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Tue, 21 Feb 2006
I learned something new this weekend. Which is kind of sad, it really shouldn't be news to me. First, some background.
In japanese, the word for delicious is "oishi", written in kanji as "美味しい". I was watching a japanese TV show called "Kuitan", which is about a private detective who likes to eat a lot. But that's neither here nor there. During the show, he visited a place called "The valley of the beautiful women". I know that "beautiful woman" is "bijin" in japanese. What I didn't realize is that it's spelled like this: "美人". That's right, the same character is used for "delicious" and "beautiful".
Okay, I know. I'm easily amused.
posted by Sir Phobos on 21 Feb 2006 at 10:20
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