World languages

Guest   Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:04 pm GMT
So if Chinese scientists manage to mate panda with a koala wouldn't that be kawai?
K. T.   Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:09 pm GMT
What a comedian! No, that would be a piano. Maybe you meant "kawaii";)
Guest   Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:26 pm GMT
I meant kawaii, lol. Piano, that's kowaii :)
K. T.   Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:11 pm GMT
河合 (Kawai) is the piano in the States and in Japan. At least I think that is the reading for it. I'm not sure how it is advertised in other countries.
If I'm wrong, please correct me.

I don't know the word "kowaii". I know "kowai" which means "scary" in one reading and "stiff" as in "hard boiled rice" in another reading,

Of course, if you meant that playing the piano is scary, then we have another joke.

In Chinese, is it "ke ai"? It probably sounds like "kewai". Oops! Did you mean that? My bad!
K. T.   Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:13 pm GMT
Maybe it's something like kuh'ai? Dang! My Chinese is so dismal.
K. T.   Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:22 pm GMT
Urban dictionary has disputed entries on Kowaii.

I prefer to go with the Japanese. What shows up in Manga, urban lit., is up for grabs.
Guest   Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:26 am GMT
I meant kowaii as Japanese for scary. Meaning: if Chinese scientists manage to mate panda with koala and the result of it turns out to be a piano, it's really scary. OK?
Japanese because when Chinese annect Australia, they will do the same with Japan (on their way down under).
Guest   Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:28 am GMT
Sometimes, I want to believe that people are jocking.
Guest   Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:23 pm GMT
Yes, I was jocking.
Guest   Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:27 pm GMT
I'm jocking right now.