Comments for AnnaTheRed's Bento Factory

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by chocobo

chocobo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:29:14 +0000

Nerdiest lol shirt EVA! Please, could you tell me how to pronounce the first line so I can be Nerdier than Nerdiest:D

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by Jill Kocher

Jill Kocher — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:21:27 +0000

Super awesome T-shirt! I speak NO Japanese and actually did very much wonder what the text said. Thank you for the totally detailed explanation. I’ll now feel even nerdier (in a super awesome way) when I wear it!

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by Lia

Lia — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:18:44 +0000

I didn’t get the gibonnu because I don’t speak Japanese that well, but writing cheeseburger in hiragana made perfect sense to me the moment I saw it – for all the reasons you’ve mentioned here.

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by Arzu

Arzu — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:24:33 +0000

Likely all the criticizers are just trying to show off their Japanese knowledge. The essence of a good translation not just captures the meaning, but also the style and cultural connotations of a phrase. It’s super tricky, and I applaud your awesome translation. (I loved reading about the translation process btw, but probably because I’m a linguistics geek >_< )

When I saw the shirt, I was like, "Oh, that's neat." But when I read about your translation I was like, "DO WANT!"

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by Togii

Togii — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:36:18 +0000

My message on LOLMart may be awaiting moderation forever, so.. semi re-post XD

I guess maybe I’m the only one who has watched Densha Otoko enough times that I actually got it >____>

Probably enough nerdy net-surfing people have tried to learn Japanese at some point in their life that they would expect to see “cheeseburger” written in katakana.. they don’t get ギボンヌ at all, but want to at least comment on the part they do recognize.

I just don’t know why they don’t make the connection that anyone who is throwing around 2ch-speak obviously has enough Japanese knowledge that they didn’t just accidentally slip up and forget to hit F7 on their IME when they were typing ちーずば‘－が.

Anyways, I like it at least. <3

Comment on busy wonderful week and Bento workshop by Tiny Urban Kitchen

Tiny Urban Kitchen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:52:57 +0000

I wish I’d known you were in Boston!! I would have loved to take your workshop. Those bentos from the Wellesley students look great!

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by GBHT chris

GBHT chris — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:14:49 +0000

Thanks for coming to my aid on mighty Anna of the bento! I feared my dreams would forever be tortured with debates of Hiragana vs. Katakana while the point was entirely missed!

Comment on i can has an awesome t-shirt? by Huscheli

Huscheli — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:14:34 +0000

You’re awesome! I didn’t get the kibonna first, since, well, they don’t teach stuff like that at Japanese studies…>.< It's really funyn now though XD
I really have to buy it the shirt now to weird out my Japanese teachers at university XD

Comment on busy wonderful week and Bento workshop by veganf

veganf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:28:44 +0000

SO cute! What fun that must have been. Awesome!

Comment on bento #53: Google Chrome bento by صفر واحد

صفر واحد — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:27:34 +0000

Google Chrome the best browser
Thank you