On 27 Aug 2004, at 19:04, Vadim Gritsenko wrote:
I don't understand what "tani" means
(from an old email)
Tani is the Japanese word for "Valley".
http://www.nuthatch.com/kanji/demo/8c37.html
Its kanji is also quite nice:
http://ww1.baywell.ne.jp/fpweb/drlatham/nihongo/kanji/less10/tani.gif
/ \ / /\ \ / \ /+--+\ | | |--|
It looks like a house (the block) in the middle of a valley (the container)..
The combination is what I really like: the name "valley" accentuates the concept of "containment", while its graphical representation has the house in foreground, accentuating the concept of "blocks". So, if you think about it, when you look at it, you look at blocks, when you think about it, you think at containers :-)
Ok, now I remember :-)
Vadim
