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From: JKICHIOK@BRFUEM.BITNET (Jorge Prado)
Subject: Informations
X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 13: 41:42 BDB
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:47:56 GMT

HI, I GOT A TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT CORRECT? HOW ABOUT THE CONVERTION IN AMERICAN MEASURE?
ANYONE COULD HELP ME??
THANKS IN ADVANCE

PS: HAPPY NEW YEAR
    PROSPERO ANO NOVO

*******************************************************************
                   TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS


1) MEASURE OF LENGTH (FOR CLOTH, ETC)
   1 BU =
   10 BU = 1 SUN
   10 SUN = 1 SHAKU
   10 SHAKU = 1 JO
   1 TAN = VARIES FROM 2 JO 8 SHAKU UP TO 4 JO
   1 HIKI = 2 TAN (50 TO 80 SHAKU)
   1 RYO = 1 HIKI OR 2 TAN


2) CAPACITY
   1 TSUBU (OR KA) =
   1 SATSU =
   10 SATSU = 1 SAI
   10 SAI = 1 SHAKU
   10 SHAKU = 1 GO
   10 GO = 1 SHO
   10 SHO = 1 TO
   10 TO = 1 KOKU
   1 WA (OR TABA) =
   1 SOKU (OR TSUKA) =
   1 HYO =

  VARIABLES
   1 TAN =
   1 I =
   1 KAGO =


3) WEIGHT
   12 BU = 1 SHU
   24 SHU = 1 RYO
   16 RYO = 1 KIN
   1 MOCHI = 10 RYO
   1 KO =


4) LINEAR MEASURE
   1 CHO = 60 KEN
   1 RI = 36 CHO


5) AREA
   1 TAN =
   1 CHO =


6) COINAGE
   1 MON
   1 KAN
From: jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese For Everyone - CD
Date: 3 Jan 1993 00:22:34 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
NNTP-Posting-Host: four-lab4.berkeley.edu

In article <72798@cup.portal.com> mgn@cup.portal.com (Mike G Newman) writes:

  >A recent issue of 'MangaJin' recommends the CD Japanese For Everyone
  >as the best CAI material for Japanese.  Any comments on this or
  >other recommendations?

Does this have any connection with the textbook "Japanese for Everyone"
by Kodansha Publishing?  If it is, then I'd be really interested,
because I currently use that text in conjunction with my tutoring.
I provides a good introductory mix of kana and kanji and lots of
grammar.  It has simple enough English instructions to allow a Japanese
tutor to understand and teach the lessons as well.

Jaa, James
=======================================================================
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             |    Wanna go? Need someone who sings worse than you do? |
             |    Know about a cool karaoke bar? send e-mail          |
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Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: cmr@WORLD.STD.COM ("Charles Richmond, I.I.S. Corp.,              723-7695", 617)
Subject: Re: Portuguese
X-Unparsable-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13: 14:11 TZONE
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:14:54 GMT

On Tue, 22 Dec 1992, Peter Yamamoto wrote:

> In article <9212211229.AA14784@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> you write:
> >        "Oi Naomi"
> >                I'm a brazilian and I want to know if I could e-mail to you
> >too.
> >                MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
>
> "Oi ..."!?!
> That's a highly impolite greeting.
> I am not Japanese, but still, it shocked me to read this!
> Peter

Well in Brazil, it is not quite the same  (-;   His "Oi" was Portugese
not Japanese.

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Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
Subject: Re: Internet Connections In Japan
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:50:42 GMT

In article <9212231747.AA03774@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
>SCOTTP@YVAX.BYU.EDU Writes...
>>
>> Does anyone out there know the easiest way to get a connection to the internet
>> in Japan (I'm still not sure of the specific area yet)? If so, please e-mail
>> me directly.
>
>Did you get any replies to your question?  I'm moving to Japan in May,
>and I'd like to stay on the Internet too.  Please send me any info you have.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred
>--
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> Calvin College  |----------------------------
> Grand Rapids,   |   Phone:   (616) 957-6144
> MI USA   49546  |   Fax:     (616) 957-8551


		AND ME!!!


