One of the best Japanese films I've seen in a while (including horror flicks)....

and yes I fucked up the translation..... but that's what my friend yoshi read it to me as........



[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 2:27 PM. Reason : jjj]

4/23/2006 2:24:46 PM

There's a science fiction short story with a very similar title....I'm trying to think of what it is.

Maybe "The Beast that Shouted Love from the Heart of the World"?

4/23/2006 2:26:54 PM

http://www.islets.net/collections/beastshout.html ^

4/23/2006 2:29:17 PM

I have this edition.

Never read it, but it was mentioned in the Futurama commentary so I picked it up at the thrift store.

4/23/2006 2:30:42 PM

Futurama commentary huh?

what was it in reference to?

4/23/2006 2:33:23 PM

You love ellipses more than anyone else I've ever seen.

4/23/2006 2:33:54 PM

^^ It's been forever since I've listened to those, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was during season two's "Xmas Story".

It's also possible they were just talking about random sci-fi stuff and A Boy and His Dog came up.

4/23/2006 2:39:17 PM

English Majors ...

I certainly don't use them very much in the papers that I write, but for informal conversations I suppose that i do.

Although I never really thought of them as ellipses (aren't they used to designate missing words?)

to me they are just a sort of 'to be continued'....

and, at least to me, they are sort of inviting...



[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 2:44 PM. Reason : k]

4/23/2006 2:42:35 PM

...or are they?!?

And if we're talking about punctuation, let's talk about that comma in the title.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 2:45 PM. Reason : ...]

4/23/2006 2:44:25 PM

Okay, I admit that the comma bothers me.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 2:47 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2006 2:46:51 PM

Hey, I didn't write the flick Spooks

I took a semester of Japanese once (and visited the country) and translation is rather difficult. I think that's why there are so many amusing signs in english in Tokyo.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 2:48 PM. Reason : fff]

4/23/2006 2:47:42 PM

It's okay. National ad agencies don't know any better, either.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS COMMA STAYS IN VEGAS.

4/23/2006 2:49:57 PM

Most of America doesn't care about grammar, capitalization and punctuation.

4/23/2006 2:57:56 PM

I do most of the time ^

although on Tdub I can't say I spend a lot of time bothered with it.

(p.s. It's not just Americans. Although they perpetually accuse us of 'butchering' their language, the English aren't much better.)

4/23/2006 3:07:17 PM

Someone once told me that capitalization on internet forums was not as important as the other two. I beg to differ, as you see the difference in meaning between the following:

"I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse."
"i helped my uncle jack off a horse."

4/23/2006 10:12:20 PM

but i'm willing to bet those conditions (with such dramatic differences) don't arise too terribly often...

and in those cases, i would hope that most people recognize the importance.

[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 10:22 PM. Reason : too]

4/23/2006 10:21:59 PM

Lazy, all of you!

4/23/2006 10:26:02 PM

hay u guyz wats goin on in dis tread?

4/23/2006 10:28:43 PM

Hey!

I just went out of my way to change too from to...and it was just for you...

so don't call me lazy


Nada Spooks ^

just getting lectures from my favorite grammar NAZI



[Edited on April 23, 2006 at 10:33 PM. Reason : f]

4/23/2006 10:31:24 PM

I hear she kills Jews with hyphens.

4/23/2006 10:37:41 PM

4/23/2006 10:43:17 PM

Yessir, Jews are ruining our strict grammatical code.

4/23/2006 10:44:53 PM