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batemanb · 11-22-2004, 02:14 AM

I watched this last night, very fascinating indeed. It is worth catching if you get a chance to watch it. My only quibble, and it goes for pretty much every documentary I see on MA/ Japanese related topics, is that the narrators learn to pronounce the Japanese names correctly, it's not bloody pronounced sam you rai, it's pronounced sa moo rai! I won't even go into the Japanese sword expert at the Victoria & Albert museum's pronounciation of Masamune! <rant over>

rgds

Bryan

11-22-2004, 02:14 AM	#9
batemanb Dojo: Seibukan Aikido UK Location: body in UK, heart still in Japan Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,030 Offline	Re: Japanese sword on the History Channel I watched this last night, very fascinating indeed. It is worth catching if you get a chance to watch it. My only quibble, and it goes for pretty much every documentary I see on MA/ Japanese related topics, is that the narrators learn to pronounce the Japanese names correctly, it's not bloody pronounced sam you rai, it's pronounced sa moo rai! I won't even go into the Japanese sword expert at the Victoria & Albert museum's pronounciation of Masamune! <rant over> rgds Bryan Last edited by batemanb : 11-22-2004 at 02:17 AM.
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