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From: dbt@cellar.org (Marquis de Freud)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: A Very Silly Request
Date: 30 Dec 92 06:40:32 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

It's the Japanese language lyrics to an old, early 1960s song called 
"Sukiyaki" in the USA, probably something like "Nihori no yoru" in Japanese.

A friend of mine wants to record it, and tapped me because of my "expertise" 
in language. I got the record and transliterated it, but damn if I can do 
little more than pick out a few nouns -- "love", "sun", "cloud", "sorrow"-- 
and the adjective "lonely". The recent "Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese" 
was helpful, but not a whole lot. Much of the problem is that Kyu Sakamoto 
(who sang) didn't pronounce the words like an instructor might.

A band called "A Taste of Honey" also did the song around 1984-5, but I 
understand they used a VERY loose English translation, and the little 
Japanese they did use, they got wrong. The video on MTV was hilarious -- they 
were two African- American torch singers dressed as some weird hybrid of 
Geish and Noh. 

If I had the lyrics, then I could both do a *good* translation, as well as 
provide my friend with the *real* Japanese she needs so as to NOT embarass 
herself. 

You can post it here, or mail me at dbt@cellar.org if you don't want to weigh 
down the newsgroup with such stuff. BTW, I *did* write to the publishers. It 
has been quite a long time now.

        MdF aka dbt@cellar.org -- thank you for not laughing too hard!


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The Cellar BBS - (215) 539-3043
From: jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Lyrics for "Tokai no Tenshi..." something...?
Date: 2 Jan 93 20:33:00 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
NNTP-Posting-Host: four-lab4.berkeley.edu

Hi Minna-sama:

Just caught the tale end of the Japan Music Awards and Red and White
Sing off.  There's a song I just kept catching the tale end of that's
the theme for Hagure Keiji.  I'd like to benkyoo a little before trying
it out at karaoke. :-)

It's performed by a distinguish duet...I only caught the guy's name...
Horiuchi Takao or something like that.  But the lady has a really deep,
raspy, but rich voice. 

The refrain goes:
 "Semete ai suru hito ga, tonari ni itara, 
  Yume no naka made...(something)...ikeru hazu
  Ikite iru koto sa e mo, setsu na inara, naite...ii kara
  Kokoro o dakishimete
  Hitori de dakishimete"
  
If anybody out there has the lyrics, and could send them to me,
I'd really appreciate it (rather than going out and buying the enka
version of the Karaoke Bible).  What would be nice is also the
name of the singers, actual _complete_ title of the song, and title
of the CD it's on.  Romaji please.  Arigatou.

Jaa, James
=======================================================================
James C. Liu |    KARAOKE Addict!     Karaoke: You're the STAR!!!!    |
             |    Wanna go? Need someone who sings worse than you do? |
             |    Know about a cool karaoke bar? send e-mail          |
=======================================================================
From: vchan@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Victor Chan)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: New Origin games
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 01:42:40 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Seen in Jan '93 of CGW: Ultima 7 Part II: Serpent's Isle.  Can be a 
stand-alone game, Black Gate is not required.  Also new is Ultima UW II: 
Labyrinth of Worlds.

Whoops, also of interest from Elec. Arts is Ultrabots, a MechWarrio-like 
game with better playability and graphics.  And Psygnosis will have out 
Lemmings 2: Tribes.  The ad says 12 more tribes of lemmings, each with 
their own skills (including skiers, surfers, bongo players, snake 
charmers + more).

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Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: SCOTTP@YVAX.BYU.EDU
Subject: Internet Connections In Japan
X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18: 50:52 TZONE
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:51:27 GMT

Does anyone out there know the easiest way to get a connection to the internet
in Japan (I'm still not sure of the specific area yet)? If so, please e-mail
me directly.

Thanks in advance,

Scott Papenfuss
scottp@byu.edu
From: LIBEVANS@EKU.BITNET (Mark Evans)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Portuguese
Date: 22 Dec 92 19:10:39 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14: 09:45 TZONE

Peter,

Don't be too shocked.  "Oi" is Portugese for hello.  I don't think
anyone meant to be impolite.  What language were you reading in?

