Go for broke, Japan!!!

Alvinho · (#1 (**permalink**))

Go for broke, Japan! | The Japan Times Online

amusing article published by Japan Times a few days ago....

it's related to everyday use of English....

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

That is kind of a strange article...

Nic · (#3 (**permalink**))

That was a pretty enjoyable article. It felt like I was almost reading something out of a comical book, or comic.

zoneoni · (#4 (**permalink**))

ROFLMAO!!!

That was the most hilarious article EVER!!!

HAHAHHA!

That guy writes like pro!!

chryuop · (#5 (**permalink**))

That must have a been a joke, you know like the ones you find in the reader digest.

noodle · (#6 (**permalink**))

That's pretty funny and pretty accurate actually. Foreign students I help always end up saying random expressions that just don't get used anymore. hehe. Though, I must admit, I find it far more amusing than the wine drinker. haha

Suki · (#7 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Alvinho

Go for broke, Japan! | The Japan Times Online

lol I loved it.

Modern dictionaries do mention it if the expression defined is old-fashioned, you'll see like "Jeepers (out of date): shout used to express surprise" so that you know it's not something you'll hear out in the streets anymore.

When I first went to England, I was around 13 years old and was living with a host family, a couple in their 50ies, and one night we were having dinner and it was pouring out there, and the man just goes: "Woah it's raining cats and dogs" I was like O_Ô No kidding? Ran up to the window and saw just water x)

Marek · (#8 (**permalink**))

nice find ^^