Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] baka
From: doug kim <yup@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:00:51 -0800

"baka baka baka!" was what i would hear when i was a kid when i gave my
mother, who grew up in japan, a bit too much grief.

fond memories.

doug 

http://www.ricecracker.net

On 3/5/03 9:14 AM, "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> wrote:

> Yes, baka, baka, bakero ... that little ditty was a good way to re-enact
> the 2nd world war (but not very playfully).
> 
> At 16:44 05.03.2003 +0000, you wrote:
>> baka has two meanings in Filipino: 1. cow 2. maybe. It all depends on how
>> fast you pronounce the word.  I thought 'bakero' was the offensive
>> Japanese word to call someone worse than stupid...
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
>>> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] baka
>>> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 16:17:54 +0100
>>> 
>>> Yes, it was one of the first Japanese words I learned (also as a child).
>>> I ALSO learned: don't use it. It was a lot more offensive than just
>>> "stupid".
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>>> my goodness, as a child i used to hear that word all-too frequently.
>>>> 
>>>> -rei
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Baka means stupid (literally: not able to tell the difference between
>>>>> a horse and a deer).
>>>>  ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Karen Nakamura
>>>>> www.photoethnography.com
>>>> 
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>>>> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>>>> 
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