I love other people's cleverness

I'd never have gotten that without the translation. Pretty tee hee worthy, I must admit.

You're so clever, Zach.

What have you been smoking, truman?

trumancoyote said:

Your avatar.

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A big gorilla?

I just didn't get the teehee-experience. I'm impressed by the author, though, on account of the time he must have thought hard about this.

Hehehehehe

TeeeHeee


And you're so cute!

Now that's clever. And fun!

I'm gonna be sitting here shouting out the last line all day (to myself, but if anyone comes in they'll understand... they know I'm nuts).

Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH!

(didja hear that?)

Truman...

hong de fa zi

Translation, please? (I'm having enough trouble learning Japanese... there's like a zillion Chinese dialects, and all I know is xiao xiao...)

swvaughn said:

hong de fa zi

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Nani?

trumancoyote said:

Hmmm. Its teehee-itude is probably the result of the repeating 'waka'; that, and the resemblance the whole thing bears to an Eminem song.

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Give me a beat.

Truman... LOL!

Tsuki: Nihongo ga hanashimasu ka. Mochiron!

(Should have known, considering your user name and all... )

trumancoyote said:

Heheh. It means that something's so red it's turning purple.

I usually use it to describe erections, though.

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Ahahahaha! I'm suddenly bringing up a mental list for instances in which I can use this.


...It's longer than it should be.

swvaughn said:

Truman... LOL!

Tsuki: Nihongo ga hanashimasu ka. Mochiron!

(Should have known, considering your user name and all... )

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I got "nihongo", but the rest is lost. Sad, ain't it? However, no matter how limited one's Japanese vocabulary is, you can always make yourself seem like a master of the language when using it conversationally! Song lyrics work wonders for cretaing such an illusion. Hane wo hirogete miyou arumi no hane oni no inu ma ni jimen ni hayaku.

Says I: You speak Japanese? Of course!

I'm still very limited myself. I can say please and thank you and I speak a little Japanese, no it's not very good, lovely weather we're having isn't it, nice to meet you, please like me. And a few other limited basic phrases. I can invite myself over to someone else's place for a drink.

I know a few swears, and a couple phrases I picked up from Naruto and DBZ. LOL You know, the English translations for Japanese pop songs are so bizarre...

Just learn how to say "Eigo ga hanashimasu ka?" (Do you speak English?) and you'll be all right.

Run, Truman!

LOL -- thank you! There are so many little nuances to learn. I appreciate all the clarification I can get!

swvaughn said:

Says I: You speak Japanese? Of course!

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The bitch of it is that I used to be very fluent in both Japanese and French. I pick up on languages very quickly. The sad part? I lose them just as quickly
Guess for now I'll still to arigatou and itadakimasu

I used to know all the fun profanities, but the only one I retained was kuso

trumancoyote said:

Oh, I wouldn't have gotten it either; I think it's teehee-worthy on account of its un-gettable-ness

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That's 'cause you're not a geek. Geeks will get it.

I am determined to one day become fluent enough to avoid being a total gaijin, should I ever actually manage to get to Japan one day.

Working on my two-second bow and extreme modesty. Zenzen all the way.

I hear it's a good idea to try speaking the language as much as possible, even if your family has no freakin' clue what you're talking about and are all clearly of the opinion you've lost that last marble rolling around upstairs. One should also attempt to think in Japanese. Ha.

There was an Old Man with a Beard
There was an old man with a beard,
Who said, “It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!”
Edward Lear (1812–1888)

There was a Young Bard of Japan
There was a young bard of Japan
Whose limericks never would scan;
When they said it was so,
He replied: “Yes, I know,
But I make a rule of always trying to get just as many words into the last line as I possibly can.”



There was a Young Man from Darjeeling
There was a young man from Darjeeling ,
Who got on a bus bound for Ealing ;
It said at the door:
“Don’t spit on the floor.”
So he carefully spat on the ceiling.


There was a Young Plumber of Leigh
There was a young plumber of Leigh
Was plumbing a maid by the sea.
Said the maid, “Cease your plumbing,
I think someone’s coming.”
Said the plumber, still plumbing, “It’s me.”

There was a Young Lady named Bright
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set off one day
In a relative way,
And returned the previous night.
Arthur Buller (1874–1944)

There was a Young Lady of Niger
There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside
And the smile on the face of the tiger.