From: Dave Oshel <dcoshel@...>
Date: 2003-05-31T08:06:32+09:00
Subject: Re: FAQ in German - some updates

On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 04:12  PM, Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:

> In de.alt.anime it is possible that you encounter
> japanese 'ja ne' - which is somewhat confusing for Germans because
> German 'ja' means 'yes' and 'nee' (with two 'e') means 'nay' (in the
> sense of a negative answer).

ja = de wa, as "soo jya nai" (say, it ain't so), or "X de wa" (inasmuch 
as X...)
nee = y'know?  or (Canadian) 'ey? or ... (conversational terminal 
ellipsis)  The verbal equivalent of track lighting, softening the 
glare...

If Steve Jobs does nothing else right in his life, he'll go to Valhalla 
for putting Hiragino Mincho W3 on Mac OS X.

I hope that everyone who uses a Mac and is forced for any reason at all 
to interact with the Japanese language is familiar with Sergey Kurkin's 
JEDict 3.7 -- http://www.jedict.com .  It's like putting Steven 
Hawkings in a Gundam suit, verbally speaking, since it gives you 
instantaneous two-way access to Jim Breen's edict wrapped up in some 
stunningly polished Macintosh eye candy.  Also, it contains the ENTIRE 
Nelson Wa-Ei Jikan.  In a well-ordered universe, there would be 
pulitzers awarded for that synergy.


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