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Karisu



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:59 pm Reply with quote
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otokonoko (literally, "male maidens")


Last I checked, "otokonoko" literally just meant "boy".
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:01 pm Reply with quote
Karisu wrote:
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otokonoko (literally, "male maidens")


Last I checked, "otokonoko" literally just meant "boy".


That's a different term with the same pronunciation. The term for boy is "男の子" or literally, "male child."

The term for the phenomenon described in the article is "男の娘" or literally, "male maiden."

It's similar to how the term for a boys-love otaku ("fujoshi" or 腐女子) happens to be pronounced the same way as the term that has a very different meaning: 婦女子, which means a wife or family woman.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:02 pm Reply with quote
Karisu wrote:
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otokonoko (literally, "male maidens")


Last I checked, "otokonoko" literally just meant "boy".


Different kanji. 男の子 is boy. 男の娘 is literally "male maiden". Both pronounced the same tho. I guess you could call it a pun.

EDIT: D'oh, Egan beat me to it. :p

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someone needs to take pictures and then sell a book
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:29 pm Reply with quote
when asked for his comment on this news article, all that Admiral Akbar could say was......

It's A Trap!!!!!



you knew this was coming,
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Karisu



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:17 pm Reply with quote
Egan Loo wrote:
Karisu wrote:
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otokonoko (literally, "male maidens")


Last I checked, "otokonoko" literally just meant "boy".


That's a different term with the same pronunciation. The term for boy is "男の子" or literally, "male child."

The term for the phenomenon described in the article is "男の娘" or literally, "male maiden."

It's similar to how the term for a boys-love otaku ("fujoshi" or 腐女子) happens to be pronounced the same way as the term that has a very different meaning: 婦女子, which means a wife or family woman.


Thank you for clearing that up for me! Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:42 pm Reply with quote
Pure fujoshi bait Rolling Eyes nuff said
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:45 pm Reply with quote
What the a whole trip for traps sounds like fun
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Echo_City



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:21 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
What the a whole trip for traps sounds like fun
As long as I'm not on it, and I'm able to stay well away from it. Hopefully Japan won't go down the slippery slope to join Thailand down in the valley. I find it hard enough to tell Asian "trap" from Asian "legitimate female". IME Asiatic males and females look disturbingly close, fashion doesn't help, and anime has flat-out lied about the average bust size in Japan. To say that the presentation of such in anime is the antithesis, the polar opposite, diametrically opposed to the sad flat truth would not be an understatement.

In short, it's already hard enough to tell, don't make it moreso. Rolling Eyes Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:46 pm Reply with quote
Lizzie_B wrote:
Pure fujoshi bait Rolling Eyes nuff said


Ehhhh, that's not entirely true.... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:54 pm Reply with quote
darkchibi07 wrote:
Lizzie_B wrote:
Pure fujoshi bait Rolling Eyes nuff said


Ehhhh, that's not entirely true.... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop


dammit japan stop making me gay.. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUU
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:58 pm Reply with quote
If they do a Bridget, Mako-chan (from Minami-ke), and Hideyoshi (from Baka & Test) cosplay contest, I'm going on that tour even if I have to swim to Japan. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:48 am Reply with quote
The phenomenon has been around for a long, long time... like maybe at least 1000 years in Japan (and of course, much further back elsewhere like in Greece and Scythia)

That said, can regular otoko join in? Very Happy
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:42 am Reply with quote
Echo_City wrote:
firedragon54738 wrote:
What the a whole trip for traps sounds like fun

As long as I'm not on it, and I'm able to stay well away from it. Hopefully Japan won't go down the slippery slope to join Thailand down in the valley. I find it hard enough to tell Asian "trap" from Asian "legitimate female".


Hahahahaha! The Hangover 2! Laughing
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Count me in. I refuse to shave though.
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