[1-Sep-2007] [Azumanga Daioh] We Took The Words Right Out Of Their Mouths

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Title: We Took The Words Right Out Of Their Mouths
Challenge: 1-Sep-2007 "the words you’ve borrowed"
Based on: Azumanga Daioh
Characters: Osaka, Yukari
Type: Humor; 100 words
Warnings: None.

Azumanga Daioh © Kiyohiko Azuma / Mediaworks / Azumanga Daioh Committee / ADV Films.

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"Miss Yukari?" asked Osaka. "I have a Japanese language question, please."

Uh oh, Yukari thought to herself. "Go ahead," she reluctantly said out loud.

"Ya know how words that came from other languages are called 'loanwords'?"

"Yes, that's right," an impressed Yukari said.

"Well... what happens when we gotta give 'em back?"

Yukari sighed. "Osaka, we didn't actually borrow them—"

Osaka gasped. "Ya mean, we stole 'em? This is terrible!"

"Listen, you lovable little fruit-loop," Yukari said. "It's only an etymological mechanism—"

But Osaka was inconsolable. "This is even worse," she said sadly, "than when Miss Sakaki stole Chiyo-chan's height."