Re: kanji overuse

From: Sean (seanpantsholland_at_telus.pants.net)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Fabian wrote:

    >
    > I thought waapuro baka was used to describe someone who has forgotten
    > how to write kanji (by hand) because of excessive use of word
    > processors. That doesn't seem to be teh same as someone who enters kanji
    > at every opportunity in a text.
    >
    I believe it was originally coined to refer to those who had developed a
    pathological inability to type the word "the."

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