Re: USA Today: Columbia disaster stranded three men in space with 'no return ticket'

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:33:09 +0900, "Neil Gerace" wrote:

"OM"wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

LOL...They were pretty upset when the B two nine showed up (BEESONS)
they use to call them...the 52 would have been a real shock...

B-San, not Beeson.

...Or, as translated from Japanese, "Mr. B".

Also Miss B, Mrs B, Ms B, ...

Yeah, it's used as a sign of respect, not gender. Mt. Fuji is commonly
called "Fuji-san".

Although I suspect a B-52 coming in over Tokyo in 1945 would
soon gain the name "B-sama" instead :)

Dale
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