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One thing that’s puzzled me for a while, is why do Japanese Americans add an extra vowel at the end of some words. For example, “I bought some sushi-i.” It’s sushi. But somehow there’s an extra “i”. It sounds like “su-Shii” as if it’s two words with a heavy accent on the second half of the word. Another one I’ve heard is gyoza. It’s gyoza. That’s it. But I’ve heard it as “gyo-za-a” with three syllables. I know there’s more!
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One thing that's puzzled me for a while, is why do Japanese Americans add an extra vowel at the end of some words. For example, "I bought some sushi-i." It's sushi. But somehow there's an extra "i". It sounds like "su-Shii" as if it's two words with a heavy accent on the second half of the word.
Another one I've heard is gyoza. It's gyoza. That's it. But I've heard it as "gyo-za-a" with three...
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Another one I've heard is gyoza. It's gyoza. That's it. But I've heard it as "gyo-za-a" with three...
No Wii party can happen without Thai food. With the tons of styro containers and a limited amount of space, you can stack them into the covers to create a grid of food only. Something like this. It’s so simple, but I never thought of this. See the TV? You can’t see what’s on there. Is it porn? If you know about Wii’s, you can see the Wii at the bottom of the Ikea PS cabinet. Look at the reflection on the table, that’s the screen where you make your profile. More to come on the Wii including some video.
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No Wii party can happen without Thai food. With the tons of styro containers and a limited amount of space, you can stack them into the covers to create a grid of food only.
Something like this. It's so simple, but I never thought of this.
See the TV? You can't see what's on there. Is it porn? If you know about Wii's, you can see the Wii at the bottom of the Ikea PS cabinet. Look at the reflection...
that’s mini Ft Fuji on the bottom left. It sure looks like a roof… See the rainbow? It’s above the dumpster. This house, I hear is going to be a swimming house or something like that. It’s being built along with a swimming pool.
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