That's Kinki
One private university in Japan is considering to change its English name because its actual Japanese name written in English alphabet sounds a bit perverted. The university is called "Kinki University (近畿大学)", the word Kinki is just a name of the region. If you can read Japanese, you can go here to read the article by MSN. Or visit their website here.
According to the article, a girl who plays base guitar in the accompanying band for Beyonce asked Kinki University send her a t-shirt with their English logo so that she can wear it while touring around for concerts.
This isn't mentioned in the article, but there's a group of singers in Japan called "Kinki Kids" whose members are all from Kinki region. But if you are from English-speaking region, they sound like a group of perverted kids. Times like this I really hate and love the language barrier at the same time.
I want to punch the people who decided to build Tower of Babel.
According to the article, a girl who plays base guitar in the accompanying band for Beyonce asked Kinki University send her a t-shirt with their English logo so that she can wear it while touring around for concerts.
This isn't mentioned in the article, but there's a group of singers in Japan called "Kinki Kids" whose members are all from Kinki region. But if you are from English-speaking region, they sound like a group of perverted kids. Times like this I really hate and love the language barrier at the same time.
I want to punch the people who decided to build Tower of Babel.
posted by Masato at
9:03 AM
2 Comments:
i think we should retaliate and name one our universities the japanese word for "kinki." What is it, Masato?
There isn't really a good translation for kinky. But actually Hawaii was almost there, because "hiwai" in Japanese means obscene in erotic sense (kind of).
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