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Paul Davidson Yuki Sasaki <sasaki@arches.uga.edu> wrote in message news:FpsoBD.LnF@lugnet.com... (...) doko-no (...) the (...) Watashi-wa UNBC*-de benkyoo-wo shite-imasu. Hai, kanji-mo naraimasu. (...) Hai, wakaramisu. (but I need to buy a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Watashi-wa Joojia-Daigaku-de nihongo-wo oshiete-imasu. Pooru-san-wa doko-no daigaku-de benkyoo-wo shite-imasu-ka? (te-imasu roughly corresponds to the English 'be -ing') Daigaku-de kanji-mo naratte-imasu-ka? Watashi-no nihongo-ga (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) That's an interesting observation. I never thought the sound "mu" could make the words sound less powerful or strong. In the word "muteki", "mu" represents "void" or "nothingness", and it's a strong word/morpheme. But if this word sounds (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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Paul Davidson (...) daigaku-de (...) omoshiroi-desu-yo! (...) Hai, tanoshii-desu. Doko-ni o-ashiemasu? (is that correct?) (...) langue (...) le (...) comprends (...) une (...) que (...) Merci beaucoup vos gentils mots. Le japonais, c'est une langue (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Aha! OK! (...) I like it! BTW, does the softer sound of "mu" (as opposed to more plosive phonemes like ka or ga or zu) subtly imply that such a name might be somewhat insidious? -- that is, such that an attacker might not learn Muteki's true (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Oh, for this meaning, we would rather use the three words that follow in the list. You see, dictionaries do not list the frequencies of the uses, so some of the words you see in dictionaries are not even used very much. So, if you name your (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Konnichi-wa. Nihongo-no benkyoo-wa tanoshii-desu-ka? Watashi-wa daigaku-de nihongo-wo oshiete-imasu. Nihongo-wo oshieru-no-wa totemo omoshiroi-desu-yo! (I'm a TA and I teach Japanese classes.) (...) Moi aussi, j'aime bien apprendre des langues (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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Is Odanobunaga the guy who held the title spot in the (unwinnable yet damnably engaging) Sega Genesis game "Nobunaga's Ambition"? -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) According to JEDI[1], 'tomogui' means "cannibalism (in animals) / mutual destruction / internecine struggle / eating each other / damaging each other." (...) Hmm, not sure exactly how to classify them. Sorta mech, but sorta beast. If you'd (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Here they are, straight from the J.E.D.I. dictionary... [futeki] (an) daring/fearless/intr...bold/tough [futeki] inadequacy/inappropr...mpropriety [futekikaku] disqualification/unfitness [futekisetsu] (an) unsuitable/inappropr...e/improper (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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