Most interesting, but what i stare at are
ALL GREY boxes and they habla solo ENGLISH I.E.
COLLINS for me still the BEST FOR MY CW ONLY
KWM2AS, 32S3 AND 51S-1S THE CLASSICS!!
ARE WHAT I LOVE
73 DE JOE W0TUT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol L Maher" <w4clm.ham@juno.com>
To: <yaesu@contesting.com>
Cc: <martyna@direcway.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:24 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] YA-A-ZOOOOO and Musen to boot ! Trivia for the day.
> Hey gang,
> I just thought for what it's worth, I would pass this along to you..
> Having traveled extensively to Japan on business for about 10
> years, I thought I would try my hand at a little Japanese Language
> study, otherwise known as: (Nihongo)
> I can now speak a great deal of Japanese and I can read and write at an
> elementary level after almost 10 years of banging my head against the
> desk, much like Morse code is to some I was continually
> trying to break the barrier of communications in Japanese.
> The only thing that makes the language hard for us outsiders (Gaijin)
> is the fact there are very few Americans in Walmart or McDonals
> (MaKuDoNaRuDo) who speak Japanese in our country.
> So you really have to seek those out who can in the Japanese community
> or at a local college where you can chat with the Japanese exchange
> students..
>
> So here is the worthless Tidbit of information for the day.
> Here in the south of the United States where Corn Grits
> are king and they still Fly the Stars and Bars, then swear that
> the south is going to rise again! They say Yaesu as
> YE-A-ZU !! Just drives me crazy.
> There is no Zu in Yaesu !!!
> So the right way to say it is:
> Ya = Ya
> A = A and
> Su = Su as in SUE
> So there you have it. YA-A-SUE Not a ZOO !
>
> And finally: I can only assume every one of us has sat in front of their
> beautiful Yaesu receiver or transceiver for many hours looking at
> the words Yaseu Musen Co. beautifully labeled on some pieces of
> their station. Did you ever ask yourself, what is does the word
> Musen really is in Nihongo ??
>
> Well if you didn't already know I'm going to tell you now.
> Mu-Sen As in Yaesu Musen means
> WIRELESS
> So you have been buying your products from Yaesu Wireless Company !!
>
> That's it guys.
> I hope you enjoyed these little worthless pieces of trivia for the day.
> Best Regards
> Carol L. Maher
> W4CLM
> Saiyonara !!
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