn't matter that the old crush has been put in situations way out of the ordinary for her.

(My old crush, in a french maid outfit?! I'd encroach on that!)

Dear god, I just did encroach.

WHY THE HELL DID I NOT THINK OF THIS! I already have a somewhat attractive french maid in my imagery, but if "that" person was the French Maid...

I feel bad for not thinking of this.

To answer the general topic, I generally just use 'person', 'people', or for some reason, 'Humanity.' When I can't think of anything with that, it's Chuck Norris. If I see a pre-made story that I HAVE to use, I'll use Mr. T, but I never think of my own Mr. T stories.

playadom Member

Registered: 2007-06-29 Posts: 468

New idea:
I'm using Hard Gay(that crazy comedian guy) instead of 'crotch'. You'd be surprised how many hilarious stories can be cooked up(and how many synonyms for his uh...298(RTK euphemism!)) Much better than thinking of 50-odd stories for 'crotch'.

Shibo Member

From: South Dakota, USA Registered: 2008-01-19 Posts: 132

You know, I often have trouble thinking of stories for things like wheat, or rice, or cocoon. Crotch? never been an issue, haha.

playadom Member

Registered: 2007-06-29 Posts: 468

wrightak wrote:
Sorry to be a prude but does anyone feel like correcting the grammar in the topic title?

You know, that bothers me too...

Anyway, I'm about 60 kanji away from this lesson. Would it work to use two distinct things for this? One being a certain girl(hasn't shown up in any of the stories so far), the other being the Family Guy universe(lots of people, and lots of flexibility).

cescoz Member

From: Italy Registered: 2008-01-22 Posts: 131

For me was Nadal a famous tennist!!!
I dunno why maybe because in that afternoon I watched the final of the Wimbledon's tournament...but was a very good choice for me

alyks Member

From: Arizona Registered: 2008-05-31 Posts: 914 Website

I made イ and separate primitive. It's an imac.

stshores24 Member

From: Atlanta Registered: 2008-01-22 Posts: 71 Website

I'm subscribing to this topic because I'm working on Lesson 26 right now, so I'll be there shortly.

And the grammar does bother me. Please, someone fix this.

ファブリス Administrator

From: Belgium Registered: 2006-06-14 Posts: 4021 Website

@ruisu I edited the topic title, changed "Whose" into "Who is" (hopefully the latter is correct). I don't want to be a "grammar nazi" on these boards so I usually avoid editing topic titles. But if somebody requests it I see no objection so far as it's an obvious grammar error or misspelling, I hope you don't mind too much..

kazelee Rater Mode

From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

I should reach this soon.

I was going to use Bruce Lee when I first heard of this section. Now after reading this topic I can't decide whether or not I should should Mr. T or Batman or Bruce.

Perhaps I should use all three depending on the kanji?

P.S.

Commas omitted for ur pleasured readings

ファブリス Administrator

From: Belgium Registered: 2006-06-14 Posts: 4021 Website

kazelee wrote:
Commas omitted for ur pleasured readings

If that amuses you...

Fyi, I edited the topic title, I don't edit people's posts, and when I have to I always leave a note.

furrykef Member

From: Oklahoma City Registered: 2008-06-24 Posts: 191

I used Arnold Schwarzenegger because I couldn't think of a character myself, and the RTK blog I was using before I came here used Arnold, and I decided he was too good a character to pass up. He can be a badass action hero or a goofy and inept politician or whatever as you see fit... he's a very flexible guy.

- Kef

kazelee Rater Mode

From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

ファブリス wrote:
If that amuses you...

Very much

Very bored

ファブリス wrote:
Fyi, I edited the topic title, I don't edit people's posts, and when I have to I always leave a note.

Always good to know. [Fragment]
It takes a good leader to courageously hold back even though his eyes have been violated. [split infinitive]

I could do this all day, but, unfortunately, now this game has become boring as well. It's a bit time consuming trying to make errors on purpose. I blame my English teachers.

Last edited by kazelee (2008 July 23, 5:46 pm)

Ryuujin27 Member

Registered: 2006-12-14 Posts: 824

Having just spent the past 4 days blowing through all 7 Harry Potter books, my person is Dumbledore. It works well, especially if you incorporate other characters from it into the stories.

kazelee Rater Mode

From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

7 Books in 4 days. We won't need to start some sort of intervention will we?

I just finished the section with the kanji for going. I took a stab at associating the primitive with a character. It works wonders. I'm actually getting excited to learn Kanji.
Anyone else find that weird.

kira80 Member

Registered: 2011-01-04 Posts: 23

I think I'm going to use a dwarf...

I don't like being too specific because it restricts the range of possible stories. A dwarf can do everything normal people do. But it's more fun. Especially if one has a cruel sense of humor.

(apologies to any dwarf reading this)

Bokusenou Member

From: America Registered: 2007-01-12 Posts: 820 Website

When I was going through RTK1, my "person" was Voldemort from the Harry Potter series, which worked really well since my "taskmaster" was Snape.

meeatcookies Member

From: Poland Registered: 2011-11-12 Posts: 96

Im using Cirno from 東方, cant be easier than this, lol.

terebijoke Member

Registered: 2011-11-09 Posts: 12

I've been using Solid Snake, but I'm not sure if it's working yet. I'll report back at a later time.

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