LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.01.30 (05) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 30 January 2006 * Volume 05
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: L-L "Lexicon" 2006.01.30 (03) [E]

Shi-i-take

Whoa! China? Roger, you probably didn't know this, but when you see 
something like shiitake, you're thinkin' Japanese, not Chinese. Chinese 
words tend to be monosyllabic or short polysyllabic. Here in the US we spell 
Shiitake and say "sjattakie". We don't like "sjie-taa-kee", because it's too 
foreign for American English phonology. The two I's are just a long /i_/ (I 
with macron above). I don't do the mushroom thing, but I never thought of 
the sunny side up thing as being anything more than universal. Thanks for 
giving me the insight to go into the kitchen. What Spanish speaker would 
know what the heck "un huevo con el lado soleado hacia arriba" is?
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Characters: 椎茸
Literal meaning: "mallet fluffy"
Japanese: 椎茸 (しいたけ) siitake (shiitake)
Mandarin: 椎茸 chuírŏng
   (now mostly 香菇 xiānggū "fragrant mushroom")
Cantonese: 椎茸 chèuihyùng
   (now mostly 香菇 hèunggù "fragrant mushroom")

Unrelated:
Korean: 표고(버섯) pyogo (beoseos) ("high-altitude (agaric)")
Botanical: Cortinellus shiitake

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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