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Guess what? Chicken Butt

Japanese translation: Moshimoshi umeboshi

04:11 Nov 7, 2004
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Guess what? Chicken Butt
Daughter taking Japanese. Would like to response back to her favorite joke phrase. Appreciate pronunctiation in Japanese.
J Guzzino
Japanese translation:Moshimoshi umeboshi
Explanation:
もしもし　うめぼし
moshimoshi is "Hello"　when you speak on the phone.
umeboshi is picked plum.
My friend likes this phrase and saying it all the time! Enjoy

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Note added at 2004-11-07 16:57:04 (GMT)
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Sorry umeboshi is a piuckled plum.
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Kaori Myatt
France
Local time: 17:17
Grading comment
Perfectly charming and, while not literal, conveys the sense of the joke into another language. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Moshimoshi umeboshi
Kaori Myatt
1 +1しりとり遊び(last and first)
cinefil
1come again?
KathyT


Discussion entries: 1





  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
guess what? chicken butt
come again?


Explanation:
Ummmm..... maybe I don't get out enough but could you explain the joke, please? TIA

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
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unresponsive
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
しりとり遊び(last and first)


Explanation:
しりとり 尻取り
shiritori; a word game in Japan in which one player has to say a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player.
新和英中辞典（研究社）

chicken:鶏(niwatori or tori, prononciation of 取り is the same of 鶏)
butt:尻（shiri）

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Appreciate literal translation but looses sense of the joke. Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SenQ: [the butt of a chicken] means: しりとり
32 mins
  -> thanks
agree  tappi_k: yeah this is cute
1 hr
  -> thanks
disagree  Troy Fowler: "Guess what? Chicken butt" is a childish, nonsense joke that's funny to kids because it simply rhymes, and says "butt" . 尻取り indicates a specific word game, and I wouldn't equate the two.
9 hrs
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Comment: Appreciate literal translation but looses sense of the joke. Thanks

4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Moshimoshi umeboshi


Explanation:
もしもし　うめぼし
moshimoshi is "Hello"　when you speak on the phone.
umeboshi is picked plum.
My friend likes this phrase and saying it all the time! Enjoy

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Note added at 2004-11-07 16:57:04 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry umeboshi is a piuckled plum.

Kaori Myatt
France
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
Grading comment
Perfectly charming and, while not literal, conveys the sense of the joke into another language. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Troy Fowler: This is a closer translation
6 hrs
agree  KathyT: I love this! So "what" and "butt" are supposed to rhyme?? I guess that must be U.S. English. I would have said 'what' rhymed with 'bott'.
18 hrs
agree  tappi_k: alright, I see. never heard this before but it is lovely.
1 day 2 hrs
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