JellyBelly 1 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 OK here is a question: Is it Ebisu or Yebisu? Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Good question! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 On the can its Yebisu Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 But the katakana is エビス Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Curiouser and curiouser!! Perhaps Man in Japan could shed some light on the matter, he has his finger on the beer pulse of Japan..... Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Actually, the katakana is ヱビス (it's from the old kana for 'we' ヱ or ゑ) Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 From Wikipedia ゑ, in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is a nearly obsolete Japanese kana. It is presumed that ゑ represented [we] ( listen). It is thought that, after ゑ and え came to denote the same pronunciation as イェ [je] ( listen) in the Kamakura period, they came to be pronounced as the modern エ [e][citation needed]; there is also the view that the pronunciation difference between the two kana remained until the Taishō period. Along with the kana for wi (ゐ in hiragana, ヰ in katakana), this kana became obsolete in 1946 for Japanese, and is now rare in everyday usage; in onomatopoeia or foreign words, the katakana form ウェ (we) is preferred (as, ウェスト for "west"). One modern-day usage of this kana is in the name of the beer Yebisu, which is actually pronounced "Ebisu", and is occasionally written "ヱビス" or "ゑびす". Katakana ヱ is sometimes written with a dakuten, ヹ, to represent a /ve/ sound in foreign words; however, most IMEs lack a convenient way to write this. The combination ヴェ is far more commonly used. Hiragana ゑ is still used in several Okinawan orthographies for the syllable /we/. In the Ryukyu University system, ゑ is also combined with a small ぃ, ゑぃ/ヱィ, to represent the sound /wi/. Katakana ヱ is used in Ainu for /we/. Stroke order[edit] Stroke order in writing ゑ Stroke order in writing ヱ Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 In short, it's pronounced 'Ebisu'. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 That's interesting! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 all this Ebisu/Yebisu talk has made me thirsty……..off to the convini!! Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 You mean you don't have a stock!?! Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I always seem to run out too quickly! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 You mean you don't have a stock!?! I never have a stock.....I would just drink it all in too short a time. Safer to counter my ravenous thirst for beer with my sloth like laziness Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Tubby, one way round it is to have stock but ke it out of the fridge. And have no ice on hand. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 You're forgetting where I come from......where grandads keep their beer in the back of wardrobes instead of fridges Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Good exercise having to go out and buy it as well I suppose. Are there stocks of Kohaku left now? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yeah Kohaku is still readily available. I'm waiting on the Sapporo Classic Green......my fave lager of year Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 We just got 2 more cases of AkiAji Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 ....to share? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Sapporo have released their "Winter Seasonal Brew".....away to sample a few tonight Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Winter Seasonal Brew hey. Tell us what it's like. Even though they brewed it in late summer/early autumn. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Unless they brewed it last winter! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Winter Seasonal Brew hey. Tell us what it's like. Even though they brewed it in late summer/early autumn. It's......very......wintery Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 ....to share? Ha ha! Great sense of humor! Link to post Share on other sites
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