A Japanese-English Phrasebook Comments
from a news item reporting an assault on a Japanese tourist
who had unwittingly insulted a person by using a phrasebook
deliberately mistranslated by an ex-employee of the Japanese Tourist
Board bearing a grudge against his former employers
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not that I have any porblem with it, though :) hope that isn't misunderstood.
I must admit that Japanese people ARE the most annoyingly polite folk.I have a friend who listens so courteously to everything I say that i wish he'd tell me to shut up and go away instead. another friend of mine is in the process of learning kanjis-they have 8000 characters.what a crazy language.
Very funny...and very well written. I'm assuming that it is true. Raynette
Well in two months, japanese people could ask me about translations (i'm learning the language which isn't as tough as you may think) ... I may give them some bad translations, but at least they'd be better than Nakumawa (ot whatever his name is) . Nice poem (y) Made me laugh a bit.
Hilarious! You are a born poet...I cannot believe you have been writing poetry for only two years. Wow!
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7/29/2025 4:22:12 PM # 1.0.0
:) It is strange how sometimes this happens to people speaking the same language... :) Nice written.