"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>> "Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I forget which thread this morphed from, but I got interested in
>>> Japanese table manners and North American table manners when eating
>>> Japanese food. I asked a Japanese friend. She lives most of the time in
>>> Japan, gets work some of the time in the U.S. and Europe, learned
>>> English in school and speaks English fluently, if somewhat accented.
>>>
>>>
>>> I asked her:
>>>
>>> Is sushi or sashimi ever eaten with one's fingers in Japan? I'm not
>>> talking about times when one's willing to make allowances for the
>>> Western idiots. In Japan, amongst people who should know better, in
>>> restaurants and private homes, does one always use chopsticks?
>>>
>>>
>>> She answered:
>>>
>>> It's OK to eat Sushi (not Sashimi) with your fingers. But I would
>>> advise to use chopsticks. If you can't properly eat sushi with fingers,
>>> it can turn ugly.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Lia
>>
>> So-Des-Ne
>>
>>
> Why the hyphens? And it's spelled "desu" IIRC.
>
> --
> Jean B.

IIRC the U is for the most part silent or swallowed depending on how you are
using the verb.

Hyphens just to separate the 3 different words not really necessary.

BTW the phrase translated roughly is - That's true isn't it!


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