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04-20-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
This is more "host" than "geisha". He hasn't spent years learning the shamisen and how to sing and dance. He goes to the salon once a day because he wants to, not because he needs someone to help him put on his clothes and makeup. I think "geisha guy" batardizes the beauty of the traditional term "geisha", and I am sure it's a term the reporter came up with.
Yeah, I guess you're right about that one. I never stopped to think whether these hosts ever went through anything quiete as demanding as a "geisha"!

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Originally Posted by EveV View Post
So I rather base my opinion off that primary source.
Sorry for being pedantic, but that's not a primary source, it's second hand information. But if you actually meant primary to your friend, then it is pretty similar to things you find in books and internet or even films with regards to you. Because by the time it comes back to you, it'll be second hand info...

Last edited by noodle : 04-20-2008 at 06:31 PM.
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