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From:  Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: How to say it in Japanese...?
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:48:36 -0700
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On Sep 26, 8:50 am, a...@privacy.ne.jp (Al) wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > So what happened to the wedding invite???
>
> Sorry, no wedding... m(_ _)m
> We just had a few casual parties here and there...

Whatever happened to tradition! The going rate for weddings in Okazaki
has blown out to around 600man (roughly the bubble period price), but
at least the couple involved usually manage to score a new car out of
the event.

Oh and what is

m(_ _)m

It looks like a fat arse with two cans of beer on either side.

> > Any excuse to visit Okinawa would have been welcome :-)
>
> Well, you find an excuse (any old excuse will do), and i'll meet you
> here and show you 'round... ;-)
>
> By the way, Ishigaki is a sister city of Okazaki. Look for Ota Yoshio
> (kanji: 'oo' as in 'fat', 'ta' as in 'field', 'yoshi'/'gi' as in
> 'honour', and 'o' as in 'man') at the international exchange office at
> City Hall, and he'll fill you in. Maybe you can arrange a "state visit"
> one day. ;-)

I didn't know that (the city thingee or Ota's involvement in the
junkets) so thanks. I've actually been looking at locations for
another teaching center, and Shikoku didn't seem promising, so maybe a
fact finding tour to Okinawa is in order afterall.