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KyleGoetz 09-22-2009 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by GTJ (Post 772827)
「こんにちは」のりゃくごだ ;)

Actually, it's an abbreviation for a lot of things... Japanese youngsters are lazy. :cool:
Yeah I'd always assumed オッス＝おはようございます and ウィッス was just a bastardization of that like "homeboy" became "homey" became "homes."

GTJ 09-22-2009 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz (Post 772829)
Yeah I'd always assumed オッス＝おはようございます and ウィッス was just a bastardization of that like "homeboy" became "homey" became "homes."
I think it is. Also there's "azuss" for "ありがとうございます” and so forth. This is interesting, I think I'm gonna go ahead and compile a list. :3


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