Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!news.mcu.or.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:29:09 -0600 Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,alt.binaries.multimedia.japanese,alt.binaries.multimedia.japanese.repost,alt.binaries.sounds.jpop Subject: Re: Special Request: Please read inside From: Mifune Goh References: Organization: Mifune Motors, Ltd. User-Agent: Xnews/2005.10.18 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:29:09 -0600 Lines: 18 X-Trace: sv3-LDTqmAi6MInYeKKj9H6MWXKAbFC1441TkI4ojUuLDAzYqXVQ9Hou3kShK1r1c8TMTPdPbIermBGOFfT!X5r8JHnJ15el8c4RGFRFjkEYv+1Tt6TfPjqj8D8GKBd5lLEzMS4PNPC874jRem3H1CH70fVZyq4U X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:30398 Prophet of the Way 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