from: trellzto: tiangotlost@gmail.comdate: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:13 PMsubject: tatoo submissionShould say stupid American, or stupid foreign person.美国人 is Chinese for "American".However 阿呆 (or あほ) is a localize dialect for "fool, jackass" in Japan's Kansai region. Where most Japanese would use 馬鹿 as "stupid". Also, 米囯人 is Japanese for "American"....

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In the latest issue of Wired magazine, there was a piece titled "10 Best Things We'll Say to Our Grandkids".According to the magazine, English translation for #6 is:"English used to be the dominant language. Crazy, huh?"Dr. Mair and I both noticed the printed Chinese is not correct.统治语言 (dominate language), is two English phrases spliced together...

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from: Victor H. Mairto: tiangotlost@gmail.com,date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:00 PMsubject: tattooHi Tian, Perhaps you can post this for me on HANZISMATTER. Victor ====== The attached picture, sent to me by Jonathan Smith, shows a basketball player's "Chinese" tattoos. They read 康女宀 from top to bottom: KANG1 ("peace, vigor") NÜ3 ("woman") MIAN2 ("shelter,...

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Who lives where in the Harthe Alle

In an as usually belated response to a continuing question about the inhabitants of the Half-Continent and beyond I have put this map up again but now with all new NUMBERS![TM] by which I intend to answer said query. So here 'tis:1/ Southeastern tip of Nenin, in the continent known as the Occident = Oriental derived cultures;2/ Western coast of Heil,...

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Extra-curricular bogle action

These are by a fellow MBT-er, Ryan Kjolberg, or Kjolbergart as he is known here.He is currently "studying to become a concept artist and wants to ultimately become a movie director" and has taken some time out to do us the honour of working up some bogles of his own.As I said to him in reply, they are "absolutely spot on, the combination of fur and...

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