Today's Japanese Lesson!

[elfs]

Gotta admit, reading hentai gives you some fun sentences to play with. The scenario is a doctor's office, natch:

あたしの... あそこわ診ほしいの
"My... I need an examination down there, yeah?" The connotation of the の at the end there is something between sultry and unsure. Also, あそこ there is a euphemism for the vulva because it's real meaning is "over there," implying a place not near either the speaker or the listener, which I think shows an interesting cultural tic.

Comments

[hlmt.livejournal.com]

Oh, that last tidbit is fascinating!

[boiwondering.livejournal.com]

That is interesting. I'm wondering if anyone's done any kind of analysis of that cultural convention; it compares interestingly with the American need to invent new and increasingly silly euphemisms for our "down there" parts... as a kind of emotional insulation, perhaps. ("Hoo-hoo," anyone?)

Also, on a completely tangential note, Pure Reason Revolution! ^_^

[elfs.livejournal.com]

I just discovered PRR after stumbling over them in a forum posting. I can't even remember where. The first few times I was "eh" about them, but the album really grew on me. It's too bad they're so dysfunctional we'll never hear anything more from them, given their biography. It's good stuff, even if it verges on supergroup status like Asia or Frost.

[memegarden.livejournal.com]

An examination of the yonder?