M
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: pjyamamo@WATDRAGON.UWATERLOO.CA (Peter Yamamoto)
Subject: Re: supply and demand of Japanese teachers
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:32:53 GMT

Sorry for the two "personal" replies which got sent to NIHONGO/slj.

The news reader software here was "transparently" changed and NIHONGO
articles are no longer detectable before I hit the reply key so
I have to go back to being careful about checking the To: field
contents (as we all should of course).

Sorry,
Peter
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: SCARMAN@HFRD.DSTO.GOV.AU
Subject: Japan info list
X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18: 55:22 TZONE
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:56:07 GMT

Does anyone know if the info-japan list still exists and  what the name of it
is?

Also can anyone recommend any good but affordable Ryokan in Osaka,Kyoto,Nara and
Tokyo?

Thanks.
I don't know who this Mary Christmas is but she's got a lot to answer for :-)

Merri Kurisumasu minasan,
Gavin.
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
Subject: Re: Japanimation
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:08:09 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.225819.1074@netcom.com> akuma@netcom.com (Steven E Barnes) writes:
>The original Ultraman was shown in America.  I never saw any of
>those sequels (Ultraman-Taro, Ultraman Q, etc).

Ultra-Q (not Ultraman Q) is actually a precursor to Ultraman.
There were no "Ultra-giants" in it, and the program was quite high-brow
and well made.  Imagine something in the spirit of "Twilight Zone"
or "Outer Limits".

If you haven't seen the sequels, you haven't missed much -- the quality
is monotonously degrading ;-) (as is the Godzilla series ;-<)

>The Ultraman series with caucasians is Australian, and pretty lame, I am told.

Yes it is [lame].

>Other shows:
>...

Add "Eight Man" (or "The Eighth Man"?), ca.'64-65.

Those with further intereset (and usenet access) should swerve to
rec.arts.anime, rec.arts.manga, etc...

-YH
From: hvardt@Lise.Unit.NO (H}vard T|rring)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Japanese -> English dictionary
Date: 27 Dec 92 14:42:18 GMT
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology


-- 
Does anyone know about any Japanese to English dictionary programs for IBM? I
have JDIC, but I need to look up kanji by their radicals. A list of kanjis,
ordered by their radicals could also be helpful.

Haavard

hvardt@lise.unit.no
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: sergio@NTIAA.EMBRAPA.ANSP.BR ("Sergio A. B. da Cruz")
Subject: RE: Portuguese
X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 03: 00:00 LCL
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:29:49 GMT

        "Oi Naomi"

                I'm a brazilian and I want to know if I could e-mail to you
too.

                MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR




----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sergio Cruz                             <sergio@ntiaa.embrapa.ansp.br>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: marc@watson.ibm.com (Marc Auslander)
Subject: Re: THE QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO JAPANESE GRAMMAR (Posted)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:49:36 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
	<1992Dec26.142705.22799@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
	<1992Dec28.194618.26085@crl.dec.com>
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

In article <1992Dec28.194618.26085@crl.dec.com> halstead@crl.dec.com (Bert Halstead) writes:

>> >-Ru verbs are those that end in -ru like taberu and ireru. "-u" verbs
>> >end in u, ku, gu, bu, mu, nu, su, tu, or [a,i,u,o]+ru (rarely e+ru
>> >because those are almost always -ru verbs like taberu.  I only know of
>> >three like that: keru/kick, heru/decrease and heru/elapse--there are
>> >probably more, but I have a feeling they would also only be two
>> >syllables like these). ...

>> 	takeru		(rage, rave / roar, howl) ...

>Also shaberu (chat, talk).					-Bert

My teacher calls them 5 vowel (u) and one vowel (ru) verbs, because of
the way they conjugate.

kaeru is an interesting case -

1 vowel kaeru (kaemasu) - to change

or

5 vowel kaeru (kaerimasu) - to return home
--


Marc Auslander       (IBM)<marc@marc.watson.ibm.com>      914 784-6699
                     (Internet)<marc@watson.ibm.com>
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: tomb@panix.com (Tom Benjamin)
Subject: Where can I find good Japanamation?
Summary: Question about Japonese animation.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:11:09 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
Keywords: Question about japonese animation.

