Re: Our favourite ex-gaigin contracts nihonginron-itis
Kevin Gowen wrote:
> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:19:55 -0500, Kevin Gowen
>> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Taken from a post to that email group that pre-emptively banned our Mr
>>>> Cash (I'm still jealous of you for that one!):
>>>>
>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/communityinjapan/message/5543
>>>>
>>>> If you're not a member, he says about a meeting being held:
>>>>
>>>> Please bring a native speaker, as proceedings will likely be
>>>> in Japanese
>>>>
>>>> Isn't he becoming just a little _too_ Japanese?
>>>
>>> I was surprised to learn there is a city in Mie named "Zu".
>>
>> I wondered what you meant by that, then I remembered there's a city
>> called Tsu, but surely he couldn't have got that wrong, as it's a Joyo
>> reading for that kanji...
>>
>> I wonder who the native speaker that he's bringing is?
>
> I used to live about 20 minutes south of Tsu. The city has a small claim
> to fame as having the shortest station name in Japan.
Does the station kiosk sell postcards of the station sign and things?
Only even been to Tsu by car.
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