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[caithion]

Situation:
Two garbagemen, one backing up the truck, the other directing him.

Garbageman: "Hai, hai, hai... hai, hai-- OK, stop!"



Oh, Japan. Everyone speaks English, and no-one does.

Comments

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

Very well put XD

[demoneyeskyo87.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[mprice.livejournal.com]

I noticed the same thing in Germany. Every store I left I was told, "Cheers!" Which upon reflection is a lot better than "Have a nice day."

[caithion.livejournal.com]

Wow, did they really? Did they do that because they knew you were a foreign tourist, or do they say that to everyone?

[mprice.livejournal.com]

They do it for everyone and everyone replies the same way, which was equally amusing. I cannot for the life of me imagine the Major saying "Cheers" to anyone even when he's trying to play good citizen.

[caithion.livejournal.com]

Hah, that would be something to see!

[imastrgazer.livejournal.com]

oh Japan...how i miss thee! HAHAHA

[caithion.livejournal.com]

What are you doing online, young lady? Go forth! ;p

Oh, Maggy wanted to know if you wanted to go to Ahi's ochakai. It's a Saturday though, and money's due next month, which I know you'll be tight on when you get back. But I thought I'd ask just in case.

Also! Did you put a hold on your mail while you're gone? I totally forgot you've only got that mail slot and suddenly got nervous about packages. (Tara said she'd go check today, but even if there's a package I'm not sure how we'd pull of picking it up in your name.)

[caithion.livejournal.com]

I swear, I squinted to make sure they weren't any of the local Brazilians or Peruvians, but I don't think they were.

[violet-tango.livejournal.com]

I needed a moment to get this xD
Mainly because for me, "okay" and "stop" are mainly German words that exist in English as well. Aren't both of the words rather international?

[caithion.livejournal.com]

"OK" definitely is, but I think "stop" not so much in Japan. For example, if you're reading a novel or comic book, or watching a movie, you might see some instances of "OK", but you're more likely to run into the Japanese words "tomeru", "yameru", etc. for "stop".

[mprice.livejournal.com]

Okay has its roots solidly in the USA, the first recorded use in print being in 1839. ;-P Stop, on the other hand, has its roots in middle English. Like so many other words, they seem to have migrated across the ocean, probably during the first and/or second world wars.

Sorry, my father and sister have a fascination for word etymologies and it seems to have rubbed off.

[violet-tango.livejournal.com]

Hm... I just had a look at it myself. Quite amusing that 'Stop' originated from Latin into English and spread into other languages again from there.
'Stop' catched up with the German 'Halt' so much that I guess most German people I'd ask would answer they didn't knew that its origin is English. :)

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

I've seen/heard that when I was in Japan. XD So amusing.

[kyanited.livejournal.com]

LOFL!!

[jailbaitjello.livejournal.com]

In my mind, I heard "ok, stoppu!"

[caithion.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Except his pronunciation was actually correct and not katakana! That's what made it even more surprising! XD