Wednesday, February 21, 2018

wed., 21 feb., 2018: japanese law enforcement fowl, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


JAPANESE:   アヒル/ [あひる] — ahiru.    §

  §)    Lit.,  duck  =  i.e.  &  e.g.,  uniformed policeman who walks & talks & quacks like a duck as he moves around on his beat,  waddling so so slowly his actions might be confused for some sort of Noh theatre,  Butoh dance,  or any of a number of other Japanese performative arts 

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