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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: Japanese R/Ls
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 14:56:52 EST
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In article <2322@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
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>> The Japanese unlike the Chinese, seem to make "l" sound like "r". A common
>> joke about JAL is that their stewardesses announce :
>>  
>> " We hope you enjoy your fright ".
>> 
>	I once typed a paper for A Japanese graduate student, remarking that
>if I didn't make it as a biochemist, I could always get a job as a Kelly girl.
>As I let her do the finishing touches on my word-processor, I ended up with a
>note, that among other things, thanked me for being a "Carry girl."
>
>				Craig Werner

	It's not just verbal. My mother-in-law's name is Glenda. Her nephew
had a girlfriend who was a Japanese exchange student (high school), so we
all spent some time together at family gatherings. When Keiko went back to
Japan, she sent thank-you notes to all of us who had given her presents.
My mother-in-law's was addressed to "Grenda".


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					--MKR

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