So.
I'm studying Japanese, praise me and such.
Now there's an exercise in my book and it's probably the first one that's kind of related to real life, the others being "Michiko made Hiroshi come with her to buy clothes", yeah, as if, but anyway. The exercise is about Japanese emoticons, m( )m, (@_@), (^o^) etc. (btw, does anybody actually write the brackets?)
I can recognize them all except this one:
ф(^o^)
Is that supposed to be a fist? Like: ф(^o^)<(バンザイ!!)
Or did the author just snap after having to write 23 lessons of stupid teenagers going to Japan and not knowing how to read the clock?
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Anonymous2007-01-09 17:10
The only reason Japan allows American otaku to visit is because it helps their economy.
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Anonymous2007-01-09 17:32
You need to bitchslap whoever picked a book that teaches fucking EMOTICONS instead of a LANGUAGE
Haaaa, Is the textbook Genki?
And they're common. I guess you don't need to 'learn' them because, well, they're supposed to be self explanitory being emoticons in all.
And the ф is a pen. I think it's the Russian symbol for 'F'. The Russian symbol "D" also functions as a mouth in awe.
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Anonymous2007-01-11 2:54
It is a guy writing. and m()m is supposed to be ｍ（ ）ｍ, as in a guy laying his head flat on the ground, with his hands next to his head, as if to say I"M SO FUCKING SORRY. However, Shiichan removes extra spaces when you're typing in English. Let's see if my switch to Japanese charset fixes the problem.
Oh, and here are some emoticons my friends in Japan use when talking with me online:
(^o^)丿 <--waving
(￣□￣;)！！ <--kind of like *sigh* that sucks
（ ´v｀ ） <--just some cute fat thing
m9（＾Д＾）ﾌﾟｷﾞｬｰｰｰｯ <--pointing
(*^ーﾟ)b GJ!! <--thumbs up
Σ (ﾟДﾟ;） <--some guy with his hand out to the left
щ(ﾟДﾟщ)ComeOnnnnn <--obvious
なんだよ～(－_－＃) <--again, a facefault with the tension line, saying "what the hell"
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Anonymous2007-01-11 13:23
JAPAN IS ALSO ON THE MOON
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Anonymous2007-01-13 18:35
Well, I guess 'writing' is probably correct, thanks, guys.
And just to clarify: No, we're not taught emoticons in class, the lesson is about different cultures expressing emotions in different ways.