Re: More Shikona stuff!

[Rowan Klein <rklein@surf.its.bond.edu.au>]

>I'm trying to make a page on my web site that will help new
>members (maybe old members too) in helping them chose a Shikona. I would
>like to use some of them as examples in the text for the web page. So, what
>I would like for everyone to do is to state what your shikona is and how you
>came about picking the name. 

I think it would be a good idea to set up a page of shikona and shikona
making suggestions for those members who don't have one be they a new or
old member. At some time in the past i had a collection of shikona that i
wished i could use, but already had one. Forgotten them all now. but if
members had suggestions of shikona or how to mix up english and japanese,
their name and sumo type of words etc would be useful, especially for those
with limited japanese language experience.

A basic list of often related sumo terms such as

yama (mountain:used to denote size and insurmountability[however you spell it]
waka (young, youthful)
shima (island: strenght against the power of the ocean)
umi  (ocean/sea: ....)
nami (ocean wave: power etc)

etc etc