Re: subjective feelings about actions?

From: Chris Kern (chriskern99_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:48:36 +0900

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:41:21 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
posted the following:

>First, you don't need the personal pronoun. It is clear from the context
>that it is your house since, if it were anyone else's house, you wouldn't
>call it uchi.

As you are fond of saying, common usage does not follow the
dictionary.

Using "uchi" to refer to other people's houses is quite common even if
it is slang. I also hear "ore no uchi"/"orenchi" and the like all the
time.

-Chris

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