Re: children in japan: difficulty with school system, culture, and language
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 14:27:10 +0900, Rodney Webster
<rgw_news001@knot.mine.nu> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:
>In article <2i25jbFi9cjjU1@uni-berlin.de>,
> "mr.sumo.snr" <llanelli14NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> BTW using the expression 'haafu' around these parts i.e. this newsgroup,
>> probably goes down about as well as a fart in a spacesuit.
>
>Personally I don't find anything wrong with 'haafu' - after all, it's
>only a word, and certainly not meant to offend or degrade anyone.
>
>I'm been referring to myself as "half-German" since I was a kid
That's just a desperate attempt to divert attention from the fact that
you're Tasmanian. Anything would be preferable to that.
--
Michael Cash
"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."
Dr. Howard Sprague
Dean of Admissions
Mount Pilot College
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