Role Play Room

[Auir]

She laughed and hugged him back joyfully.

[paladin313]

"The next thing to learn is the...  Okay, I'm going to call it the frog stroke, because I'm not sure how you'll react to the real name of it."

[Trace Carter]

"You do know that my license might require me to help,"

[Auir]

"Frog stroke? Don't you mean breaststroke?"

(In Japanese, breaststroke isn't a compound word.)

[paladin313]

(No...  How would it come back to us in English once put into Japanese?  I mean, the sound--stroking the breast--if said the wrong way, could get one slapped.  LOL!)

[Auir]

(There's no 'breast' in the Japanese word for 'breaststroke' and I'm assuming they're speaking Japanese. And there's no such thing as 'frogstroke' in Japanese.)

[paladin313]

(Sorry...  Then, what do they call that stroke?)

[Auir]

(Hiraoyogi. It is a single word made up of 3 characters. 'Flat' 'Swimming' and 'gi' which is just a letter of the alphabet.)

[paladin313]

(Okay...  Hitting rewind...)

"Next, I can teach you  Hiraoyogi."

[Auir]

"I'm ready, what do I do?" she asked full of enthusiasm.

[paladin313]

"Well, are you tired?  Would you like a break?"

[Auir]

"Nah, I'll learn this in a day!"

[paladin313]

"Oh, okay," he said, "Now, watch me."
     Hild was eyeing this with delight, waiting to make her move.

[Auir]

She nodded and watched closely, making mental notes.

[paladin313]

"Okay, wanna try?" he asked at the moment Hild decided she wanted to take a dip.