Please tell me what the kids are singing/saying at the end of these videos? Also, what do the little signs say?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD8P4fE8Yn0...dable%20machine
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The signs say exactly what they say...."Pitagora Suichi".....for which there is no direct translation, IIRC.
Well that sucked.
I saw one of these a few weeks ago, it was for making ramen. o_O
Took a while to make....but I think these are more fun to watch in cartoons, cause y'know someone'll get hurt.
Aoi
Took a while to make....but I think these are more fun to watch in cartoons, cause y'know someone'll get hurt.
Aoi
That was cool!
The jingle that is repeated sings "Pitagora Suitchi" which means the "Pythagoras Switch." It's part of an educational show on NHK that teachers children about mechanical physics.
The jingle that is repeated sings "Pitagora Suitchi" which means the "Pythagoras Switch." It's part of an educational show on NHK that teachers children about mechanical physics.
some of those where Powerglideing amazing... wasn't there a honda commercial with one of these in it?
http://yhbt.mine.nu/news.aspx?id=db-pita
more info there
http://yhbt.mine.nu/news.aspx?id=db-pita
more info there
Thanks so much. My five year old is hooked on these "Pitagora Suitchi" clips and I had no clue what the kids were saying 
wow i wonter how hard it would be to rig one up one all my TFs
That was amazing! Reminds me of that one game for the computer... the Incredible Machine? Where you had to design things like that. That game was a blast.
QUOTE (Bizzmoff @ Apr 25 2006, 07:11 PM)
Please tell me what the kids are singing/saying at the end of these videos? Also, what do the little signs say?
All I know is that Pita Gora are the names of the two mascot penguins on the educational NHK program in Japan where they ask a talking encyclopedia to show them how things work. Ie: P/G: Why can we see our reflection in a mirror?
Encyclopedia Ojisan: Well if you turn to page 56, you can read about it..
P/G: We are just children and can't read! Can't you explain it to us?
E O: Oh, alright... (fades into visual explaination)
Im still learnin its a tough language
Japanese isn't /too/ bad considering the pop culture is enough to keep one motivated in learning. It's not like learning French, I'd rather have my teeth pulled! 
QUOTE (Himawari @ May 1 2006, 10:28 PM)
Japanese isn't /too/ bad considering the pop culture is enough to keep one motivated in learning. It's not like learning French, I'd rather have my teeth pulled!
This is true, but be careful or you will talk like a manga/anime character...
That's not really normal Japanese.
You want a tough language? Try ENGLISH! Aargh!!
Things that suck about English:
(1) Almost every rule has a list of exceptions. e.g.: i before e except after c. And w. Sometimes.
(2) Words are often not spelt phonetically (i.e.: the way they sound). e.g.: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" written more phonetically would be "friidm iz θə rait ov ôl senʃənt bīiŋz." - and letters don't always hold the same value. e.g.: the letter "g" is pronounced differently in the words 'go,' 'giraffe,' 'thought,' 'cough' and 'sing.'
(3) English is a hard language to pronounce. A native Japanese speaker produces approximately 110 separate phonemes. A native English speaker produces in excess of 8600 phonetic units!
English is one messed up language!!
The plural for mouse is mice, but the plural of house is not hice.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal?
If teachers taught, why didn't a preacher praught?
If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites?
How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
Met a sung hero or experienced requited love?
Have you ever run into someone who was, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Your house can burn up as it burns down, you fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up an essay, I end it.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd or an end?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Things that suck about English:
(1) Almost every rule has a list of exceptions. e.g.: i before e except after c. And w. Sometimes.
(2) Words are often not spelt phonetically (i.e.: the way they sound). e.g.: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" written more phonetically would be "friidm iz θə rait ov ôl senʃənt bīiŋz." - and letters don't always hold the same value. e.g.: the letter "g" is pronounced differently in the words 'go,' 'giraffe,' 'thought,' 'cough' and 'sing.'
(3) English is a hard language to pronounce. A native Japanese speaker produces approximately 110 separate phonemes. A native English speaker produces in excess of 8600 phonetic units!
English is one messed up language!!
The plural for mouse is mice, but the plural of house is not hice.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal?
If teachers taught, why didn't a preacher praught?
If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites?
How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
Met a sung hero or experienced requited love?
Have you ever run into someone who was, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Your house can burn up as it burns down, you fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up an essay, I end it.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd or an end?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
i unno why goki but that last part sounds EXTREMELY carlin-esque
QUOTE (Goki @ May 15 2006, 04:12 AM)
You want a tough language? Try ENGLISH! Aargh!!
Things that suck about English:
(1) Almost every rule has a list of exceptions. e.g.: i before e except after c. And w. Sometimes.
(2) Words are often not spelt phonetically (i.e.: the way they sound). e.g.: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" written more phonetically would be "friidm iz θə rait ov ôl senʃənt bīiŋz." - and letters don't always hold the same value. e.g.: the letter "g" is pronounced differently in the words 'go,' 'giraffe,' 'thought,' 'cough' and 'sing.'
(3) English is a hard language to pronounce. A native Japanese speaker produces approximately 110 separate phonemes. A native English speaker produces in excess of 8600 phonetic units!
English is one messed up language!!
The plural for mouse is mice, but the plural of house is not hice.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal?
If teachers taught, why didn't a preacher praught?
If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites?
How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
Met a sung hero or experienced requited love?
Have you ever run into someone who was, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Your house can burn up as it burns down, you fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up an essay, I end it.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd or an end?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Things that suck about English:
(1) Almost every rule has a list of exceptions. e.g.: i before e except after c. And w. Sometimes.
(2) Words are often not spelt phonetically (i.e.: the way they sound). e.g.: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" written more phonetically would be "friidm iz θə rait ov ôl senʃənt bīiŋz." - and letters don't always hold the same value. e.g.: the letter "g" is pronounced differently in the words 'go,' 'giraffe,' 'thought,' 'cough' and 'sing.'
(3) English is a hard language to pronounce. A native Japanese speaker produces approximately 110 separate phonemes. A native English speaker produces in excess of 8600 phonetic units!
English is one messed up language!!
The plural for mouse is mice, but the plural of house is not hice.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal?
If teachers taught, why didn't a preacher praught?
If you wrote a letter, perhaps you bote your tongue?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and wise guy are opposites?
How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?
How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another.
Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
Met a sung hero or experienced requited love?
Have you ever run into someone who was, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
And where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Your house can burn up as it burns down, you fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up an essay, I end it.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd or an end?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
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some info lol
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