Friday, March 29, 2024

Profound Pronoun Pronunciation

Zさん:"In Japanese, men refer to themselves as わたし, and women refer to themselves as あたし。Men also refer to themselves as ぼく, so does that mean women can refer to themselves as おく?
Aさん:「。。。あか。」

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Equinox

Zさん:"I always get the Japanese words for the Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox confused because they sound so similar: しゅんぶん and しゅうぶん。"
Aさん:「In Autumn, the 'n' is silent.」
Zさん:"... なるほど ..."


Saturday, February 10, 2024

Hamlet

Zさん:"I heard Hamlet is playing at the old theater downtown. Have you seen it yet?"
Aさん:「まだです。」
Zさん:"まだ most foul."
Aさん:「。。。」

Friday, February 2, 2024

Diffy Q

Zさん:"Did you know that the Japanese words for wedding and math equation share a kanji?"
Aさん:「There's nothing quite so romantic as a differential equation.」
 

Saturday, December 16, 2023

yada yada

Zさん:"I am not really a fan of how MetroPCS hijacked the meaning of the phrase 'yada yada'. I prefer the Seinfeld version from back in the 90s. What do you think?"
Aさん:「。。。嫌だ。」

Friday, November 24, 2023

+ - ' "

Aさん:「Flathead? Philips? Why don't Americans just say + and -   ?」

Zさん:"分?秒?Why don't Japanese people just use ' and "  ?

Friday, November 17, 2023

々々

go々d
fluf々y
kne々s
bal々
Go々gle
kit々en
piz々a
jug々le
tat々o々
cof々e々
mil々en々ials
hap々ines々
vacu々m
bo々k々e々per

Zさん:"Who says you can't use 同の字点 with romaji?"