Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, baka, baka, bakero ... that little ditty was a good way to re-enact the 2nd world war (but not very playfully). At 16:44 05.03.2003 +0000, you wrote: >baka has two meanings in Filipino: 1. cow 2. maybe. It all depends on how >fast you pronounce the word. I thought 'bakero' was the offensive >Japanese word to call someone worse than stupid... > > >>From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> >>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] baka >>Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 16:17:54 +0100 >> >>Yes, it was one of the first Japanese words I learned (also as a child). >>I ALSO learned: don't use it. It was a lot more offensive than just "stupid". >> >>Daniel >> >>>my goodness, as a child i used to hear that word all-too frequently. >>> >>>-rei >>> >>> >>> > Baka means stupid (literally: not able to tell the difference between >>> > a horse and a deer). >>> ... >>> > >>> > >>> > Karen Nakamura >>> > www.photoethnography.com >>> >>>-- >>>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >>>Ridgewood, New Jersey >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html