Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"baka baka baka!" was what i would hear when i was a kid when i gave my mother, who grew up in japan, a bit too much grief. fond memories. doug http://www.ricecracker.net On 3/5/03 9:14 AM, "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html