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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: da_toolman
KAKKATE KOI
Ping
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posted on
07/03/2003 7:56:40 AM PDT
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: 4mycountry
Bakka !
To: lysie
MEGA GEORGE S.PATTON Jr. DITTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: AmericanInTokyo
Wasn't there a song from the 1920's that went, "Ka-K-Katie don't cry!"
To: AmericanInTokyo
I may add that to my vocabulary.
Or, I may rethink that idea.
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posted on
07/03/2003 7:59:15 AM PDT
by
altura
(Save the whales ... they might be worth something someday.)
To: Ganymede
ko (rhymes w/ 'go') i.e. long 'o'; and then long 'e'. Said together rapidly.
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posted on
07/03/2003 7:59:21 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So please don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. Thanks.)
To: ewing
Anyone remember the movie about Patton with George C. Scott?
Well, to the chagrin of a few folks that I know, my favorite part was when he slapped that soldier who was in the hospital with [combat fatigue?].
Patton thought he had no business whining about his problems when REAL men were lying around him wounded from battle. . . .
I loved it. Too bad he was made to apologize.
47
posted on
07/03/2003 7:59:48 AM PDT
by
Roughneck
(Starve the Beast!)
To: Steve_Seattle
BeelzeBubba isn't far behind Jimmy Cawtah when it comes to being"Namby Pamby"!!!
To: Eric in the Ozarks
BAKA!!
That's my favorite word, probably because I relate to it so well. I'm such a baka! (I thought it only had 1 k, though. That's how I've always seen it used.)
[ps, for all you reading this who have no clue what "baka" is, it means idiot.]
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:01:12 AM PDT
by
4mycountry
(13 and proud!)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Oh, is that what translates into english as 'frosted bun' or something like that? Oh yeah, type that into "Google". What you'll get back has nothing to do with pastry...
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:02:30 AM PDT
by
coydog
(Out with Chretien!)
To: ClearCase_guy
Actually,that song was a favorite of our doughboys.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Actually, should be only one 'k', as in 'baka', (if it is the word I believe you are wanting to use).
A good addition to that is 'baka yaro!', or as they say (insult) in the Kansai area in Osaka: "aho!" (pronounced the same as the southern Arizona town of "Ajo")
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:02:37 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So please don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. Thanks.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Only Japanese words I know are, "RUN, GODZILLA.".
To: MWS
Darn it, you beat me to it.....
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:03:38 AM PDT
by
capydick
(TaxCuts are for TaxPayers)
To: Steve_Seattle
The "bring it on" comment, like the "axis of evil" remark, will catch in the throat of world journalists and be regurgitated endless times. If that is the case ... kakkate koi!
Saying something "Bushy" is an excellent way of making all the world aware of a fact. We all know that Iran, North Korea and, formerly, Iraq, are evil and form an axis--thanks to that "Bushy" remark!
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:06:06 AM PDT
by
Smile-n-Win
(Make money, not trouble!)
To: AmericanInTokyo
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あなたに非常に感謝しなさい
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Oh well, so much for posting in Katakana on FR!
To: jriemer
I love that show.
To: Roughneck; bandleader; lysie
This is a good book. It's also available on audio cassette. The author will be on C-Span's Booknotes program later this month.
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posted on
07/03/2003 8:06:21 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: AmericanInTokyo
"BANZAI!"
To: AmericanInTokyo
There was another "Baka"...baka me-tai !
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