[minstrel: Vivat the Dream]

[Debra=Grove%SSD_FINAID%MSCD at Bansrvr3.mscd.edu]

IIRC,  "banzai" was derived from (or at least closely related to) the 
Chinese (Mandarin) phrase, "wahn suay" (approximate Romanization) - also 
meaning "(May you live) ten thousand years!"


Rowen Brithwallt


"I do not resent growing older - many are not granted that privilege."


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