(keitai-l) Re: what does Keitai actually mean?

> From: "James Governor" <jgovernor@illuminata.com>
> > parochial admission - what does Keitai actually mean?

Julian Lai-Hung wrote: 
> keitai - mobile handset
> lolicon - lolita complex - japanese preference for the young, innocent and
> cute
> 
>  there are countless examples of this popular style of wordsmithing in
> Japan - eg. 'imechen' = image change = reinventing your look/image

I don't agree: keitai is not an american import, it's an ordinary Japanese
word and in itself does not mean mobile phone - although it's used for
that today:

mobile phone = keitai denwa
keitai denwa is written as four chinese characters:

kei = carry in hand
tai = belt
keitai suru = carry, bring with, equip oneself with
den = electricity
wa = speak
denwa = telephone

Gerhard Fasol
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