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Hey, Answerman! [2006-10-20]

Hmm, I usually don't read the rants, but I read this one because I was bored. I normally don't like rants. I often get at least a bit offended by them. Anyway, I wrote a short crappy story last year. I barely ever write stories, but I guess I was bored. For a while I wanted to make it longer, but I've still not gotten around to it. I probably never will.

But what is so wrong with making characters names Japanese? I like Japanese names, and I don't see anything wrong with that. I gave most characters in my story with names that fit them and some tied into the story. The story wasn't set in any specific place, so I didn't see why I shouldn't give them Japanese names that I liked. I wasn't into anime as much as I am now, so I didn't realize that the names were common (Yuki, Sakura). Everything else in the story was not Japanese, and nothing else mentioned in the rant was in my story though.

This probably shouldn't even bother me. And I probably shouldn't be defending my dumb story that I'll most likely never finish, but there has to be people out there that have written stories that include things mentioned in the rant but still have written decent stories.

Btw, I hope this is readable. I'm kinda tired, so I might've not done a very good typing this. o_x I need to start posting in this forum in the day..

Zac, I don't know how you can even remain calm enough to paste e-mails like this Flake's into your column. I'd be too busy laughing to type!

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How do you call the reverse of Engrish, by the way?

I think they call it Wapanese these days. I just call it irritating.

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'Desu' every other word

You mean "weaboo" or some crap like that.

The fact of the matter is a number of Japanese words have become or are becoming loan words. Chibi and hentai are loan words already and baka and kawaii aren't far behind. They'll be appearing in Webster's as offical English words within a couple of decades.

For reasons unknown to half all anime fans, the other half find the greatest joy is inserting random Japanese words into their stories. Kawaii is a favorite, as is baka, hentai, and chibi. I have two theories. The first that I came to, after reading many stories, is that these words are the first ones that anyone learns by hanging around in forums or just reading the first fanfics you find, so they stay in your mind until they have actually brainwashed you so that you cannot help but use these words. The second and more likely theory is that the author of the story or comic wants to show off his or her knowledge of a foreign language. Well, that’s great. Actually, it’s not. Anyone could tell, from the context of your story, what is being said, but it’s increasingly annoying to see a few words here-and-there in an otherwise full-English story. So keep your story in a language that you actually know.