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Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:42 am
by Brian
Fellow woodworker John Aniano was kind enough to give me a split of Goumi, and so I've detailed the process of replacing my rosewood chisel handles with more appropriate goumi handles;
https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/201 ... le-making/
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:29 am
by Chris Hall
As a minor note, the Japanese name is gumi, written as 'グミ'. I think the word 'goumi' comes from French from what I am able to gather - clearly a mistaken translation on their part.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:45 am
by Brian
I wonder if both pronounce it the same way, I say 'goo-me' to pronounce it in both instances, is this accurate?
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:05 am
by Chris Hall
I don't know about the French pronunciation -what does the addition of an 'o'before the 'u' change? - but the way you are saying it is correct.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:43 pm
by Brian
O before U is the same sound as just a U so it seems they sound the same in both versions.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 7:45 pm
by Chris Hall
In other words, the 'o' is completely superfluous, which was my original point
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:49 pm
by Brian
Oh I agree, I just used that since we stumbled upon Yankee 'goumi' as a nod to the place of origin and its strange habit of adding the 'o'.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 9:27 pm
by Chris Hall
I was so inspired that I ordered a China Silverberry plant for my garden (I'm serious). Will be delivered in March 2017.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:21 pm
by Brian
Awesome! Should be fairly easy to take care of I assume. I am going to prune one in November-ish to take some handle sized branches.
Re: Replacing the handles on Oire Nomi
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:21 am
by MBarnes
Chris Hall wrote:I was so inspired that I ordered a China Silverberry plant for my garden (I'm serious). Will be delivered in March 2017.
I did a search and found "china silverberry" is possibly an invasive species. Wikipedia says "cherry cilverberry" (Elaeagnus multiflora) is gumi. Was China a typo Chris?
As for the pronunciation of goumi in French, I can ask some francophones and see what they say.