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	pokecheck 2005-03-29 03:24 am UTC (link)
	You know, now that blackjackrocket mentions it, he does sort of resemble Mr. Rush in Mystery Men. If he ever whips out a carp skewered on a pointy metal finger... urgle (Reply to this)(Thread)

	entelodont 2005-03-29 05:22 am UTC (link)
	To me, he's always been reminiscent of famed Mexican astrologist Walter Mercado, who really must be seen to be believed. Also, Austin from Project Runway is so his American heir apparent. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	phosfate 2005-03-29 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	whips out icon by way of illustration (Reply to this)(Parent)

chash
2005-03-29 04:07 am UTC (link)

Wow. That was the most amazing thing ever. It wasn't even really a grammar battle, even; at least, it shouldn't have been. I'm failing to see in what universe interpreting "Wait, Kaga's seiyuu?" as "the seiyuu of Kaga" is unjustified. Because when the sentence is grammatically correct as is, I don't know about everyone else, I read it as it's written, because I can't read minds. Man, sucks for me.

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	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 04:21 am UTC (link)
	How I love it when people abuse Japanese... Where's that dropping a J-E dictionary on a kitten's head icon when ya need it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Here you go! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 08:25 am UTC (link)
	I love you so much. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:28 am UTC (link)
	Take if you like - then you can use it yourself next time the situation warrants. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 08:29 am UTC (link)
	Can I use it for my LJ account? gravilove, btw (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:30 am UTC (link)
	Thank you (alas, this one I did not make), and yes, you certainly may. Use it wherever you like. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 08:32 am UTC (link)
	It is most awesome. My compliments to who did. And sweet. You are my new dream-luva. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:33 am UTC (link)
	The K icon was made by [checks userinfo] psychoteffy on LJ. And obv. I made the kitten one, hence I get to offer it to everyone who likes it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	akairis 2005-03-30 01:15 am UTC (link)
	OMG <3 for that icon. cuddles it (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-30 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Thank you! The poor kitten. (Reply to this)(Parent)

xero_sky
2005-03-29 06:47 am UTC (link)

Secondly, "Kaga['s/is] seiyuu" is a stylistic choice--seiyuu is Japanese, and Japanese nouns don't take articles (yes, in Japanese, and yes, we are speaking English,) however, between being a pedant and having my sentences not sound stupid (and really, appending the indefinite article 'a' to 'seiyuu' does come out sounding dumb, though that's a matter of opinion,) I will opt to take the route where only one person (you) misunderstands my meaning.

Damn.

The linguistic expertise just shines.

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	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 07:33 am UTC (link)
	The rest of us understood her meaning, but that doesn't make her sound any less stupid. While all she said was true, dropping the article in English lends an air of not understanding the meaning of the word at all. Good to know she does, tho. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hinata
2005-03-29 04:25 pm UTC (link)

As a bonifide speaker of Japanglish, she's full of it (I'm totally meiwaku shita'd). Besides, in English, usually short phrases like "Kaga's seiyuu" or "potassiumman's pissed-in cornflakes of retardation" are read as possessives, simply because of the lack of article. Didn't s/h/it learn that you can't show off if no ones knows what you're on about?

Yeah, you can drop the article if you want to be awesome, but it always sounds stupid to me and can lead to the dreaded WTF!ambiguity. It's usually about making it sound good, and usually for comedic effect. I only do the "follow Japanese grammar rules" thing when it's a pluralization issue, such as "I like to read manga" rather than "I like to read mangas." And, uh, when I'm speaking my butchered Japanese.

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	More as I'm bored. hinata 2005-03-29 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Plus the language substitution is only for the word, seiyuu. If you look at the pure English of it, it's "Kaga is a voice actor." As you are just replacing [voice actor] with [seiyuu], the rest of the English should be the same. Unless s/h/it's replacing [a voice actor], but that would just be kinda stupid. Somewhat like the whole argument. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	OT ymfaery 2005-03-29 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	Who's the pink-haired chick in your icon? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: OT hinata 2005-03-30 04:02 am UTC (link)
	It's Aya, one of the guitarists from the Japanese J-Rock/visual kei band Psycho le Cemu. Aya is also a man. I've heard the voice. Heh. I'm just a little sad that Japanese men make hotter women than I do. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaimonkey 2005-03-29 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Can't say much else to that but "word." My Japanese is so bad... In Japan, it was more along the lines of "noun, adjective, verb, you connect the dots" than actual sentences. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hinata 2005-03-30 04:05 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I've been there, though I don't have the T-shirt yet. I can converse and understand quite well, but a lot of it seems to be... special grammar. The longer the sentence, the more my brain stalls, apparently. Lots of arm-waving also helps. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	crickets 2005-03-29 07:14 am UTC (link)
	::drive-by icon love:: (Reply to this)

	gal_montag 2005-03-29 07:32 am UTC (link)
	potassiumman loses the internet. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	I have to ask iczer6 2005-03-29 10:26 am UTC (link)
	Why does the girl in your icon only have three fingers on her hand? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I have to ask gal_montag 2005-03-29 10:33 am UTC (link)
	Are you being facetious or does it actually look like she's got three fingers? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I have to ask iczer6 2005-03-29 10:34 am UTC (link)
	I'm not being facetious, it really does look like she has three fingers to me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: I have to ask gal_montag 2005-03-29 10:36 am UTC (link)
	Actually, now that I look, it does look like she has three fingers. She's making a west-ieeed gang type sign. The original's here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I have to ask iczer6 2005-03-29 10:39 am UTC (link)
	Ah, okay thanks for clearing that up. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: I have to ask radiotrash 2005-03-29 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	I went to that site and...uhm...I've never wanted to cry so hard in life. They re-made 'And then he kissed me' and 'Do-waa Diddy'. Well, there goes my childhood. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: I have to ask adora_spintriae 2005-03-29 10:38 am UTC (link)
	She has four, but I think two are crossed over. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:05 am UTC (link)
	Actually I think you terminally stupid for failing to infer something that was pretty obvious from context. No, no, I was confused, too. blackjackrocket inadvertently gets into a lot of wank, doesn't she? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2005-03-29 08:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm a magnet. Or a sponge. (uses the icon in question just for the hell of it) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_clansmen 2005-03-29 08:26 am UTC (link)
	Well, do you soak it all up? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackjackrocket 2005-03-29 08:42 am UTC (link)
	Apparently, and then I head over to I_wank to twist dry. (Reply to this)(Parent)