Talk:bonsai

RFV discussion: February–April 2015
added an interjection sense in, with a defintion of “A cry before jumping out at or attacking something.”

Isn't that instead? Do people actually use in English with this meaning? &#8209;&#8209; Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 07:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * There is a great deal of confusion on that matter among most Americans, and some books do seem to reference this, but I don't think it's a real sense; depends whether you count something like the example on page 144 of Weirdsville USA: The Obsessive Universe of David Lynch by Paul Woods: "Suddenly distracted by a bonsai plant, Gordon mistakes the Japanese war cry ('Banzai!') in WWII movies: 'BONSAI!' he hollers ". —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 07:53, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks like Kiwima changed it to a (and I just added the template).  I'm fine with that rendering.  My remaining question is whether the misspelling belongs under the same etymology heading, since the banzai sense has nothing to do with Middle Chinese bowl + plant.  &#8209;&#8209; Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 16:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * The template was removed several weeks ago, and the etymologies have now been split, so I'm striking the heading. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 16:59, 6 April 2015 (UTC)