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Melanie Kay Gowing — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:23:45 -0000

Well... thats kinda scary actually :O

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AWESOME GURL — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:45:41 -0000

Thanks' I FINALLY proved my older brother wrong HA he doesn't know Japanese he knows German so why does he get to talk lol

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Kunal — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:20:17 -0000

Yes it was Irashaimase, my friend helped me figure that out :-) Thanks again

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Durk — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 04:39:53 -0000

They were probably saying irashaimase, or '"welcome". Sounds similar though.

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ramenannonymous — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 21:55:47 -0000

No I saw it in Guilty Crown too. Ayase used it when two people were kind of spacing out. But I think its one of those things like, if you're a native then its okay for you just because they assume you did it on purpose. But if you're a non-native then they think you did it accidentally or because you didn't know better :/
Kinda sucks, I think Moshi moshi, sounds pretty cool

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rebecca — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:31:59 -0000

ther is a game cald moshi monsters

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hj — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:54:33 -0000

jkj

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Kunal — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:42:37 -0000

You say that you won't hear Moshi Moshi other than telephone conversation, but i just travelled to Japan and in every restaurant i went to, everybody greeted me with Moshi Moshi. I actually never heard anybody say Konichiwa or Sayonara. I travelled to Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Nagano....your country is just awesome :-)

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INDIA LEIGH — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:37:38 -0000

So FUNNY! Love the British accent…lol

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1timeCommenter — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:53:48 -0000

Koichi, you're a fox! XD

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sara sara — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:09:16 -0000

interesting article, like the cute fox. Want to share the link to one of my favorite http://www.facebook.com/pai...

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Jaspal Goshal — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:50:02 -0000

Your cat is so adorable!

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Elliot Domalewski — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:52:29 -0000

ALOHA - MUSHI MUSH

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Mahima Chawla — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:31:13 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Moshi Moshi. Hahahahahahaha. XD

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murasaki — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:33:03 -0000

My cat "quacks" too!

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On the DL — Sat, 14 May 2011 03:54:20 -0000

if the fox was cute enough she could trick me all day ;P

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Fiancee russe — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:10:55 -0000

Always was interested in this theme! So, if you say it on the phone, you can confirm whether or not you’re getting tricked. This works on telemarketers as well.

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ajuma mutea — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:48:40 -0000

okay. i believe the fox.

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Abi — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:09:30 -0000

Moshi Moshi! Watched it in chibi vampire.

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Joe Ahlstrand — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:10 -0000

Fox 1 is cooler. I dean that the explanation

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Paulo Vitor — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:54:29 -0000

Sir, In Portuguese language we use the word "Oi" as meaning "Hi", in English language.
Maybe it's a portuguese word imported by japanese people.
As we know, portuguese and spanish people are the first europeans to stablish commercial relactions with japanese people, in the Muromachi period (15-16th century).
And, as you can see here in http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... , other words of japanese language are originated from portuguese

So, that's my guess about the “oi oi” (おいおい) used in telephone, even if that article not feature such "deduction".....

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Anon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:28:08 -0000

This is what my japanese teacher told me.

That people in japan found the telephone to be very disconcerting when it was a new invention. People were worried that they were hearing a ghost on the other end of the line, and not an actual person. Since, supposedly, a ghost cannot repeat what you say, people would say “moshi moshi” to confirm that they were talking to an actual person. If the person on the other end says “Moshi” just once, then it’s a ghost. :/

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EFF_EM_UP_DE_ARSE — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:25:04 -0000

hairy gato, mooshit mooshit

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guest — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:25:57 -0000

In English, most people answer the phone "hello", and rarely greet people in person with "hello", unless, same as the guy in the video's in-person usage of もしもし, one is calling someone to attention. I've been saying "hello" in person for a long time, but I've come to realize how awkward it is and how no one else says it.

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guest — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:34:27 -0000

moshi moshi umeboshi? haha