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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Bush Glow
From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:42:02 -0600
References: <6F560485-4E6F-11D7-8ABB-000393AC0E1A@johnbrownlow.com> <3E65039C.9DB9DC9F@pacbell.net>

>Johhny
>
>The Japanese word you mean is "baka", not "bokeh".
>
>Jerry

Baka means stupid (literally: not able to tell the difference between 
a horse and a deer).

Bokeh also means (in addition to out of focus) to be absent minded or 
forgetful, fuzzy about the mind.


Karen Nakamura
www.photoethnography.com
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