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July 17

"eruditional"

Can one give examples how "eruditional" is used in a sentence?--Christie the puppy lover (talk) 15:03, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

One way to find examples is doing a google books search for "eruditional". ---Sluzzelin talk 15:15, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

I tried googling for eruditional -dictionary -encyclopedia, to exclude definitions, and found these:

"Laden with eruditional prowess" -- from a review of a Nigerian play

"The conceptual assembly of a menu or the eruditional aesthetics of farm to table" -- from a blog about food

"This project is not about tapping into eruditional efforts or well-traveled elitism, but enjoying a rendition of eastern music" -- from a review of an album.

It seems to be used mainly by critics. I also found a few people using the similar word "erudical", though I can't find it in a dictionary. 213.122.0.218 (talk) 15:33, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

The OED has eruditional but not erudical. The latter seems to be used in places like facebook as a "made-up" word. Dbfirs 17:22, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Erudical turns up in a couple of Scots documents from 1812 where is seems to be used as a synonym for erudite. I can´t find any recent / current example. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 18:47, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you gentlemen.--Christie the puppy lover (talk) 22:07, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Japanese honorifics

Which would a crew member of a ship use to address the captain? What about the other way around? What about with the captain and the admiral? --138.110.206.101 (talk) 16:47, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

I think a crew member of a ship would address just 船長/senchō/captain or xx(name) senchō. As for the other way around, I have no idea. Probably just name: xx san or with title like xx 機関長/kikanchō/chief engineer. There is no rule what to address. It depends. Sorry, but I have no idea with captain and the admiral either. Oda Mari (talk) 05:57, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm assuming that would be the same for a starship? --138.110.206.101 (talk) 13:38, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Since no starships have yet been created and crewed (and likely won't be for some considerable time, if ever), we can have no idea of how their hierarchical relationships might be designed: they could be based on Naval customs, on Air Force customs (if different), on some other existing customs, or be totally novel. You can therefore assume whatever you like so long as (preuming this is for fictional purposes) you make it plausible. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 14:33, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

The question of how it would be on a starship is, in fact, very valid. After all, Star Trek and numerous other sci-fi programs/films have been and continue to be translated into Japanese for the audience in Japan. The OP may want to check out episodes of these programs (either dubbed in Japanese or with subtitles) to compare. --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 19:37, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

I think it would be the same for a starship. Captain of an air plane is 機長/kichō or キャプテン/kyaputen. Additionally, as for warship/軍艦/gunkan, it would be 艦長/kanchō. As for submarine/潜水艦/sensuikan and destroyer/駆逐艦/kuchikukan, the captains are called just 長/chō. Because they do not use 船/ship for their name. As for yacht, it would be 艇長/teichō or スキッパー/sukippā. Oda Mari (talk) 15:12, 18 July 2010 (UTC)