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New "Bushism" Slang Word Sweeps Japan! "KAKKATE KOI!" ("OK, Bring Them On"): Japanese Press
Nikkan Gendai News ^
| 4 July 2003
| AmericanInTokyo
Posted on 07/03/2003 7:30:34 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
President George Bush's threat and taunt of terrorists to 'try their hand against the United States' has been highlighted, above the fold, in the Japanese press.
The newest buzzword sweeping Japan in connection with Bush and his image as a 'tough guy, no nonsense on terrorism dude' is:
"KAKKATE KOI!" or "OK, BRING IT ON THEN"
Directly transliterated, it means, "If you are going to come after me, then come on!"
This phrase is often heard in tough, burly precincts of blue collar Japan just before fists are hurled.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antius; bringthemon; bush; image; iraq; japan; kakkatekoi; terrorism; waronterror
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To: AmericanInTokyo
We need to get this article in the hands of the likes of Hannity and Rush!
121
posted on
07/03/2003 11:32:13 AM PDT
by
cherry_bomb88
(The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven~Milton)
To: jla
OH, ok...I'm going to go to the pool and cool off...perhaps I'm overheating! :o)
122
posted on
07/03/2003 11:34:25 AM PDT
by
cherry_bomb88
(The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven~Milton)
To: uglybiker
>>>I believe it's pronounced: "LUN, GODZIRRA!"
LOL!!
123
posted on
07/03/2003 11:34:56 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(13 and proud!)
To: cherry_bomb88
why do you think I timed it for release today at an hour when the two of them surf FR and pick up material for their shows?
124
posted on
07/03/2003 11:35:55 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Please give me a hint on how to really get to my former marine hubby who spent time in Japan?
He always one ups me when we jab at each other kidding around. Could you tell me phonetically something that will let me win for once?
125
posted on
07/03/2003 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God Bless our President, those with him & our troops)
To: 4mycountry
Yep.
OTOH, I laugh when I hear Americans trying to handle the 'tsu' sound in Japanese or the "nya nyi nyu nye nyo" thing, or (attempt to) pronounce, in Hong Kong, Ms. Ng's last name. It kinda' goes both ways.
126
posted on
07/03/2003 11:40:08 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Cool! :o) Does Drudge surf here too???
127
posted on
07/03/2003 11:42:14 AM PDT
by
cherry_bomb88
(The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven~Milton)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Yeah, don't cha just hate it...
Whose cruel idea was it to put an "s" in Lisp, anyway?
128
posted on
07/03/2003 11:42:58 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(13 and proud!)
To: netmilsmom
I hope he is a FORMER MARINE Hubby, not a FORMER Marine HUBBY? At any way, here's a way to fix his wagon:
Just call him a "chimpira". It really means "just a common street punk" but can also be used in jest in the manner you suggest. The proper way to deliver said insult to the victim is to say "kono chimpira". Said with a little bit of insipid irritation will flavor it just right.
Just remember to 'make up', OK?
129
posted on
07/03/2003 11:44:20 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: Roughneck
Chia Pet! Funny! You are talkin bout the korean dude with the hair right? (sorry, cant remember his name, long duck dong or something like that . . .)Chia Pet is much easier.
Yup. I'm talking about that Man for All Seasons, Kim Jong Il....
Be Seeing You,
Chris
130
posted on
07/03/2003 11:45:00 AM PDT
by
section9
(Major Motoko Kusanagi just killed Barney....)
To: section9
Somewhere, somewhere! there must be a mailing address for the North Korean Mission at the UN in New York City. It would be a blast to mail one of those Chia Pet kits to them, tell them it is to commemorate the "Dear Leader"'s birthday and could they kindly, in revolutionary chuche spirit, put it on display at his mountain-top shrine in North Korea that has all those other god-awful gifts from foreign dignataries around the world.
131
posted on
07/03/2003 11:48:32 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
BTW-- how do you pronounce "yaoi"?
132
posted on
07/03/2003 11:51:21 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Japanese drain pipe is so tiny, please don't flush too much toilet papers. ;)
To: section9
LOL!! That is too good.
133
posted on
07/03/2003 11:52:33 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Japanese drain pipe is so tiny, please don't flush too much toilet papers.)
To: 4mycountry
????
134
posted on
07/03/2003 11:52:39 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
???? back. Wha?
135
posted on
07/03/2003 11:53:38 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Japanese drain pipe is so tiny, please don't flush too much toilet papers.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Ooooo comas are our friends!
Make that my former marine, hubby....
I have to remember those words. He always gets to me by saying, "Well I guess you can't help being blonde or Polish!"
I normally am laughing so hard that I can't even come up with anything.
I'm glad you're not nukeable at the moment.
136
posted on
07/03/2003 12:27:25 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(God Bless our President, those with him & our troops)
To: AmericanInTokyo
More correctly, "Yo Kim Chia Head, the Short-Donged One"
I can tell by the way he struts around that this is true . .
137
posted on
07/03/2003 12:30:26 PM PDT
by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: FrankR
The media and book industry in nearly every country is populated by intellectuals who obviously know better...
To: Roughneck
We both in good company!
139
posted on
07/03/2003 12:51:23 PM PDT
by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: Sloth
Make your time!
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