"Ahh! Gaijin da!" "It's a foreigner!" the kid screamed after rounding the corner of the supermarket aisle and running into me. He quickly turned on his heels and darted off to find his mother. Yes, there was no doubt about it, I was a gaijin, a thing to shock small children and adults alike
Saturday, February 23, 2008
The Individual Difference Is Existence
Found on a fabric item I bought today;
"Because of the commodity nature it may falls the color to other goods if it soaked by water or with the friction situation ,so please be careful. Please understand the individual difference is existence. Seperately wash with other clothing."
I think it sounds kind of cool. You know, it's just a fairly direct translation of Japanese. Sometimes I think basic Japanese sounds move adult-like than advanced English.
Thanks for the comments everyone! And Jason, that is scary.... you've probably been getting too muc Tokai English ;) Mind you, I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it was strange ;)
SO funny! I love stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteI think it sounds kind of cool.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's just a fairly direct translation of Japanese. Sometimes I think basic Japanese sounds move adult-like than advanced English.
Then, other times...
The scary thing for me is it doesn't really sound that strange
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments everyone! And Jason, that is scary.... you've probably been getting too muc Tokai English ;) Mind you, I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it was strange ;)
ReplyDeleteHow very existential! One finds philosophy in the darnest places
ReplyDelete-AF