{"id":543,"date":"2012-10-27T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T12:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:13:02","slug":"your-infinite-japanese-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/your-infinite-japanese-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Infinite Japanese Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw on Facebook this code for converting your name into Japanese :<\/p>\n

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Replace each letter of your name using the code above<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, for example, Mike becomes Rin-Ki-Me-Ku.<\/p>\n

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Of course, there’s no reason to stop there. If my name is now RinKiMeKu, I can translate my name into Japanese again. Rin becomes ShiKiTo, Ki becomes MeKi, Me becomes RinKu and Ku becomes MeDo. So,<\/p>\n

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  • My name is Mike.<\/li>\n
  • Therefore, my name is RinKiMeKu<\/li>\n
  • Therefore, my name is ShiKiToMeKiRinKuMeDo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    And, why stop there?<\/p>\n

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    • Therefore, my name is AriRiKiMeKiChiMoRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuTeMo<\/li>\n
    • Therefore, my name is KaShiKiShiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiMiRiKiRinMoShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKiAriR…<\/li>\n
    • Therefore, my name is MeKaAriRiKiMeKiAriRiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKiRinKi…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      After that, my name starts to get quite long. If I kept up this trick, though, I’d start to see a pattern. The pattern would be more obvious if my name started with Z, say Zac or Zoe.<\/p>\n

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      • First, my name would be Zac.<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKaMi.<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKaRinKi.<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKiRinKuMeKaShiKiToMeKi.<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKaAriRiKiMeKiChiMoRinKuMe…<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKiAriRiKiMeKiChiMoRinKuTe…<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKiAriRiKiMeKiChiMoRinKuTe…<\/li>\n
      • Then, my name would be ZiKiMeKiRinKuMeKiShiKiToMeDoRinKuMeKiAriRiKiMeKiChiMoRinKuTe…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Now, the last few names are not the same. Each one is about 2-3 times longer than the one before. But the first 60 letters are the same. And once the first 60 letters stay the same, they always sty the same.<\/p>\n

        You can do this trick with other codes, say Morse Code. Let’s start with the famous message SOS, coded …—…<\/p>\n

        Then, you could code each dot as the word “dot” or “-..—-“, and each dash as the word “dash”, or “-…-…….”, getting longer and longer streams of dashes and dots, all but the first few starting -…-……. -..—- -..—- -..—- -…-……. -..—- (etc)<\/p>\n

        Taken to infinity, we get a well-defined pattern of dots and dashes that never repeats. It’s not random, it’s not regular. It has just the right mixture of chaos and order to be interesting.<\/p>\n

        Once you get the idea of this, you can do this trick with any way of coding a bunch of symbols into a bunch of similar symbols. See, for example, the infinite music I made from Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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