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Talk:English longbow

I think you should read the yeoman article and perhaps ask you question on that talk page. -- PBS (talk) 02:46, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the pointer, I think that it just about answers my question. Bokken | 木刀 08:08, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Once again, a helpful Edit at Talk: Cultural economics

... for which I'm grateful.

Concerning Cultural economics, if you have anything (or more ambitiously everything just as at the earlier CE), you'd like to add there but would like to get comments on it before posting, I'd be glad to help pour l'Anglais or proofreading.* One way to proceed be to would be to put your proposed Edits on your own created sub-page called for example User:Bokken/Rough Drafts, which you might (but need not) link at User:Bokken (such as my links at User:Thomasmeeks). Anything originally written in French could be put there using an electronic translator as a first approximation. If you are agreeable but would prefer to do Edits in parts, rather than all at once, that would be fine too. Or if you'd like to come back to this at some future time, also fine. No immediate response is necessary. I did something similar at Hans Albert, and the primary contributor User:H-J-Niemann was happy with the result.) I'll look for your reply (if any) here (or on my Talk page if you'd prefer). * Your English by the way is excellent, but I understand your concern & think I could help with not much effort on my part. Best wishes, Thomasmeeks (talk) 16:51, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank ypu very much for your message. Actually, translating an article would be a good idea since I need to polish my English skills in order to submit articles to academic journals. Here is the issue: I got my PhD last month and I am on a one-year contract. I am now very busy with trying to get parts of my thesis published in order to improve my case for positions (in France, there is no such thing as tenure track: you go directly for tenured positions, which makes the recruitment procedure tricky). But then, I think I will use Wikipedia to dump (within the rules) some literature reviews I am conducting on net neutrality or the measurement of diversity in economics. I will drop you a message if I manage to get something done. Best wishes. Bokken | 木刀 20:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Deal (as in, "It's a" [def. 1]). Congrats on recent milestones. I suspected that you might have a life outside Wiki. I can recall such a day, because I still have some memory. So, first things first. It sounds like you have enough to keep you busy for awhile. After that, Wiki for fun or as time accommodates. Very generous to consider sharing your reservoir of knowledge on Wiki. In the mean time, BW, Thomasmeeks (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Kanji

Hi! The kanji, 木刀 is Bokutō. Bokken should be 木剣. Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 14:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I know. It happens that in many Western books about aikido, the term "bokken" is used where "bokutō" should be. So I chose to use the most common term for what I derive my nickname from (the wooden sword used in aikido) in both languages. Twisted, he? Bokken | 木刀 16:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

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