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  • #20561

    Tori
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    I’ve been wondering (instead of studying XD ) why is the online textbook called “Textfugu?” I mean, I get the text- part, but I have to ask……why the fish? Any ideas?

    #20562

    Z-man
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    Howdy,

    I’m not quite sure myself (I’m a newcomer here), but Koichi-sensei has another website called tofugu which, I believe, predates this one. If I understand correctly ‘to’ is some sort of possessive particle. “My blowfish”. Meh.

    Z-man

    #20567

    Tori
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    Ohh yeah I forgot about tofugu being the predecessor! Makes more sense now

    #20597

    Hashi
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    TextFugu is yet another extension of the Fugu brand. Besides Tofugu and TextFugu, we have plans in the works for StarFugu (a Starcraft 2 site), LunchFugu (a Yelp competitor), and FuguFugu (a site all about blowfish).

    Well, maybe not.

    #20616

    Z-man
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    LunchFugu? Sounds dangerous. Aren’t you supposed to have trained for seven years and have a government issued license in order to LuchFugu? =P

    On a side note, do you prefer to be addressed as はしくん、 はしさん、or はしさま? =)

    (you know, I’m really beginning to like the honorifics system)

    ザカリ

    #20632

    Hashi
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    さん is fine. さま is basically reserved for the emperor of Japan (and Koichi).

    #20634

    Index
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    I’m such a rebel that I’m just going to stay with Hashi, romanized without any honorifics… I’m getting the guillotine, aren’t I? Anyhow, on the topic of the Tofugu name; I remember Koichi mentioning that it’s a portmanteau of Tofu and Fugu, ya know, because: Tofu + Fugu = Tofugu. The logo on the Tofugu site is kind of shaped like tofu too, then again, it’s just a square shape, so that might just be up to your IMAAAAAGINATION.
    EDIT: Change the Starcraft site’s name into Gosufugu, and use Starfugu for a chain of stores that sells coffee and other caffeinated drinks.

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    Starfugu reminds me of Clannad lol :D

    #20638

    Luke
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    @hashi At least I’ll know who it is if I get matched against anybody called LiquidFugu…

    #20640

    Hashi
    Member

    Hahaha, that’s great :D

    Liquid`Hashi?
    SlayerS_`Hashi`?
    CoLMVPHashi?!?!?!?!

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