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Re: Happy New Year! [non-sumo]

To: Margarete Möller <nikkepin@web.de>
Subject: Re: Happy New Year! [non-sumo]
From: Lawrence Rogers <rogers@hawaii.edu>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 15:57:49 -1000 (HST)
Cc: sumo@statgen.ncsu.edu
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On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, [iso-8859-1] Margarete Möller wrote:

> Do the Japanese really speak Chinese when they wish "happy new year"?
> That would sound a bit strange for me. :)
> Margarete

They don't, of course.  They say in perfectly good Japanese: 'Akemashite
Omedetoh,' adding a 'gozaimasu' if the situation demands more formality.

Happy February,

Larry Rogers
Hilo, Hawai'i

Lawrence Rogers
Hilo, Hawaii  96720-4091

Re <Tokyo Stories> see http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8407.html

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