Zさん："ね、ね、I have a riddle for you."
Aさん：「Ok, shoot.」
Zさん："What do you call the hair of the paper god?"
Aさん：「I don't know, what do you call the hair of the paper god?」
Zさん："紙の神の髪の毛。"
Aさん：「... I would find that humorous if it weren't for the borderline Shinto blasphemy.」
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This blog is one gaijin's attempt to learn Japanese through mnemonics, puns, and general linguistic absurdity.
Z-san explains: "紙の神の髪の毛 is a silly tongue twister: 'kami no kami no kami no ke'. It means the hair of the paper god."
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