[OT] Japanese Error Messages

[Rusty]

--- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2004 11:57 am, Greg Kedrovsky wrote:
> 
> > Here are some actual error messages seen on computer screens in
> Japan,
> > where some are written in Haiku.  
> 
> Um, no, several of these are from Wired's Haiku 404 contest, others
> go back to 
> very early in the web when they came up with customized 404 pages. 
> If they 
> were from Japan, they would likely be in Japanese, and would not scan
> 
> correctly as haiku when translated to English.
> 
> Still, they are fun, and how were you to know the attribution was
> incorrect?

Technically he didn't say they were "from Japan" just "seen...in
Japan". And if they are indeed as old as you indicate, it is certainly
reasonable to believe they have been seen in Japan. In English.
Probably by native Japanese speaking people being amused at the English
interpretation of Haiku. 

Sorry, couldn't resist.... :o)

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