Comments on: Twitter: The End of the World? http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214439 Rat Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:46:36 +0000 #comment-214439 Twitter-sized message: Bristol and Levi are splitsville. Twitter-sized message: Bristol and Levi are splitsville.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214422 noodleman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:08:03 +0000 #comment-214422 <p>Hope these links work:</p> <p><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MKJ%CC%D3" target="_blank">Ke</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MKJ%C5%E2" target="_blank">Tou</a></p> Hope these links work:

Ke

Tou

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214421 noodleman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:06:29 +0000 #comment-214421 @LDD: Not by a long duk dong shot, it doesn't. @LDD: Not by a long duk dong shot, it doesn’t.

]]> By: Long Duk Dong http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214417 Long Duk Dong Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:44:02 +0000 #comment-214417 Hmm. I translate it to mean "fecal plug". I speak chinese, english, and jive. Hmm. I translate it to mean “fecal plug”. I speak chinese, english, and jive.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214416 noodleman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:41:49 +0000 #comment-214416 More widespread than "ketou" in Japan, though, is "gaikokujin" (outer country person); often shortened to "gaijin." Some foreigners in Japan resent its use nowadays as derogatory or even racist. More widespread than “ketou” in Japan, though, is “gaikokujin” (outer country person); often shortened to “gaijin.” Some foreigners in Japan resent its use nowadays as derogatory or even racist.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214415 noodleman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:39:11 +0000 #comment-214415 <p>@justpbob: In Chinese, that would read "Mao Tang." (Google Translate is a wonderful thing!) And here are where your Mao Tang overlord <a href="http://names.whitepages.com/Mao/Tang" target="_blank">already overlords</a>.</p> @justpbob: In Chinese, that would read “Mao Tang.” (Google Translate is a wonderful thing!) And here are where your Mao Tang overlord already overlords.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214409 justpbob Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:55:27 +0000 #comment-214409 I, for one, weclome our Ketou (毛唐) Overlords, noodleman. Oh, wait... I, for one, weclome our Ketou (毛唐) Overlords, noodleman.

Oh, wait…

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214404 Rat Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:31:03 +0000 #comment-214404 "I was confused at first because the only "Westerners" I knew of at that age were cowboys." They're the only ones worth knowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMko5LelBdA “I was confused at first because the only “Westerners” I knew of at that age were cowboys.”

They’re the only ones worth knowing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMko5LelBdA

]]> By: kurtis http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214400 kurtis Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:05:52 +0000 #comment-214400 I try not to use racially loaded terms but sometimes I do it by Occident. I try not to use racially loaded terms but sometimes I do it by Occident.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/twitter-the-end-of-the-world#comment-214389 noodleman Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:26:57 +0000 #comment-214389 That would've been tweet of you, kurtis. Re: Oriental. By definition, it's a geographical description; not a racial moniker. I don't call people "oriental" because I don't refer to Westerners as "occidentals," either. It's interesting how we understand and apply labels. Before moving to Japan, I'd never heard "Westerners" used before to describe Americans (North or South) and Europeans. I was confused at first because the only "Westerners" I knew of at that age were cowboys. "Western society" to me back then meant Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes. I don't think it's necessarily racist to speak of oriental food. "Asian," the other option to use, is a very broad term; Israel and Iran are Asian countries but we never think of them as being a part of that continent. That would’ve been tweet of you, kurtis.

Re: Oriental. By definition, it’s a geographical description; not a racial moniker. I don’t call people “oriental” because I don’t refer to Westerners as “occidentals,” either.

It’s interesting how we understand and apply labels. Before moving to Japan, I’d never heard “Westerners” used before to describe Americans (North or South) and Europeans. I was confused at first because the only “Westerners” I knew of at that age were cowboys. “Western society” to me back then meant Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes.

I don’t think it’s necessarily racist to speak of oriental food. “Asian,” the other option to use, is a very broad term; Israel and Iran are Asian countries but we never think of them as being a part of that continent.

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