I am serious when I say this is one of the most interesting
and relevant posts I have seen on the list yet!
Thanks guys!
Juergen Specht wrote:
> > I was reminded of this proposal when Juergen mentioned that he saw
> > "eigo" in hiragana rather than the far-more-common kanji compound
> > for "eigo". Interesting. Ominous.
>
> Haha! Actually my "well informed" source is now easy to
> recognize...he wears a paperbag with 2 holes for his eyes
> over his blushed head while he is programming :)
>
> Basically it was a misunderstanding. If I talk about the
> "official" i-mode menu, I think about the first menu page,
> which is Japanese. And there as the last link is still the
> word "English" the link to the official English (and not so
> crowded) menu.
>
> What he saw was the link located in the "Menu List"
> (the 3rd link from the official menu, under the marquee).
> This link "Eigo Menu" is #4 (above the line) from the bottom
> and yes, it is written as Kanji-Katakana combination.
> Actually this link there makes sense in Japanese.
>
> As soon as my source will remove his paperbag, I will
> borrow it and wear a week for again mixing up
> Hiragana and Katagana.
>
> Hey, I only do this to entertain my Japanese teacher! She
> loves the embarrassing moments when I order Fisheye-salad at
> the post office ;)
>
> Juergen
>
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Received on Tue Jan 29 04:44:22 2002