Re: CHAT: Let's hear it for English spelling

dirk elzinga scripsit:
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Frank George Valoczy wrote:
>
> > "newly tasty improved enhanced!" (this was on a tin of some
> > Japanese soft drink; I can't remember which one, but I know
> > it wasn't Pocari Sweat).
>                    ^^^^^
> I hope that this is a typo; I could never drink anything called
> 'sweat' :-).
No, it's probably legitimate Japlish, where English words are used for their
fashion value, with little or no regard for semantics.  In this case,
it probably marks a sports drink.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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