Does anyone know where someone can get good Japanamation on vidio
casette in or around NYC?  
Thanks in advance
			---Tom Benjamin
 

 
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: wdrew@iat.holonet.net (Walter H. Drew)
Subject: Re: Japanese For Everyone - CD
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 04:28:47 GMT

In article <jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU> (James C. Liu at UC Berkeley
Dept. of Nuclear Engi) writes:

>In article <72798@cup.portal.com> mgn@cup.portal.com (Mike G Newman)
writes: 

>>A recent issue of 'MangaJin' recommends the CD Japanese For Everyone  
>>as the best CAI material for Japanese.  Any comments on this or  
>>other recommendations? 

>Does this have any connection with the textbook "Japanese for Everyone"
by >Kodansha Publishing?  If it is, then I'd be really interested, because
I currently use >that text in conjunction with my tutoring. I provides a
good introductory mix of >kana and kanji and lots of grammar.  It has
simple enough English instructions to >allow a Japanese tutor to
understand and teach the lessons as well. 

Oops. The international copyright system seems to have failed. The two
"Japanese for Everyone" sets of products are quite separate from each
other. The contents are entirely unrelated to each other -- different
texts, methods, illustrations, etc.

_The CD_

The CD "Japanese for Everyone" is marked "Copyright 1988-1991 Kenneth D.
Butler All Rights Reserved." The publisher is Butler Consulting, Inc.,
Main office: 8-16-11 Kinuta, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. U.S. Office: 2199 So.
Broadway, Grand Junction CO. Internet address:
butler.c.dvj@Applelink.Apple.COM

_The Textbook_

The textbook "Japanese for Everyone" and the associated set of cassette
tapes "Japanese for Everyone" are marked "Copyright 1990 Japan
Publications/Gakken All rights reserved . . ." The publisher is GAKKEN
Co., Ltd., 4-40-5 Kami-Ikedai, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 145.
From: ucbked@athena (Earl H. Kinmonth)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: kuso expanded
Date: 26 Dec 1992 17:22:34 GMT
Organization: Centre for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Sheffield
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jp1ek@sunc.shef.ac.uk
NNTP-Posting-Host: athena.berkeley.edu

the japanese language files archived at monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
are now mirrored on kuso.shef.ac.uk.

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From: Tetsu YONEZAWA
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Japanese Script Module for Mac 7.1
Keywords: Mac, System 7, World Script
Date: 22 Dec 92 17:14:24 GMT
Reply-To: yonez@icphp1.epfl.ch
Followup-To: sci.lang.japan
Organization: SIC - EPFL

In article <1992Dec18.192830.12617@netcom.com> gperkins@netcom.com (Glen C.
Perkins) writes:
>Apple now has the wonderful WorldScript technology built
>into (incl. with) the new System 7.1.  With this system, it
>is possible to drop a script module (such as Japanese) into
>your system folder and have that language (script system)
>available to all of your applications without having to
>change operating systems (to KanjiTalk, for example).
> .  Apple execs
>seem to be using unit sales of the $400 DOLLAR!! KanjiTalk
>outside Japan as a means of counting us.  They don't
>understand that 1) most of us can't afford $400 for rent,
>much less an extra operating system for occasional use, no
>matter how much we'd like it, 
>
I'm very glad that you are interested in Japanese.  But I must say 
something.

For the price, $400 is very reasonable I think.

In Japan, Japanese version Mac users must pay 35,000 yen for the
full version of 7.1 (CD-ROM and more than 20 HD floppy) or 20,000
yen for CD-ROM only.  It contains the price of the new True Type 
fonts which is not created by Apple.

And more, if we buy some american Macs, we must pay 70,000 yen for
receiving the autherized Japanese System (Kanji Talk 7.1).

I can't understand, you can pay cheaper, if you don't use Japanese 
Script "regularlly".  It's not possible! 

