Bell3rose: Impressive to this dilettante language junky! But some questions…
Miso is the paste but most Americans who know the word at all know it from the soup. But I understand “miso” is also the Japanese word for “water”. So how do the Japanese keep every restaurant meal from becoming a tragedy of dashed expectations?
Also, the individual characters of the Chinese name Shanghai literally mean “over the ocean” or “overseas”. So how do the Chinese talk about “overseas Chinese”?
Great joke about the two poles. Just who are you anyway?
pschearer: While you are right on about Miso being a sort of paste, I am thrilled to be correcting you (finally) this time by saying that the Japanese word for water is ‘mizu’. Not ‘miso’.
wakarimasu ka?
sappha58 over 15 years ago
You guys are over-analyzing the comic. I read it and had two reactions: “awww, poor Shang Xia” and then “mmmmm - miso soup!”
farren over 15 years ago
It’s fun that when he keeps his arm down, he’s a taiji.
Simon_Jester over 15 years ago
Ah, miso heavy. Ah, miso heavy. Ah, miso heavy.
Wenthral over 15 years ago
She could have given the bear Warfarin to thin the old blood. Works for me.
mivins over 15 years ago
Nanuq-depressive – perfectissimo!
cleokaya over 15 years ago
Nothing I like better than miso soup followed by a deluxe platter of sashimi.
SweetPuck over 15 years ago
poor shang xia, I have fat blood days too.
Radical-Knight over 15 years ago
Fat Blood. Funny, Dude!
pschearer Premium Member over 15 years ago
Bell3rose: Impressive to this dilettante language junky! But some questions…
Miso is the paste but most Americans who know the word at all know it from the soup. But I understand “miso” is also the Japanese word for “water”. So how do the Japanese keep every restaurant meal from becoming a tragedy of dashed expectations?
Also, the individual characters of the Chinese name Shanghai literally mean “over the ocean” or “overseas”. So how do the Chinese talk about “overseas Chinese”?
Great joke about the two poles. Just who are you anyway?
Justjoust Premium Member over 15 years ago
pschearer: While you are right on about Miso being a sort of paste, I am thrilled to be correcting you (finally) this time by saying that the Japanese word for water is ‘mizu’. Not ‘miso’. wakarimasu ka?
Domo arigato gozaimashita.
wyrm282 over 15 years ago
i thought “mizu” was water, not miso?
Are2Dee2 7 months ago
MythTickle’s Eeyore