Subject: Re: [FFML] [Spam] Using Japanese language in fanfics
From: Geoff Finger
Date: 9/1/1997, 12:47 AM
To: Terrence M Marks
CC: Happosai <happosai@jps.net>, "fanfic@fanfic.com" <fanfic@fanfic.com>

On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, Terrence M Marks wrote:

My vote: Use Japanese only for honorifics (if you use them) and
untranslatable words.  Basically, Japanese words tend to say "I'm saying
ti this way to confuse people and show that I know more Japanese than
you."

There's nothing in "Ohaiyo" that can't be put into "Good Morning".

And I have no idea what a "itadakimasu" is.

damn, i should know what that is. i think what you say before you start a
meal, although i have no idea of an exact translation =) and i could
easily be wrong =)

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