= Сообщение: 8548 из 12491 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Carol Shenkenberger 1:275/100 18 May 19 10:04:59 Кому : Ward Dossche 18 May 19 10:04:59 Тема : Re: Idiots FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=7085.enet_sys@1:275/100+21458ce8 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+12114100 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+5ce18003 ============================================================================== Re: Re: Idiots By: Ward Dossche to Carol Shenkenberger on Sun May 12 2019 04:15 pm
> Carol, > > CS> Actually, I got a chuckle. It's the sort of joke a Japanese person migh > CS> tell. > > Let me tell you this, I used to have a Japanese friend from Osaka and he jus > loved that joke about "having elections". He figured it was hilarious. > > When he was still alive and we talked about my camera, he said "made in Japa > When we talked about my stereo, he said "Made in Japan". When we talked abou > my TV he said "Made in Japan". So finally I told him "So, Yoshitaka, were yo > made in Japan too?" where-upon he responded "No, in Hawaii, during my parent > honeymoon". He thought that was a hilarious joke as well. > > After he died and his daughter got married to a young man in Connecticut, sh > invited me for the wedding and introduced me as "One of the best friends of > late father who always said Ward knew some hilarious jokes about Japanese > people"... and I got the mike to tell some in honor of my dead friend. > > CS> They have fun with deliberate 'engrish'. In fact, I think I've seen tha > CS> one on Tshirts there. There was one with a Japanese pirate trying to say > CS> 'arrg' spelled 'alllg' in a comic book bubble. > > There's even a website about it,.. > > www.engrish.com > > Hilarious. > > Maybe someone working in an international environment with colleagues from a > over the world including (but not limited to) folks from China, Taiwan, Japa > and Nepal may not find it funny. > > But the domain was created 19 years ago with thousands of photos ... and > remarks. And I'm not aware about any racial complaints ... > > \%/@rd >
Yes, there is a time for humor but in the business world, it would not be used. Living in Japan, you find there is a distinct dichotomy in behavior when in the workplace and when at play.
You can best get a sense of it when watchng some of their truely outrageous reality/game shows.
On 'Engrish' it's both a sane way to treat the inevitable 'spelling variations' when they try politely to make an english label and a natural sense of humor.
Tonoo Market (huge open air place in Sasebo, google it and you'll see an inside and parts ofoutside) was fun for that. With about 20% USA folks shopping there they'd try to label things for us. 'Engrish kuke,that set me giggling. Another was 'laidee finger' (okra).
