Subject: Re: [FFML] [FFML] A couple questions and even a comment or two
From: Sebastian Weinberg
Date: 9/22/1997, 8:36 AM
To: Fanfic Mailing List


On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Tim Williams wrote:

: Anyway, I was wondering about a couple things, most noteably, where did I 
: get Happosia saying "Sweeto" from? I hope it was in the anime because that's 
: my mental image of the letch (probably the Viz anime translations, I'm too 
: lazy to read subtitles) or it is possibly a thing I've picked up from one of 
: the fanfics I've read... oh, well... if not, IS there a Happy phrase that I 
: could stick in?

"Sweeto" *is* the typical Happousai phrase - even in the japanese
original.  Japanese is rather saturated with english words and
phrases, and even though Happousai is clearly part of the
generation long before this came to pass, he has adopted this word
(written "Sui-to" in katakana) as his battlecry.  If you have the
Ranma Song Calendar or the Fighting Song Karuta CD, you can hear
Happi quite clearly shouting it several times.  :)


Sebastian
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