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07-07-2008, 12:23 AM

Just thought of another greeting.

Ohayou gozaimasu. A polite way of saying good morning.
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Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
I can't think of anytime I've used the whole thing since most of my time in Japan was spent using casual speech / broken Japanese. I wasn't aware that its completely improper.

Edit: Or maybe my brain was just broken there. You'd use "watashi wa" in front of jobs, nationalities, etc. Just went back to the basics in my books, doesn't put it in front of names at all.
Really? My book does. One of the first things I learned was to introduce myself in that fashion when first meeting a person. I doubt you'd do that after that first time, though.

Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Watashi wa Wendy Elyssa McBride desu.
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