Nice ta know, and your ego deserves it, seeing as how you’re doing somethin’ for us, and it’s really impressive, and also how you seem very knowledgeable about a lot of things (feminist and gay history is very interesting but especially Japan for me 'cause I find Japanese history to be interesting and complicated to research).
Sorry for using the word interesting twice, I don’t have my thesaurus.
Oh, an’ I’m a girl gamer too, when I’m not ill.
No Bagelthief! You’re making a big mistake! Geisha might start becomine arrogant now!
@Bagelthief So what sex are you when you are ill? 
It’s not often that I wake up and find I have 48 notifications…
…What the heck is a geisha, anyway? I seem to remember a movie about that…
@Shoelip lol. The sex of a bagelthief, it should seem.
Memoirs of a Geisha?
So does this mean someone wants a history and etymology of geisha?
Noooo thank you. I have had enough “history crazes” for one year. That was the movie, though. What does the kanji on your picture mean?
Actually, I just realised I misspelt and I really should upload a newer version. I guess it would literally translate to “war” but it’s connotations are a bit more… nuanced. A lot to do with warrior spirit.
Well, something funny happened and this thread suddenly got pushed to the last page. I’m just bumping it back up. Gave me quite a scare though.
Didn’t you know? Post number 666 automatically sends a thread to Hell.
that nice
Geisha is translated as artist in literal terms but more towards courtesan would be a better telling if this hermit is not mistaken.
No, courtesan is not a better telling. It’s way off.
@Shintaro. Oh, rofl. That. Comment. 
@ScarletGeisha Oh, okay. I’ll keep quiet.
Memoirs of Geisha was, for me, a brilliant book. I still have an old, tattered copy my mom gave to me in my bedroom somewhere.
… This hermit is confuzzled and should silence himself before he is made more of a baying mule.
Bagelthief…hermit…scarletgeisha…brimstone…
This place is freaking me out…
@Shintaro How are we causing you such distress?
This hermit knows not, but would like to rectify that.
@Shintaro
@Hermit Oh, sorry, am I freaking you out? I can be a bit eccentric at times, and insensitive at the other due to my Asperger’s Syndrome, but just tell me what’s wrong an’ I’ll stop it!
Hermit doesn’t find any discomfort in conversation.
When it comes to samurai sword fights do you prefer ones that have long drawn out fights or the ones where the samurai just kicks ass defeating each opponent with one slash?