Zさん："Hey, I'm heading to the supermarket, need anything?"
Aさん：「えーと。アイスとグレープ。」
Zさん："わかった。こうりとぶどう。"
Aさん：「。。。」
Punny Japanese: There's Some Ginger! edo@punnyjapanese.com
This blog is one gaijin's attempt to learn Japanese through mnemonics, puns, and general linguistic absurdity.
Z-san explains: "Japanese people call ice cream アイス(short for アイスクリーム), and grapefruit グレープ(short for グレープフルーツ). To Americans, アイス sounds like ice(in Japanese こうり), and グレープ sounds like grape(in Japanese ぶどう)."
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