New Poll Ideas

[clay]

One thing is for sure: Clay isn't good at coming up with poll ideas. Can someone help him out?

Please post any ideas for posts here for site-wide polls.

[becki_kanou]

Do you mean serious things like: "What grammar points should be covered next in the lessons?"
or silly getting-to-know-each-other things like: "What's your favorite kind of sushi?"

[monkeykoder]

What about writing your posts in the second person?

[clay]

Do you mean serious things like: "What grammar points should be covered next in the lessons?"
or silly getting-to-know-each-other things like: "What's your favorite kind of sushi?"

I suppose anything would be better than nothing, but it would need 4-6 choices for the answer. I would rather not get too silly, but sushi is fair game.

[AJBryant]

Tony thinks writing in third person is cool. But Tony is like that. Tony needs professional help.

[chikara]

Chikara finds people that write in the third person very annoying. Chikara is currently very annoyed with himself.

[clay]

Clay thinks it is hard to believe that 83% of those responding to the above poll really mean that.

Let's go with the sushi idea. What are the top 5-6 kinds of sushi? Inarizushi... (Clay likes inarizushi)

EDIT: Clay thinks Chikara (probably) voted and now the poll is at a more reasonable 71% (whew)

[chikara]

.... Clay thinks Chikara (probably) voted and now the poll is at a more reasonable 71% (whew)

はい

[becki_kanou]

Becki loves sushi and thinks the following kinds are probably the most popular:

まぐろ
サーモン
えび
イカ
タコ
たまご
あなご
かっぱ巻き

[clay]

まぐろ
サーモン
えび
イカ
タコ
たまご
あなご
かっぱ巻き

Sounds good. What no いなりずし？ It isn't 'sushi' enough?

I'll add トロ Tuna and イクラ Salmon roe.

EDIT: Poll added.

I don't really eat fish so please check the English:
まぐろ (Tuna)
サーモン (Salmon)
えび (Shrimp)
イカ (Squid)
タコ (Octopus)
たまご (Egg)
あなご (Eel)
かっぱ巻き (Kappa Roll)
トロ (Fatty part of Tuna)
イクラ (Salmon roe)
いなりずし (Inarizushi)

[becki_kanou]

Actually I LOVE おいなりさん too, but sine they're so easy to make at home, I never bother to get them when I go out to the local sushi-go-round.

By the way, what does everyone else call 回転寿し in English? I call it sushi-go-round and I'm trying to spread the term to my friends, but what other English variations are there?

Edit: I would go with cucumber roll for かっぱ巻き. I've actually met some Japanese people who didn't know why it was called かっぱ巻き.

[clay]

The poll hasn't been up 10 seconds and amazingly there is already one vote for inarizushi. Hmmm...

[becki_kanou]

And one vote for たまご as well. I wonder who that could have been.

[chikara]

....
あなご (Eel)
......

Here it is always called うなぎ and I saw that in Japan also. Is あなご more common in some places?

What, no カリフォルニアロール

[becki_kanou]

I think they are different kinds of eels. Let's check:

WWWJDIC says :
穴子; 海鰻(oK) 【あなご】 (n) garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)

鰻 【うなぎ】 (n) (uk) eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)