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01-22-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
Ah, but that was a bilingual pun! 盆栽+万歳=盆ザイ! Ergo, an overenthusiastic miniature tree Really, I guess we don't have to involve Japanese at all, since both "bonsai" and "banzai" have entered English. "Bonzai" we might say is an overenthusiastic tree in English even!
I like to think it is what great oaks shout as they gleefully topple over to block roads and squish the horrible human motorists who foul the air with their machines.
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