Hi, Bill.

BG> Frank, at 23:03 on Wed, Feb 22 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BG> FM> Oh-haiyo-gozaimasu, Bill-san.

BG> And a big hello to you too, Frank.  |-)

BG> FM> Ah, ha! Thanks, Bill.

BG> BG> Mon plaisir, mon ami.

BG> FM> Do itashi mashite. Domo arigato gozaimasu.

BG> Dunno what the first sentence means, but AFA the second is concerned, as I
BG> said before, you're most welcome.  |-)

Don't mention it.

BG> BG> Au revoir, Guillaume.

BG> FM> Sayonara, Fu-ra-n-ku.

BG> Phonetic Japanese!  Whatever will they think of next?

The Katakana and Hiragana alphabets are basically phonetic, with
2-character (consonant+vowel) representation in the Roman alphabet
except for the vowels and the single letter 'n'. My name in Japanese is
the four symbols equivalent to what I wrote above. Surname is
Ma-ru-ko-mu.

Regards, FIM.

 * * Get well soon!  (But leave me alone!)
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