Noted. Still, they're close enough in pronunciation for government work.
(Helen, our one Japanese speaker in the gang since Tori actually moved to Japan to teach English, is used to me being an inveterate punster. But it was only recently that she realized, to her horror, that while I only know about ten words of Japanese, and no grammar at all, I still know enough to make two absolutely awful puns therein... and that's one of them.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
(Helen, our one Japanese speaker in the gang since Tori actually moved to Japan to teach English, is used to me being an inveterate punster. But it was only recently that she realized, to her horror, that while I only know about ten words of Japanese, and no grammar at all, I still know enough to make two absolutely awful puns therein... and that's one of them.)
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.