Should've left for work a half-hour ago

[sincere]

Every time I hear the Ace of Base song "Tokyo Girl" (and I know that right now half of you are thinking, what, why do you hear Ace of Base songs ever, well shut up I'm a 90s girl) I wind up thinking about its lyrics way too much and having distinctly inappropriate reactions to them, like,

"Her yes is no, no is a maybe / her language is so hard to learn"

Hey, wait a a minute, says my brain. Okay, a yes is totally sometimes a no in Japanese, but if someone in Japan is actually rude enough to say "no" to you outright, that not only means no, it probably means "NO AND OH GOD IF YOU DO THAT RADIOACTIVE LIZARDS WILL DESTROY THE CITY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!"

More properly, adds my brain further, that lyric should probably read, "Her yes is no, maybe is also probably a no."

Unless, of course, she's in a hentai anime, in which case "no" totally means maybe and sometimes "yes more".

What? Coherency? NEVER.

Comments

[terrykun.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait a a minute, says my brain. Okay, a yes is totally sometimes a no in Japanese, but if someone in Japan is actually rude enough to say "no" to you outright, that not only means no, it probably means "NO AND OH GOD IF YOU DO THAT RADIOACTIVE LIZARDS WILL DESTROY THE CITY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!"

XD Kay, you continue to narratively win at life. Do you also win at PhallusKingdom Hearts II lately?

[kay-willow.livejournal.com]

I am victorious over KH2! It's full of gay. In case you didn't notice.