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Old 17-Oct-2005, 06:27
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Default cold joke
It doesn't have to be a joke, but when someone's
remark is so common-place that it is uninteresting,
young people here say the Japanese equivalent of
'coooold'. Is it the same in English-speaking
countries?
Thank you.
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Old 17-Oct-2005, 14:07
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'oooooooooold'
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Old 19-Oct-2005, 10:01
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Thank you very much, tdol.
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