Wednesday, August 20, 2014

wed., 20 aug., 2014: not a japanese honorific, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  はーふ /  ハーフ   hāfu... §

§)  Half-breed...”  /  Mongrel...”  =   any person of mixed Japanese & non-Japanese parentage;  though a common term,  it is racist & xenophobic,  & still considered insulting & offensive by many,  as illustrated in Tarantino's after-sch. special,  Kill Bill, I.

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.

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