Comments on: World's tallest mohawk

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:29:00 +0000

I my experience, pronounce the roman-/latin-written Japanese as if it was french. Also, like french, you have to attentuate the accenting of the syllables.

So ku-roe-saw-wah would be closer…depending on how you pronounce those words, of course.
I haven’t been able to think of an english word that’s pronounced like the short u in ‘ku’ – think of Meg Ryan trying to pronounce ‘Lii-uc’ in ‘French Kiss’.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:07:00 +0000

Reminds me of one of my plants

http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/post/30839124440/presenting-rochefort-the-haworthia-retusa-note

By: benher

benher — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:25:00 +0000

“impressive at the start of the show but all flaccid and flopped over by the end….”

My life, summarized.

By: benher

benher — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:24:00 +0000

I never did understand it. They only have 5 Vowel sounds People! In English we have a million-brazillion. A is always “ah, O is always “Oh” E is always “ay” U is always “Oo” and I is always “ii”

Koo-row-sah-wahhhhhh!!!! BLOOORUGHHH!!

By: BombBlastLightingWaltz

BombBlastLightingWaltz — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 06:53:00 +0000

this is reminiscent of Dreyfuss stacking mashed potatoes in Close Encounters.

By: TwilightNewsSite

TwilightNewsSite — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Judging by the post-post-punk consternation in the comments here, I’d say, “Mission accomplished.”

And he should ditch the gel; it just weighs it down after a certain point, especially five minutes after you’ve walked away from the mirror. Hairspray only. Maybe a little conditioner to get rid of fly-aways, but that’s it.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Also, accented syllables don’t work like they do in English. The grand example being the difference between English and Japanese pronunciations of Kurosawa. It ain’t pronounced “kerra SOW! uh”.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:10:00 +0000

If I were making a towering do, I’d use concentrated gelatin. It’s stronger, and it doesn’t have to dry, just cool off.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:49:00 +0000

LOL. I can honestly say that’s the first time I’ve been called a square. Nerd, yes; geek, yes; but never a square. I guess that’s circa 1985 coming at me though.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:41:00 +0000

That you’re a square? Maybe, but your spelling of the boot company is probably already doing that.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:23:00 +0000

Wow. Does it really take two hours to get it up like that? I guess most of that time must involve hanging one’s head out the window while the product dries.

By: neurogami

neurogami — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:11:00 +0000

Mohawks became the new mullet some time ago.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:41:00 +0000

I’m old enough that it makes me start singing I’m in the Mood for Love.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:39:00 +0000

Bueller?

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:30:00 +0000

rebel against the conformity of Japanese society.

Japan, the place that exports school girl tentacle rape illustrated stories…?

I know what he means, but come on, lets narrow it down to a specific area of conformity. Cause frankly Japan has it’s own special brand of weird.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Isn’t that even more telling?

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Reminds me of seeing The Exploited when I was 15. Their mohawks were impressive at the start of the show but all flaccid and flopped over by the end……

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:56:00 +0000

I’m old enough to remember when that hairstyle was unironic. *sigh*

By: EH

EH — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Not a mohawk, sorry. That’s a textbook shampoo-horn.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:49:00 +0000

Congratulations, you’re my Dad circa 1985.

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Watanabe is a Mohawk name? I always thought it was Japane . . . ah, OK, I get it now.

By: John Aguirre

John Aguirre — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Not to mention that the phonetic help they provided is wrong. BE would be pronounced as “beh”, not “bee”.

By: Shibi_SF

Shibi_SF — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:55:00 +0000

I guess that the Houston Chronicle’s regular readers need phonetic help pronouncing Japanese names.

By: Joel Finkle

Joel Finkle — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:50:00 +0000

and to rebel against doorway lintels

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:38:00 +0000

Because nothing says I hate conformity like a black leather jacket, Doc Martin’s and a mohawk.