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! ^_^

[memegarden.livejournal.com]

An examination of the yonder?