On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:58:19 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>necoandjeff wrote:
>> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
>> 
>>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>>2002-04-07 Users of the ra-nuki form, followed by those using "zenzen
>>>>tanoshii".
>>>
>>>Oh my fucking dog, I haven't heard "zenzen tanoshii".
>> 
>> Perhaps because it is more likely to be said by a Japanese woman? And I'm
>> guessing Declan is referring to the more general phenomenon (not a new one
>> by any means) of using zenzen without a negative. "zenzen ii yo", "zenzen
>> daijoubu", etc.
>
>Guess I started hearing about "zenzen+positive" about 10 years ago, but
>I can't remember whether the (native) speaker was male or female. Don't
>think I'll ever feel comfortable hearing it, let alone say it. Also
>still write 居る instead of いる. Every time I hear "zenzen tanoshii" or
>some equivalent my beard grows greyer.

I learned もろかった from my sprogling a few days ago. Fortunately,
there was enough context for me to be able to figure out what it
meant.





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                                Prof. Ernest T. Bass
                                Mount Pilot College