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clay:
24 Jul: 07:45
Should be working now. Rackspace is great!

clay:
24 Jul: 07:21
Yeah, we are working on it... Sorry!

richvh:
24 Jul: 06:45
Forum is still down.

clay:
24 Jul: 06:42
Sorry we were down for an hour or so.

chikara:
22 Jul: 20:38
@tokai devotee: My office. I kick them off when I get to work and walk around barefoot all day in shorts and a T.

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 12:12
yeah, she wasn't too happy.. she didn't like having to drive home that way either.. 16 is such a strange age.

becki_kanou:
22 Jul: 10:05
@2HT Ouch, again! Poor thing...

john2:
22 Jul: 09:35
I so hope I spelled that right,

john2:
22 Jul: 09:35
ðǝɪɹ iz wʌʰn, v ʃɯuʰd bi ʋ,

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 09:34
becki-san.. it did happen, to my daughter as she was running across the blacktop..

two_heads_talking:
22 Jul: 09:33
that's a great question to post on the forums.

BuddhaGeo:
22 Jul: 08:00
How would you say - "I've been learning Japanese for over an year."

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お世辞

flattery, kissing up

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
お世辞 o se ji flattery, kissing up	お o I believe this o is used to sarcastically give it an honorific feel 世 se world, generation 辞 ji word, resign (from a post)	ごますり goma suri - means the same as oseji ; kissing up... ; [lit. rubbing seseme] [I] 世界 se kai - the world [B] 辞書 ji sho - dictionary [B]

This is the hand motion which means kissing up.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

世界の支配者と言われると、お世辞でもうれしい。
sekai no shihaisha to iwareru to, oseji demo ureshii.
Call me the dictator of the world and I will be happy, even if its only flattery.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

世界 se kai - The world
支配者 shi hai sha - ruler the 者 indicates a person
と言われると to iwareru to - said the first TO quotes the previous line and the second TO connects to the second part of the sentence
でも demo - even if... This is different from the DEMO meaning BUT.
うれしい ureshii - happy

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