フックアップ

[chronovore]

Just got a progress report which claimed something had been フックアップ. It took me a moment to realize that it wasn't "fucked up" but rather "hooked up."

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[professormass.livejournal.com]

Language — fun for the whole family!

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Language within the family though, that's another discussion. It's strange not sharing a native tongue with my own kids.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

nice.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that seeing our フェイシャル仕様 also makes me giggle in the same way that seeing makes most westerners chuckle when they see "bukkake udon."

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

well, that word makes me laugh in english, or it did for awhile when it took on its sexual meaning.

[nattotastic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, wouldn't "fuck(ed) up" be: ファックアップ
If transcribed the way Japanese speak.

As always, this reminds me of a story:
There was a small remodeling supply store in Tokyo near where I used to live that had a sign that said "今田リフオーム" (except here picture a small 「フ」instead of a small 「オ」, obviously I can't write it with a normal keyboard).

Obviously the sign painter wasn't the most literate of folk. Used to drive my wife nuts whenever we'd pass it.

[ferricide.livejournal.com]

a small フ? that doesn't even exist.

[nattotastic.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The sign painter == literacy challenged.