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The debut screening of North Korean's X-Factor was met with lukewarm response.
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Originally Posted by Norm_uk
(Post 8646080)
Someone explain Kamikaze isn't remotely Chinese...:blink:
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor in the 13th century, wanted Japan. After attempts at a friendly take-over bid, he resorted to naval action, attempting to take the islands by storm from his base in Korea. In two of its major attempts the Mongol navy was decimated by typhoons, which the Japanese attributed to divine intervention. Kami means god, kaze means wind, hence divine wind (which is the normal translation of kamikaze). By extension, suicide attacks in WW2 from the air were given the prefix god+wind to differentiate them from ground or sea-based attacks. I know a kamikaze pilot. Nice old chap. |
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Far-eastern Duke Of Edinburgh Award winners to meet Prince Phillip
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8646186)
It isn't, but there's a connection (and anyway they look Korean to me).
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor in the 13th century, wanted Japan. After attempts at a friendly take-over bid, he resorted to naval action, attempting to take the islands by storm from his base in Korea. In two of its major attempts the Mongol navy was decimated by typhoons, which the Japanese attributed to divine intervention. Kami means god, kaze means wind, hence divine wind (which is the normal translation of kamikaze). By extension, suicide attacks in WW2 from the air were given the prefix god+wind to differentiate them from ground or sea-based attacks. I know a kamikaze pilot. Nice old chap. "A Japanese bloke has moved in next door to me. He was a kamikaze pilot during the war. He was useless........" |
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8646186)
It isn't, but there's a connection (and anyway they look Korean to me).
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor in the 13th century, wanted Japan. After attempts at a friendly take-over bid, he resorted to naval action, attempting to take the islands by storm from his base in Korea. In two of its major attempts the Mongol navy was decimated by typhoons, which the Japanese attributed to divine intervention. Kami means god, kaze means wind, hence divine wind (which is the normal translation of kamikaze). By extension, suicide attacks in WW2 from the air were given the prefix god+wind to differentiate them from ground or sea-based attacks. I know a kamikaze pilot. Nice old chap. A better translation of Kamikaze would be "devine wind" rather than god wind...although "wind of god" would probably work too. Anywhat nothing Chinese about it...unless of course you mean Japan and Korea were both heavily influence by Chinese culture for centuries? He can't be a very good kamikaze pilot if you know him...unless you communicate via a Quija board? ;) |
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Originally Posted by Norm_uk
(Post 8646464)
Sorry but that's a connection between Japan and Korea....not China and Japan or more specifically China and Kamikaze...
A better translation of Kamikaze would be "devine wind" rather than god wind...although "wind of god" would probably work too. Anywhat nothing Chinese about it...unless of course you mean Japan and Korea were both heavily influence by Chinese culture for centuries? He can't be a very good kamikaze pilot if you know him...unless you communicate via a Quija board? ;) See my post above............ |
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Originally Posted by Norm_uk
(Post 8646464)
Sorry but that's a connection between Japan and Korea....not China and Japan or more specifically China and Kamikaze...
A better translation of Kamikaze would be "devine wind" rather than god wind...although "wind of god" would probably work too. Anywhat nothing Chinese about it...unless of course you mean Japan and Korea were both heavily influence by Chinese culture for centuries? He can't be a very good kamikaze pilot if you know him...unless you communicate via a Quija board? ;) The common translation is Divine Wind, which is what I stated. Was he a good pilot or not? Difficult to say--they were under instruction to make a strike if they could hit their target, if not then return to base and try another day. He made a dozen or so sorties, if I recall correctly. I guess only he knows... |
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8646600)
Was he a good pilot or not? Difficult to say--they were under instruction to make a strike if they could hit their target, if not then return to base and try another day. He made a dozen or so sorties, if I recall correctly. I guess only he knows...
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Originally Posted by EmiratesMillhouse
(Post 8647831)
I think this man was bullshitting you - didn't their wheels come off on take off thus forcing them to crash?
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Originally Posted by EmiratesMillhouse
(Post 8647831)
I think this man was bullshitting you - didn't their wheels come off on take off thus forcing them to crash?
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I knew it:
communism comes in all shapes and sizes! |
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8647855)
Urban myth.
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Originally Posted by EmiratesMillhouse
(Post 8650464)
buy surely after his 10th failed mission he would have been shot or being a traitor? or just an outright wuss?
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8646600)
No, its a connection between China and Japan in that Kublai Khan was emperor of Mongolia which incorporated parts of what is now China, and he founded the Yuan Dynasty in China. Korea was overrun by the Mongols at that time.
The common translation is Divine Wind, which is what I stated. Was he a good pilot or not? Difficult to say--they were under instruction to make a strike if they could hit their target, if not then return to base and try another day. He made a dozen or so sorties, if I recall correctly. I guess only he knows... |
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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 8646186)
It isn't, but there's a connection (and anyway they look Korean to me).
Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor in the 13th century, wanted Japan. After attempts at a friendly take-over bid, he resorted to naval action, attempting to take the islands by storm from his base in Korea. In two of its major attempts the Mongol navy was decimated by typhoons, which the Japanese attributed to divine intervention. Kami means god, kaze means wind, hence divine wind (which is the normal translation of kamikaze). By extension, suicide attacks in WW2 from the air were given the prefix god+wind to differentiate them from ground or sea-based attacks. I know a kamikaze pilot. Nice old chap. The guy you know obviously wasnt very good at his job eh...:D |
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