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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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親ばか

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親ばか

a Parent who is a fool for child

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
親ばか oyabaka a Parent who is a fool for child	親 oya, shin parent, familiar, relative ばか baka fool (kanji is 馬鹿)	親戚 shin seki - relative [B] 親切 shin setsu - kind [B] 親分 oya bun - boss (also yakuza (mafia) boss!) [A]

And so you see Muffy simply needs her 100 carot diamond leash to move up in society.

SUGGESTED USAGE:

私はペットに最新流行の服を着せるので、「親ばか」と呼ばれます。でも、決してそうではありません。この子が世界一きれいだからです。
watashi wa petto ni saishin ryuukou no fuku wo kiseru node,「oyabaka」to yobaremasu. demo, kesshite sou dewa arimasen. kono ko ga sekai de ichiban kirei dakara desu.
People say Im a fool for my pet just because I dress her in the latest fashions. But thats not it at all; its just she is the worlds prettiest pet.

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

私 watashi - I
ペット petto - pet
最新 sai shin - the latest
流行 ryuu kou - fashion, popular thing
服 fuku - clothing
着せる kiseru - to cloth This is the speaker putting cloths on the pet; to cause to be clothed
ので node - therefore because of dressing the cat with the latest fashion...
と呼ばれます to yobaremasu - am called
でも demo - but, however to contrast what comes next
決してそうではありません keshite sou dewa arimasen - not at all; God forbid; absolutely not
この子 kono ko - this one 子 means child, but it also is used for cute pets as in this case
世界一きれい sekai ichi kirei - worlds prettiest

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