The Reiki Precepts

Colin wrote:

Here is another question: Will a French dog sit if you tell it to "Sit!" instead of "Assis!"?

rofl! you've just invoked the 'questions of questions'!

Colin wrote: Will a French dog sit if you tell it to "Sit!" instead of "Assis!"?

I suppose that all depends on:
a, whether or not the dog is deaf
b, whether or not the dog obeys commands
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c, whether or not the dog's English is better than my 'phrase-book' French
I always thought assis! was past tense: 'Sat!'


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Rlei_ki wrote:
I always thought assis! was past tense: 'Sat!'


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Not according to http://www.talkingtails.com/command.html

Sit: Assis
Down: Couché
Stay: Attend
Come: Viens or Ici
Heel: Au pied

My French isn't good enough to be sure either way, though!

Ai to Hikari
Colin

Colin wrote:However, since there are no (known) tape recordings of Usui sensei...

True. Though I'm sure I know someone who could conveniently 'rediscover' a couple of long-lost original wax-cylinder recordings - if your interested

Also, I would imagine that Onisaburo Deguchi pronounced it as nao hi, since that is how it appears in translations of his work.

Indeed. However, Deguchi's Omoto Kyo group did produce a magazine entitled: Chokurei-gun ("Direct-Spirit Army") ...

but alternate readings could also render it as 'hon sha shi sho nen', 'hon sha shi sei nen', 'hon ja shi sho nen' or 'hon ja shi sei nen'

and of course the kanji for 'hon' (本) can also be read: moto - as in Omoto (大本)

and the 'O'(大) in Omoto can also be read: 'dai' - as in Dai Ko Myo (大 光 明) - which some would have us believe was originally pronounced Dai Mitsu Mei...



I'm off to Reiki my head - either that or have a good strong drink
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Rlei_ki wrote:
I'm off to Reiki my head - either that or have a good strong drink
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Me too!

But before I do - here is an example to show that it is not just Japanese that has this problem:

If I said:
"I read about lead guitars"

Do I actually still read about them now or did I used to read about them - and were they guitars made of lead or lead guitars which played melodies rather than chords?


Sorry for the off-topic posts but I'm in a strange mood at the moment!

Ai to Hikari
Colin

Rlei_ki wrote:

Or if, rather than 'hon sha ze sho nen' he would have said 'hon ja ze sho nen'
- or even 'hon ja ze sei nen', as some would now have us believe...


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Hyakuten sensei teaches his classes to pronounce it 'hon ja ze sho nen'

Garry