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Kimra wrote:Let me think... have I mentioned Japan today? Because Japanese steals from every language. Just add a couple of extra vowels, destroy all r's and make them l's, and it's a Japanese word.

So that would make that...

VEILY, VEILY LAECIST!

It's true though. A lot of American words have been Japan-a-nized. For example, the main character in Death Note (an anime) is nicknamed "Kira", which is the Japanese adaptation of the English "killer".

Everyones a little bit racist.

mountainmage wrote:It's true though. A lot of American words have been Japan-a-nized. For example, the main character in Death Note (an anime) is nicknamed "Kira", which is the Japanese adaptation of the English "killer".

Just because it's true doesn't mean it's not racist... at least not in the modern usage. The explanation came very close to the stereotyped description of Japanese accents, and besides, most languages do that anyway.

I'm just saying what I've heard. Regardless of whether it's close to the "stereotypical accent" of a Japanese person, that's how they chose to adapt the English language. It's not racist at all to make these observations. I'm not making fun of it, or saying that they talk a certain way, only that they use our words in their own language, only slightly modified.

I remember talking about that in class. MAKUDONARUDO! It's pretty easy to put words into a Japanese accent because their phonology is pretty simple... Not that you care. Woe is me!

I care. And it's Makudonarudosu. Other words of fun. Toireto (toilet), basu (bus), enpitsu (pencil), terebi (television), etc

When I went to Makudonaruusu I would always buy a chisubaga hapi seto (Cheese Burger Happy Set).

Ach, no Haarubisu? I didn't realise it was Canadian only. How will I get my turipu buguru canbo?

mountainmage wrote:I'm just saying what I've heard. Regardless of whether it's close to the "stereotypical accent" of a Japanese person, that's how they chose to adapt the English language. It's not racist at all to make these observations. I'm not making fun of it, or saying that they talk a certain way, only that they use our words in their own language, only slightly modified.

Yeah, I know. I was attempting to cast light on our society's oversensitivity to racial comments and its habit of calling any discussion of other races racist. Oh well.

Tulip Burgers? Now I want a tulip burger.

Turipo, TURIPO. Jeez, can't you speak Japanglish?

Kimra wrote:Everyones a little bit racist.

Please tell me that this a reference to Avenue Q. I will love you forever if it is.

Oldrac the Chitinous wrote:Tulip Burgers? Now I want a tulip burger.

MM is right. It's "turipu"! Duh! (triple)

smiley_cow wrote:

Kimra wrote:Everyones a little bit racist.

Please tell me that this a reference to Avenue Q. I will love you forever if it is.

That's what I thought too... Though I haven't seen it.

smiley_cow wrote:

Kimra wrote:Everyones a little bit racist.

Please tell me that this a reference to Avenue Q. I will love you forever if it is.

Even if it wasn't I'm gonna say it was.*

*I've had the song stuck in my head since posting that. "Take out the lecyclables."

mountainmage wrote:Turipo, TURIPO. Jeez, can't you speak Japanglish?

Is it a triple burger? A trip burger? I kind of like the Tulip burger idea... is it vegetarian?

Sorry, I meant "turiparu". I don't think I've had a vegetarian meal before, unless duck counts as a vegetable (sort of??).