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Gyaru-moji (ギャル文字, "gal's alphabet") or heta-moji (下手文字, "poor handwriting") is a style of obfuscated Japanese writing popular amongst urban Japanese youth. As the name gyaru-moji suggests (gyaru meaning "gal"), this writing system was created by and remains primarily employed by young women. [1]
Gyaru (ギャル) pronounced [ɡʲa̠ꜜɾɯ̟ᵝ], is a Japanese fashion subculture for young women, often associated with gaudy fashion styles and dyed hair. [1] The term gyaru is a Japanese transliteration of the English slang word gal.
Old Norse: galdr and Old English: ġealdor or galdor are derived from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic *galdraz, meaning a song or incantation. [2] [3] The terms are also related by the removal of an Indo-European-tro suffix to the verbs Old Norse: gala and Old English: galan, both derived from Proto-Germanic *galaną, meaning to sing or cast a spell.
A measure roughly equivalent to a British rundlet [68.19 (≈68) liters, 15 Imperial gallons]. 1 ahm (aum) = 97 kannen = 4 anker = 1 ⁄ 4 legger. [2] [38 Dutch gallons, 129 L iters, 31.6572 (≈32) Imp. gals.] An ahm (anglicised as "aum" - using the French spelling) was a Dutch and German measure of wine that was a fourth of a legger.
The gal (symbol: Gal), sometimes called galileo after Galileo Galilei, is a unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimetry. [2] [3] [4] The gal is defined as 1 centimeter per second squared (1 cm/s 2). The milligal (mGal) and microgal (μGal) are respectively one thousandth and one millionth of a gal.
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A gale is a strong wind; the word is typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts. The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as sustained surface wind moving at a speed between 34 and 47 knots (63.0 and 87.0 km/h; 17.5 and 24.2 m/s; 39.1 and 54.1 mph). [1]