Frenchpro Triglot Newbie United States francetravelandfood. Joined 5404 days ago 29 posts - 38 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Korean
| Message 17 of 24 17 February 2010 at 12:06am | IP Logged |
This story is quite extraordinary... it really meant something in Japanese after all!
You should definitely learn Janpanese.
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JasonBourne Groupie United States Joined 5754 days ago 65 posts - 111 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese, Arabic (Written), Turkish
| Message 18 of 24 18 February 2010 at 3:23am | IP Logged |
This story is complete nonsense.
"Kyootansurukokorogaarimasuka" is typed out using the standard English transliteration, but doesn't actually fully reflect how a Japanese person would pronounce the sentence.
If the person hearing this sentence had zero knowledge of Japanese, there is little chance one would spell it perfectly from just audio reference.
In other words, this is a load of poo poo.
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minus273 Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5767 days ago 288 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Ancient Greek, Tibetan
| Message 19 of 24 18 February 2010 at 3:30am | IP Logged |
JasonBourne wrote:
In other words, this is a load of poo poo. |
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Yes, but fun!
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nescafe Senior Member Japan Joined 5411 days ago 137 posts - 227 votes
| Message 20 of 24 18 February 2010 at 11:21am | IP Logged |
"頭が悪い" This is an extremely offensive nickname.
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Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 21 of 24 18 February 2010 at 10:56pm | IP Logged |
nescafe wrote:
"頭が悪い" This is an extremely offensive nickname. |
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Would you translate it for me?:)
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Minlawc Newbie United States Joined 6534 days ago 24 posts - 56 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese
| Message 22 of 24 19 February 2010 at 12:56am | IP Logged |
JasonBourne wrote:
This story is complete nonsense.
"Kyootansurukokorogaarimasuka" is typed out using the standard English transliteration, but doesn't actually fully reflect how a Japanese person would pronounce the sentence.
If the person hearing this sentence had zero knowledge of Japanese, there is little chance one would spell it perfectly from just audio reference.
In other words, this is a load of poo poo. |
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That's what I was thinking, it's too perfect. The whispered vowels and the lengthened vowels would have been missed.
I'm surprised it was taken seriously for a couple of pages.
Edited by Minlawc on 19 February 2010 at 12:59am
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nescafe Senior Member Japan Joined 5411 days ago 137 posts - 227 votes
| Message 23 of 24 19 February 2010 at 1:02am | IP Logged |
Johntm wrote:
nescafe wrote:
"頭が悪い" This is an extremely offensive nickname. |
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Would you translate it for me?:) |
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"頭が悪い" literaly means "poor mind", but in all the Japanese ways to say "poor mind", "頭が悪い" would be the worst offensive expression. "intellectualy inferior" "handicaped brain", something like those.
When used on the web, it appearently goes beyond a joke.
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Johntm Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5424 days ago 616 posts - 725 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 24 of 24 19 February 2010 at 1:50am | IP Logged |
nescafe wrote:
Johntm wrote:
nescafe wrote:
"頭が悪い" This is an extremely offensive nickname. |
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Would you translate it for me?:) |
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"頭が悪い" literaly means "poor mind", but in all the Japanese ways to say "poor mind", "頭が悪い" would be the worst offensive expression. "intellectualy inferior" "handicaped brain", something like those.
When used on the web, it appearently goes beyond a joke. |
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Oh okay, like the word "retard" in colloquial English.
Edited by Johntm on 19 February 2010 at 1:51am
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