Ninja Linguistics

[vakkotaur]

Around the net there's been the ongoing joke or debate about the competition of pirates and ninjas. A few years ago some folks promoted September 19th as International Talk Like A Pirate Day. One might naturally expect there would be an International Talk Like A Ninja Day. Well, there is. But as ninja (or ninjas) are about stealth, they don't draw attention to this day. Or rather, these days.

Which days are these? All of them. The ninja just blend in and talk like everybody else. They might even talk like pirates on the 19th of September if that's what's needed to remain undetected in plain sight.

Comments

[kiwihunter8.livejournal.com]

Talk like a ninja day could compete with talk like a furry mascot day :)

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Only if the situation called for silence. It's not so much being unseen or unheard as being undetected. And that means blending in all the way. Not that silence is a bad thing. I do wish some people would speak their minds, as I could use the quiet.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Ursula Vernon suggested that the next big rivalry is Clown vs. Pimp. I think I'd like to see that.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

In that one, I'm on the side of the clowns as they're less expoitive and, amazingly, have better fashion sense.

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

arrrrrr

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

E.O. Speedwagon?

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

They might even talk like pirates on the 19th of September if that's what's needed to remain undetected in plain sight.

Some are occasionally seen to wear the official "Not A Ninja" T-shirt.

[ladyariyana.livejournal.com]

now the barenaked ladies ninja song is in my head

" ninjas are deadly and silent they're also unspeakably violent. They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please... and sometimes they vacation in Ireland"