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2triky wrote:Thank you. Is there a native Japanese word that approximates sommelier? As opposed to a transliteration, that is. I'm not saying there is, but I'm merely asking my question more precisely, perhaps.
ttjereth wrote:My guess is no. I've never seen any other word used (and I have a fair amount of experience doing a LOT of wine-related translations for MHV, and several magazines, funny since I don't like wine...).
Even the biggest most detailed dictionary I have available here only lists the katakana and a bunch of descriptions in Japanese.
2triky wrote: . . . Is there a native Japanese word that approximates sommelier? As opposed to a transliteration, that is. I'm not saying there is, but I'm merely asking my question more precisely, perhaps.
kurohinge1 wrote:But my mischievous side wanted to suggest: "[Jim-san] no hou ga [Bob-san] yori kusai desu" as in "[Jim] is sommelier than [Bob].
kurohinge1 wrote:But my mischievous side wanted to suggest: "[Jim-san] no hou ga [Bob-san] yori kusai desu" as in "[Jim] is sommelier than [Bob].
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ttjereth wrote:If your friend doesn't speak Japanese it could still have been the katakana pronounciation of ソ]
He made a distinction regarding the alleged word being something other than a transliteration of sommelier, that's why I fathomed asking my question hereMy wife loves celebrity gossip and such and she constantly confounds me with katakana pronunciations of famous people's names (some of whom I didn't know the names of English ).
Crispy wrote:I feel like an idiot for not knowing this, but I kind of have an excuse: Japanese teachers keep changing the subject when I ask them, and Japanese just giggle and don't give me any input over whether I am right or not. When addressing someone whom you don't know their name, which 2nd person pronoun do you use, and when? This has frustrated me for a long time, and I sure as hell wanna know it before I go over there.
Tommybar wrote:If it is your first time to meet, the proper way would be to introduce yourself. The person(s) you are addressing should in turn introduce themselves.
You would usually use 'Hajimemashite' and then state your name. Followed by the reason for you being at that particular location.
"Hajimemashite, Tommybar desu, watashi mo Fucked Gaijin desu."
Charles wrote:This never helped me much, I always forget peoples' names after I've been introduced. So I always have to ask again and again, "o-name wa?"
Tommybar wrote:In which case I would use 'Shitsurei desukedo, moichido onamae wa?"
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