tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413166059304552489.post2038210345657280858..comments2018-08-15T19:38:19.498+01:00Comments on A Shimmin Abroad: Sugoi, indeedShimmin Beghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10350037986748679919noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413166059304552489.post-13899105047457190642014-07-30T17:16:29.609+01:002014-07-30T17:16:29.609+01:00Coincidentally, I just wrote to you, telling you h...Coincidentally, I just wrote to you, telling you how much I appreciate the sea and asking you what TV programmes you are watching...Great minds think alike! I can’t bear this 'sugoi' business anymore. Surely, there should be alternative words to express how much you like something in Japanese...like in English 'amazing, wonderful, splendid, superb, extraordinary, fabulous etc.' oh, maybe, just maybe, Japanese people are too inhibited to give compliments and hence ‘sugoi’ is enough for this purpose. I reckon, 'Let's go eat' is a form of social interaction, meaning 'Let's hang out..'Momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092840007615313314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413166059304552489.post-31583626842333244512014-07-30T17:13:23.586+01:002014-07-30T17:13:23.586+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092840007615313314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413166059304552489.post-28151717645846920252014-07-30T13:48:59.229+01:002014-07-30T13:48:59.229+01:00Hello John,
And I thought TV was terrible in la Pe...Hello John,<br />And I thought TV was terrible in la Perfide Albion! It seems even worse in Japan! Well, if you can pick up a bit of vocabulary, that way, anything goes! Did you try listening to the radio.Bye. V.Valérie Couplandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305259341795761164noreply@blogger.com