Re: kanji overuse

From: necoandjeff (spam_at_schrepfer.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:36:33 GMT

Sean wrote:
> 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."

Sean for teh win!

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