B Robson wrote:
> Mifune Goh wrote:
> > Prophet of the Way <afu@wta.att.ne.jp> spammed in
> > news:dksh82$lg$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp:
> >
> >
> >>chad vollenweider wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am doing a paper on the Japanese phenomenon known as "burikko", which
> >
> >
> >>I think you have some misunderstanding here.
> >>
> >>Burikko is not a word in itself.  The word 'furi' (pronounced 'buri' on
> >>some occasions; just like English 'leaf' -> 'leaves' etc.) means "to
> >>pretend".  A burikko is a girl who pretends something.
> >
> >
> > And then there is buritto, the mispelling of burrito, a Mexican-derived dish
> > consisting of a tortilla rolled around a stuffing made with beans or meat (or
> > something they put in there while they were *thinking* of meat).
> >
> > M.G
>
> and a buritto-burikko is a woman who pretends to like burritos.

In my experience it all depends on the burrito, though typically they
do in fact only pretend to like it at least some of the time.

Or did you mean something else?

John W.