Japanese sword(s) info needed

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dialex

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Hi everybody.
I need some infos regarding the particular aspects of a Japanese sword (anathomy, specific parts, you got the point).
It's for a friend who writes a book where appears a samurai sword. Any hints or links are welcome.
Thank you in advance.
 
Hey larry, I have no idea what that nome-wotsit word even means :)

Most searches like "japanese sword parts" etc generally bring up an awfull lot of complete rubbish so Its better to ask people who know on forums. People who answer posts with "use google ya feckin' eeejit" are entirly missing the point of what forums are for.

Ill give ya an example, I wanted to know the geneology of the ford Cougar. I serched for about an hour and found specs and reviews but no listing of when they were released or when they ceased of what engines were in diifferent models. I asked on a ford cougar forum and had my answer ina matter of mins.

Searches are easier if you kn ow exactly what your looking for and have enough experience to filter the rubbish. Looking for something you have no idea about the terminology etc is is not so easy.
 
http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/glossary.htm

as above using "japanese sword parts"...both were in the first 6 URLs on their respective pages.

From dictionary.com:
6 entries found for nomenclature.
no·men·cla·ture ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nmn-klchr, n-mnkl-)
n.
A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy.
The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany.


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[Latin nmencltra, from nmencltor, nomenclator. See nomenclator.]
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nomen·clatur·al adj.

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no·men·cla·ture (nmn-klchr, n-mnkl-)
n.

A system of names used in a science, as of anatomical structures or biological organisms.


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Main Entry: no·men·cla·ture
Pronunciation: 'nO-m&n-"klA-ch&r also nO-'men-kl&-"chu(&)r, -'me[ng]-, -kl&-ch&r, -kl&-"t(y)u(&)r
Function: noun
: a system of terms used in a particular science; especially : an international system of standardized New Latin names used in biology for kinds and groups of kinds of animals and plants —see BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE —no·men·cla·tur·al /"nO-m&n-'klAch-(&-)r&l/ adjective —no·men·cla·tur·al·ly /-E/ adverb


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nomenclature

\No"men*cla`ture\, n. [L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator.] 1. A name. [Obs.] --Bacon.

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [R.]

3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.


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nomenclature

n : a system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology" [syn: terminology, language]


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University


nomenclature

nomenclature: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


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dialex only needed to click on the supplied link to get his information, not define ANYTHING!
As to your search problems.....I believe most search engines do require fairly accurate spelling in order to give accurate results. Possibly therein lies your problem???
Oh, and you'd best open a fresh box of Corn Flakes....it smells as if someone has urinated in your last bowl.

Larry S.
 
Larry,

I apologise for the misunderstanding but allow me the curtsy of an explanation. I was being facetious with my not knowing what the word meant. I was jokingly implying that your average person wouldn’t use such a word in a google search for Japanese sword parts. I’m afraid that my humour may have missed its mark, Next time Ill try to emulate you and use an aggressive and condescending tone. Do you think that may placate you?


Bravo on the Cornflakes jape. Very Witty. I chortled. I have to say, my good chap, that it was a very nice touch using urinate instead of the more colloquial "piss". It really shows that you are well educated and therefore inherently more intelligent then the great unwashed that constantly hound the likes of ourselves on the internet.


I mean, come-on, wanting to know something and asking the experts, how daft, how inconceivable. I would normally insist that my minions trawl through pages and pages of text to find the information required. If I were to find a whippersnapper cheating and, lord save us, using an internet forum in order to find out said Information I would heartily beat them with my antique cricket bat. I always find it amusing that I use such a bat when something just isn’t cricket...guffaw.

Ciaran
 
Thanks for the link. It is useful, and it may help me find more infos regarding a particular feature or another.
Indeed, searching on Google gives results, but oftenly I am overburden by their number. Usually, i go to the first 10 or 20 links and finish by finding other (totally) different subjects of interest and after a few hours later I find myself that I forgot what I was looking for in the first place.
 
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