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11-11-2010, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Decimus View Post
Edit: The use of "何て" instead of "何で” (Note the missing dankuten) is also a bit more melodramatic, and it's possible that the speaker was being mildly sarcastic. If so, a possible implied meaning is "Who do you think you are?"
What are you talking about? 何て is just the colloquial form of 何と and it has nothing to do with なんで.


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