GeraldRice Wrote:I hear there's a big bru-haha over young people importing too many foreign words. Is that true?
Yes, some people. But I don't know about "bru-haha". :confused:
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If a novel about Jack visiting Japan is titled "Gaijin"
then a followup RJ novel with Jack visiting China
would be titled "Gwai Lo?"
then a followup RJ novel with Jack visiting China
would be titled "Gwai Lo?"
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Kenji Wrote:Yes, some people. But I don't know about "bru-haha". :confused:
It's like a big to-do. Um, people are making a thing out of it (man, it's tough to define this word without being all abstract--little help?)
They passed an old woman who was just opening the door of a brown Cadillac. An old man was already sitting in the passenger seat. The car had a personalized plate with the letters “J-U-S-P-R-A-Y”.
“That stuff work?” Israel said to her.
“‘Scuse me?” the little old woman said, clutching her keys.
“The spray. Does it keep them away?”
“Keep who away?” She looked confused.
“I gotcha.” Israel gave her a conspiratorial wink.
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GeraldRice Wrote:It's like a big to-do. Um, people are making a thing out of it (man, it's tough to define this word without being all abstract--little help?)
brou·ha·ha –noun
1.excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall.
2.an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball players resulted in three black eyes.
I dunno, Gaijin just isn't grabbing me.
Well, I have one more suggestion that has been bouncing around in my head almost since the beginning of this thread. I don't know why I've been hesitant to post it, and I don't think anyone else has suggested it yet, so ...
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Well, I have one more suggestion that has been bouncing around in my head almost since the beginning of this thread. I don't know why I've been hesitant to post it, and I don't think anyone else has suggested it yet, so ...
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webby Wrote:I dunno, Gaijin just isn't grabbing me.Same here. I don't care for it, but what do I know.
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Hey folks! I'm new 'round these parts. But I do have a suggestion (I read through and didn't see it mentioned.).
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