I didn't know that lemons fruit in winter.
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| Lemon tree レモン |
Lemon is used in the Japanese version of the "Do-Re-Me" song, i.e., a show tune from the very famous musical "The Sound of Music," to allude one of the solfege syllables. You may wonder which one and how. I will explain, but first, let me show you the relevant parts of the original Do-Re-Me lyrics.
- Do => doe, a deer, a female deer
- Re => ray, a drop of golden sun
- Mi => me, a name I call myself
- Fa => far, a long long way to run
- Sol => sew, the verb for a needle pulling thread
- La => la, a note to follow so
- Ti => tea, a drink with jam and bread
And here is the Japanese version. The Japanese version doesn't use homophones but words which begin or contain each of the syllables as follows:
- Do => donut
- Re => lemon
- Mi => minna (i.e., everyone)
- Fa => fight
- Sol => sora (i.e., sky)
- La => lappa (i.e., trumpet)
- Ti => shiawase (i.e., happiness)
rainbow => lainbow
Rambo => Lambo-
ring => ling
Another thing which you may also wonder is why "shiawase," i.e., a word starting with "s" can allude "Ti." This is because Japanese pronounces the solfege syllables as: Do, Le, Mi, Fa, So, La, S(h)i....
In addition, Japanese doesn't differentiate between "s" and "sh," either. This makes me think that someday I want to tell a dog trained in English to "sit" to check if my pronunciation is correct....😅
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近所の檸檬です。生ってるのを見たのは初めて。冬空に映える黄色がとてもきれいでした。
檸檬でいつも思い出すのは「ドレミの歌」です。「レはレモンのレ～♬」ですよね。でも「レ」って「ray」、つまり「ｒ（アール）」で、「lemon」の「ｌ（エル）」ではないんです。
もう一つ言うと、ドレミの歌って英語だと「ドレミファソラティ」なんですよね。「シは幸せよ～♬」じゃない｡｡｡ 「ティー！ティティ！ティーティーティティ！」でしょうか😅
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