Talk:Shiritori

message: The "online shiritori" link at the bottom of the page seems to go nowhere... JB Gnome (talk) 07:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Link? 

message: In the equivalent English word game, the loser is the one who goes AFTER the person playing the unfollowable word. I guess that's because while X is rare, there is no letter in English that starts NO words. Or maybe the Japanese version is just more cooperative.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.24.137.66 (talk) 14:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  observation 

message: In a now-defunct Korean-language-learners' forum I used to frequent, someone mentioned that China had a game similar to shiritori, except, of course, involving hanzi compounds rather than kana.
Has anyone else heard of this? And would it warrant inclusion in this article? Finally if it were to be included, would it count as a variant of shiritori, or as one of the "similar games"?
Nagakura shin8 (talk) 10:56, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  China? 

message: When a word ends in a vowel, like "life," one may use the preceding consonant instead.
Do you mean a vowel sound or a letter representing a vowel?
If a vowel sound, then /lʌɪf/ doesn't end in a vowel.
If a letter representing a vowel, why would it be ignored? And is it equally ignored if it's pronounced or not? Could I ignore e in life as well as in recipe? Is y considered a vowel letter so I can ignore it in play?
Does anybody have source for that?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.10.23.147 (talk) 15:19, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear rules 

message: I would suggest putting the translation of the name of the game as "Taking the Buttocks" in a note, leaving "Taking the End" or "Taking the Tail" in the text. 
It's perhaps a personal observation, but some segments of both Japanese and English-speaking society find the "buttocks" interpretation amusing, some find it offensive. (And, truly, many don't care, which is why I suggest moving it to a note instead of removing it.)
Reasoning -- Consulting a decent Japanese -- Japanese dictionary shows 「尻」(shiri) to have a wide range of meanings. 
Even with a vernacular on-line dictionary like goo's English — Japanese dictionary, you find 「後」(ato: end, behind) as a definition, with examples that include the bottom of the class and the end of a line.
(I'd edit it myself, but I'm new here and don't want to be rude. And I haven't figured out the markup yet.)
Reiisi (talk) 02:00, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Taking the Buttocks" 

message: I still play a game A LOT called GHOST that is similar.  Best with three people, but can be played with two.  Basically, the first person says a letter, than the second and so on.  The goal is to avoid being the person who finishes a more-than-three-letter word.  Here's an example for three people.  If I'm first, maybe I say "K", second person says "N", third says "I", comes back to me so I say "F", then the second person is stuck, because the only English word that begins with "KNIF" is "KNIFE", so they lose that round.  Also, if I say "K" and the next person says something crazy, like "Z", anyone can challenge.  If the person can't come up with a word that starts with "KZ", they lose that round.  Every time you lose a round, you pick up a letter in the word GHOST, till someone picks up all five letters and loses (you can keep playing for second place if you prefer).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:4900:5A82:AC54:BA40:EFDB:1452 (talk) 09:37, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other English variant