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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: please repeat that
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 22:09:11 EST
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In article <2550@sdcrdcf.UUCP> barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) writes:
>
>"Mo ichi-do itte kudasai" (please say that one more time) is somewhat
>rude in Japanese.

Well, yes and no.  With a softer tone of voice and an appropriately plaintive
facial expression (sorry I can't demonstrate), I think it's fine.  For me.
Of course, since you're a woman, you're right, the "kudasaimasen-ka" phrasing
would be better.  For you.  Especially if talking to a man.

Which reminds me to warn men who learn Japanese from a woman (be she a teacher
or a girlfriend ("ne-jibiki" [sleeping dictionary] as Seward notes)):  Get
away from the habit of always using the polite forms, or you'll sound
effeminate.  Learn when the polite forms are necessary, and when they're not.
Also, watch out for the feminine sentence-ending particles.

-- David Smallberg, das@locus.ucla.edu, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das