Subj : Re: Hi!
To   : Russ Johnson
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Fri Jan 04 2002 02:46 am

*** Quoting Russ Johnson from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

> *** Quoting BRUCE CLARK from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

>> gomennasai = I beg your pardon, excuse me

> Grin, means 'good morning'.  You are thinking (excuse, my spelling may be
> wrong) 'surrimasen'.  There is another phrase I dont quite have a handle on
>that is very close to the 'excuse me' which is combined with the 'Gom
> by shop keepers and used as a greeting.  I am pretty sure it's 'good
> exuse me as I dont speak your language'.

RJ> According to the Japanese woman I work with, gomennasai does mean, "I'
RJ> sorry" or "excuse me".

RJ> Good Morning is (phonetically, cause my spelling sucks) ohiogozimas.

Ah, well!  Ok, that's what happens at times when learning a foriegn language by 
'immersion' method!
                                       xxcarol

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