Dimitri wrote:
>
> "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!
>
>
Yes, that u is not pronounced. Nonetheless, it is spelled that way.

I agree with the rough translation....

--
Jean B.