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February 17, 2007
"Chinese Version of a Genie"
D: Do you believe in dragons?
A: え？
D: Dragons. Do you believe in 'em.
A: ...
D: ...
A: Sure. I mean, they have to exist in some kind of alternate reality. So many different cultures have described these large beings that fly around, breathe fire and have scales. They have to appear in dreams and different things--
D: In dreams?
A: Yeah. If you see a dragon in a dream, you get to wish for being rich or famous or whatever.
D: I thought that was a genie.
A: Kind of like that. A Chinese version of a genie.
D: ...
A: ...
D: How do you say dragon?
A: Kirin. きりん。
D: Like the beer?!
A: Yeah, yeah.
D: Weird, I just had a Kirin. And I'm not into lager, even. And we don't even buy Kirin, it was left over from that sushi party the other day!
A: Yeah.
D: ...
A: ...
D: I thought 'Dragon' was 'りょ’。
A: Hm?
D: りょ。龍安寺の'ryo'.
A: Ryu.
D: Ryu, then.
A: Ryu and kirin are a little different, though.
D: Why, why're they different.
A: Ryu is more like... a Western version of a dragon.
D: Do dragons defend caves and stuff? Like, keep valiant dragonslayers from getting to the treasure and stuff?
A: In the West, yeah.
D: Weird.
A: In the West, if you see a unicorn in your dream you get rich.
D: You're making this up!
A: No.
D: I'm going to sleep.
A: ...
D: I'm going to see a dragon in my dream.
Posted by Dipika at February 17, 2007 5:27 PM
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