Archive for October, 2006

Words you can’t say on Japanese television.

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

I got this link off the Asian Studies community on Livejournal. 

I can’t understand everything, but a lot of the words have to do with describing handicapped people (for example, you’re not supposed to say “idiot” to describe a mentally retarded person), race (you’re not supposed to call a white person a “red hair person,” and you’re not supposed to say “black man,” but it doesn’t offer any other suggestion), and place names (you’re not supposed to use names that were used during WWII and will come across as too nationalistic).¬†

http://monoroch.net/gallery/kinshi/

What I’ve read so far.

Friday, October 27th, 2006

That’s not kosher!

Friday, October 27th, 2006

My embroidery teacher.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

From Reuters: Five punished for China banquet binge death

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Dover Thrift editions?

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Hand job!

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Hey! That’s not fair!

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Dog invasion!

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Referenced in the BBC article!

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

More!

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

143!

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Seventy-five in about five minutes!

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Almost 400 more in one hour!

Monday, October 16th, 2006

THAT’S it!

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

1,800 hits in one day!

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

*Sigh.*

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

I have got a fame! part 2

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

I don’t think I can finish it!

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Ow! My back! Photo shoot, class, and others.

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
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