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Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by Aidan Holt, Jun 16, 2017.

  1. Aidan Holt

    Aidan Holt n00b

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    What is the weirdest name you have heard someone call kendama? I know my friends that aren't super familiar with kendama always call some weird names. I want to know what other people have it kendama being called.
     
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  2. Sirwillcode

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    Reminds me of the office when jim talks ab what dunder mifflin sells. Mufflers, er mittens, or muffins. Haha. That Doesn't relate to your post, but I've heard someone call it a keramma once.
     
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  3. Ricky Røge

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    So the other day, some guy called it a didgeridoo
     
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  4. Brandon Jensen

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    I'm like 95% sure someone has called it that to me before too. That just sounds so ridiculous yet so familiar
     
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  5. Gasiek

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    Friends in my school call it a ball and a hammer :p (translated to English from Polish)
     
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  6. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Not really weird, but almost every passerby goes (and i include this with the standard Malaysian / Singaporean accent).


    “Eh son, look.. kor kor* is playing yoyo”
    “Is this a yoyo?”
    “Wahh, nice yoyo! Can try ah?”



    *Cantonese for big brother, but in this case, to denote an adult youth.
     
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  7. Aidan Holt

    Aidan Holt n00b

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    I knew one girl that used to call it kombucha like the drink
     
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  8. JC Novallasca

    JC Novallasca Member

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    kendomo
     
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  9. theligitchriswhit

    theligitchriswhit Honed Member

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    Ken Edmund
     
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  10. Sirwillcode

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    I was playing a while back when anchorman was on and my buddy kept calling it Kenneth noisewater. But that one is actually pretty funny.
     
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  11. cbwalsh24

    cbwalsh24 Honed Member

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    Ball of yarn, suduko, ping pong ding dong, gandolfy, and clickity dickity are some of the memorable names that have been said to me.
     
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  12. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    Yoyo.

    I mean really, yoyos are pretty well known. How could you confuse it? Always seemed strange to me
     
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  13. Rob

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    Kend-Army
    ...

    I'd sign up
     
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  14. lategreat808

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    Yeah, I have heard "chinese yoyo" and "yoyo," to both of which I was like, "Yeah, how did you know?!?!"
     
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  15. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    "Check out this sweet dog walky trick!"
    *drags tama across concrete*
     
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  16. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    Oh thats too good. I bet you could actually invent a flatground trick where roll the tama towards you on the ground and then do like a slip on stick. That would be cool, I know how you are into sitting tricks.
     
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  17. htimSxelA

    htimSxelA Moderator Staff Member

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    Hmm yea there are probably some possibilities there... I think I'll mess with this a little bit!
     
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  18. Sir Spike

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    Ball n cup and childs toy
     
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  19. Congarranza

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    Not mis pronouncing kendama, but who has named their kendama?

    My @TerraKendama x @oliveboards is fittingly named Olivia.
     
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  20. Brandon Jensen

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    A little girl asked if she could play with my ice cream referring the kendama around my neck.
     
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