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Message no. 1
From: Joshua T Brown <spamquat@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Your .Sig [OT]
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 07:26:34 -0500
David Buehrer-san wa kakimashita -
>--
>"ahh, kamisama! watashi no atama ni ono ga arimasu!"
>
Nihon'go wa chotto hanashimasu ga wakarimasen' deshita.....
Errrr.... I mean I speak a fair bit of Japanese... (It's currently
accounting for 15 credit hours in my summer collegiate courses) but I
have NO IDEA what it is you were trying to say with that last bit of
oddly phrased signature material... perhaps your use of particles is
confounding me, or your structuring is A) Beyond my limited command of
the language or B) directly taken from a eewajiten or similar reference
book....
My main question is "Your head is WHERE/WHAT?" Always trying to pick up
more of this insanely difficult language.....

Biiru o happondake nomimashita! - Something NOT to say to a police
officer who stops you. Trust me. <smirk>
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Message no. 2
From: Gossamer <kajohnson@*******.TEC.WI.US>
Subject: Re: Your .Sig [OT]
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:19:42 -0500
> >"ahh, kamisama! watashi no atama ni ono ga arimasu!"
> >
> Nihon'go wa chotto hanashimasu ga wakarimasen' deshita...

Actually, this phrase is more correctly given as:

Nihongo ga mama dekimasu kedo chotto wakarimasen deshita

(I speak Japanee ok, but I totally didn't understand [what you said])

> but I have NO IDEA what it is you were trying to say with
> that last bit of oddly phrased signature material... perhaps
> your use of particles is confounding me, or your structuring
> is A) Beyond my limited command of the language or
> B) directly taken from a eewajiten or similar reference book....

I believe that it's because he's using a slang word for 'ass'. My
dictionary lists a couple of definitions for 'ono', one of which is
'ass' (slang). My jibiki is a bit out of date...

> My main question is "Your head is WHERE/WHAT?" Always
> trying to pick up more of this insanely difficult language.....
>
> Biiru o happondake nomimashita! - Something NOT to say
> to a police officer who stops you. Trust me. <smirk>

Instead of telling the poor cop you've been drinking, try this:

tama ga itaindesunee, kisu o kudasai
(my balls hurt, why don't you kiss them) [it helps if you rub
your crotch while doing this one (sorry ladies you can't play)]

Or... anata no onna ni noritai da yo (I want to ride your woman)
[this is especially insulting for a couple of reasons: first, using
'onna' for woman is incredibly insulting, second the word 'ride'
here is slang for 'having sex in a derrogatory/dehumanizing way',
and finally, even saying this phrase is suggesting that the man's
woman is a whore and he is, therefore, not a very proper man]

Or... kamo o shinasai, baka (go fuck a duck! you idiot!)

Or... doonato o tabenasai, baka (go eat a donut, you idiot!)

Or(less insulting)... baka daroo (are you an idiot?)
[literally, you're probably an idiot/fool/moron]
Message no. 3
From: Joshua T Brown <spamquat@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Your .Sig [OT]
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 16:13:11 -0500
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:19:42 -0500 Gossamer <kajohnson@*******.TEC.WI.US>
writes:
>> >"ahh, kamisama! watashi no atama ni ono ga arimasu!"
>> >
>> Nihon'go wa chotto hanashimasu ga wakarimasen' deshita...
"As for Japanese, I speak it a little (but) I didn't understand......"
>
>Actually, this phrase is more correctly given as:
>
>Nihongo ga mama dekimasu kedo chotto wakarimasen deshita
>
>(I speak Japanee ok, but I totally didn't understand [what you said])
>
True enough, that *is* the more colloquial form (though literally, yours
translates as "I can Japanese ok, but I didn't understand [what you
said] a little") I usually speak a little more formal, as I'm just
learning, and I use "ga" particle instead of kedo or memo just to save
hiragana space.<smirk> Plus I use the Japanese theory of creating as much
ambiguity in a given sentence as possible, so the responsibility of
understanding falls to the listener.... a good habit to get into when
preparing for business in Japan....

>> Biiru o happondake nomimashita! - Something NOT to say
>> to a police officer who stops you. Trust me. <smirk>
>
>Instead of telling the poor cop you've been drinking, try this:
For those who are a bit confused, what I said actually was "I only drank
8 bottles of beer!"

If this language thread starts to bug others, let's move it to more
SR-subject and begin throwing out useful Yakuza phrases, and get rid of
the OT marker.....

==============================================================
The Kumquat -- Josh Brown -- Kumquat@*****.com -- Spamquat@****.com --
Shadowrun Page Still Under Development -- Coming Soon!
"Support Whirled Peas" -- <smirk> -- "Whatever, Man" --
"Woo Hoo!" --
....Don't hate me Because I'm... ahh, screw it, hate me. <smirk>
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Your .Sig [OT]
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:36:34 +0100
Joshua T Brown said on 7:26/24 Jul 97...

> David Buehrer-san wa kakimashita -
> >--
> >"ahh, kamisama! watashi no atama ni ono ga arimasu!"
> >
> Nihon'go wa chotto hanashimasu ga wakarimasen' deshita.....
> Errrr.... I mean I speak a fair bit of Japanese... (It's currently
> accounting for 15 credit hours in my summer collegiate courses) but I
> have NO IDEA what it is you were trying to say with that last bit of
> oddly phrased signature material...

Unless I'm severely mistaken, it means "Oh my god! There's an axe in my
head!"

How's that for someone who knows about 7 words Japanese? :)

(Not that it's too hard, all David's .sigs you can't understand say the
same thing in different languages...)

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Message no. 5
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: Your .Sig [OT]
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 07:27:59 -0600
Gurth wrote:
|
| (Not that it's too hard, all David's .sigs you can't understand say the
| same thing in different languages...)

Alas, the freeware random .sig generator I had crashed and I lost all
of them. No more axes in the head for me :)

-David
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm
--
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing
which ones to keep."

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