Kanji Talk is very expensive for us, too.  But your opinion is not
so reasonable?

tetsu/yonez@icphp1.epfl.ch

Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: KOBODAISHI@WITTENBERG.EDU ("John J. Palcher")
Subject: (none)
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:54:00 GMT

SUBS ORGCHE-L John Joseph Palcher
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: halstead@crl.dec.com (Bert Halstead)
Subject: Re: THE QUICK AND DIRTY GUIDE TO JAPANESE GRAMMAR (Posted)
Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:46:18 GMT

In article <1992Dec26.142705.22799@Csli.Stanford.EDU>, hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga) writes:

> >-Ru verbs are those that end in -ru like taberu and ireru. "-u" verbs
> >end in u, ku, gu, bu, mu, nu, su, tu, or [a,i,u,o]+ru (rarely e+ru
> >because those are almost always -ru verbs like taberu.  I only know of
> >three like that: keru/kick, heru/decrease and heru/elapse--there are
> >probably more, but I have a feeling they would also only be two
> >syllables like these). ...

> 	takeru		(rage, rave / roar, howl) ...

Also shaberu (chat, talk).					-Bert
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
Subject: Re: Kanji of the day ?76
Organization: Stanford University CSLI
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:21:34 GMT

In article <9212231342.AA25533@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu writes:
>   OnYomi: JOU
>  Kunyomi: tatami - mat
> ...
>Compounds:
>
>TATAmi-ireru   -  to fold up, to fold in
>TATAmi suiren  -  "swimming" on tatami, useless endeavor
>TATAmibari     -  a tatami needle
>JOUgo          -  syllable repetition to indicate plurals, etc.
>TATAmizan      -  fortunetelling by mat meshes

TATAMI, when used as a noun (as opposed to a verb: TATAmu), does
not take the okurigana "-mi" (this similarly applies to words like
KUMI-KUmu).
So in the above, [transcribing kanji-portions by upper-case letters]:
>TATAmi suiren  -> TATAMI SUIREN
>TATAmibari     -> TATAMI BARI (< HARI)
>TATAmizan      -> TATAMI ZAN
(though I'm not sure what a TATAMIZAN is.)

"TATAMIBARI" has a (more popular) homonym meaning
"(a room) fully matted with tatami".

Furthermore, when the verb form is compounded with another verb
(what Tad Perry calls a "gerund"); then the intermittent okurigana
can be omitted (this was long in practice, and was recently "officially"
approved by the Ministry of Education guidelines).

Thus, "TATAmi-ireru" above can be either "TATAMI-Ireru" or "TATAmi-Ireru".
(similarly with TATAMIKOmu - TATAmiKOmu).

-Yuzuru Hiraga
From: vchan@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Victor Chan)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Is Spellcasting x01 any good?
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 01:39:50 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I've been a big fan of Zork games when I had an Apple //c and I hear that 
Spellcasting follows the tradition of the better Infocom games.  I 
realize it's text/graphics but I'm more concerned about story, 
playability and bugs.  Anybody's opinion on it and any suggestion on 
which one I should play first.  I've read reviews on SC 301: Spring Break 
and it sounds almost like a LSL plot (almost) but with more tongue in 
cheek humor.  The interface looks good but yet I'm hesitant.

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From: masseyj@NOVAVAX.NOVA.EDU (James Massey)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: akemashite omedetou gozaimasu
Date: 30 Dec 92 05:00:40 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

Mina-sama, shinnen akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.  Rainen wa niwatori no
toshi desu.

Happy New Year to everyone.  Next year is the Year of the Chicken in the
Buddhist "astrology", so may you all have a lot of pluck (and reasons to
cluck) in 1993.

Jim Massey
Nova University
From: 0003647572@MCIMAIL.COM (Stuart Podell)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: Re: Subscribing to Lists
Date: 24 Dec 92 22:50:00 GMT
Reply-To: NIHONGO@mitvma.mit.edu
Organization: The Internet

Try subscribing to these lists the same way you subscribed to NIHONGO.  Most
LISTSERV's act the same way.
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan