Re: Japanese "good", consonant clusters etc.

>> 1. How do you say "good" in Japanese?
in Romaji, accordin' to my sources:

            _yoi_, "good"
            _oishii_, "good food"
            _kanari takusan (no)_, "a good many"
            _ga jozu de aru_, "be good at"
            _anata no karada ni yoi_, "it's good for ya"
            _yakutatazu_, noun, "good-fer-nuthin'"
                _yakuza_ "gangster"
            _jokigen (no)_, "good-humoured"
            _bijin (no)_, "good-lookin'" (woman, girl)
            _hansamu (na)_,   "  (man, boy)
            _kidate no yoi_, "good-natured"
            _hitogara no yosa_, moral "goodness"
            _eiyobun_, "goodness" of fruits, etc.
            _yareyare!_, "thank goodness!"
            _zen'i_, "goodwill"
            _iikoburikko_, noun, "goody-goody"
            _sayonara_, "goodbye"

>> 2. Could anyone give me some sxamples of insane consonant clusters?
    "Insane consonant clusters" like "insane dissonant sound clusters" 0_o?

    *_kanchasmos sinistra_!*

    I am fond of tons of Sanskrit and Germanic/Western European types of
clusters (ie Dutch, Flemish, German, etc), i.e. /skr//vr:/ /v_hz/ /v_h'ks/ /vL/
    ... and I reaally love a lotta Greco-like, H.P. Lovecraft-ian ones like
_cth-_ as in _chthonic_ ,"Cthulhu" and _Cthulhu Mythos_ (the negative, creative
Primordial Chaos concept of the Greeks "re-built" around Lovecraft's
semi-fictional Chaos Gods Cthulhu, Azathoth, Nylarlathotep, Hastur, and Shub-Niggurath
and "contained"/depicted in the Necronomicon, the Book of Dead Names.
    To say much more could possibly violate my blood oaths in Chaos Magik...
and lessen my power as TricksterGod Archetype Incarnate... leaving me easy
marked prey to the Powers-That-Be on Earth, the Even Darker Fascistic Predator
Gods in this New Dark Age, the Era of Kali Yuga...the Age of the Lie of Lies...

In a message dated 2004:01:03 04:55:49 PM, Steg writes:

>  "your whistling sounds like scary alien bees!"
>      ~ why not to attempt tuvan throat singing in public
LOL... *_kanchasmos sinistra redux_!*

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