certainly -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Friday rant
Bwah, hahahah! Can I pass that along to some of my Nihongo-phile friends? --Ben Ken Ketsdever wrote: > While learning Japanese I picked up on the word "Kawai" (Ka-waa-ee) - cute. > While in a little gift shop one day a half dozen girls from the local high > school came in and looked at this framed picture of basset hound and all of > them let out in their (correct version) cute squeaky little voices, "ahh > kawai-so ne". Ne - sorta translates into "isn't it". > > So I learned a new word. Kawai-so must mean very or extremely cute. Went on > a date that night with this Japanese girl I had been trying to go out with > for sometime. As we are leaving my car and heading for the club I tell her > that her blouse is really cute, (kawai-so). > > She stopped rather abruptly turned and smacked me hard across the face. The > night was done. We went to the club be she went off and hung out with her > friends and would have nothing to do with me. > > When I got home early the next morning I went straight to my dictionary. > > Kawai - cute > > Kawai-so - pathetic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157568 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
