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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] little puzzle<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 10:10 PM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Traditional or older japanese won't use (<span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>オーケー</span>), they are more likely to say <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F6F2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:28.5pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>分りました</span><span style='font-size:28.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F6F2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:28.5pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>[</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>わか</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>分</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>り</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>ま</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>し</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black'>た</span><span style='font-size:28.5pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>]</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>pronounced Wakarimashia (formal) wakata (less formal) Literal translation: "I understand"…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>>…Very interesting - Japanese. I don't know if I could have gone further in life without knowing these things. billw <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Billw, now see what ya started? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>Cool, this is the reason I stayed around on this list for 30 years: I really dig the chaotic nature, the way threads meander into unpredictable directions. That happens when you get a group of smart people together on a chat site. We could make this into a fun exercise by asking ChatGPT for a single word in {fill in favorite language} which means “do you agree?” then see how often it comes back with OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'>spike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>