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buycitgo

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:03 AM
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how'd you like a name like this:

Takeshita

volleyball player from Japan

on now

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Spinzonner

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:05 AM
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1. Pronounced entirely differently

Perhaps your name is scatalogical in Japanese

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buycitgo

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:06 AM
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2. really?

really?

gee, thanks

tah kah shee tah?

really?

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rkc3

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:15 AM
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5. It's not really sarcasm, but it's still lost on a lot of people.

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Richardo

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:08 AM
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3. I do not speak Japanese, but I think you'd pronounce it "Ta-KASH-ta"

Edited on Mon Aug-16-04 10:08 AM by Richardo

...or something like that... :shrug:

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buycitgo

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:09 AM
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4. you're right, actually

the announcers pronounced it the way I did

point was visual, anyway

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olddem43

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Mon Aug-16-04 10:34 AM
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6. Wasn't the guy Poppy Bush puked on named Takeshita?

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