>> When I picked up the New York Times yesterday, I found this little blurb quite amusing:
The valley girl is alive and well - in Japan. Lookism may reign in American high schools, but Japanese girls have a new way to assess relative coolness: call it "soundism." Tired of the Tokyo mode of speech, they mix words and accents to affect their own suburban vernacular. Japanese fashion magazines quick to pick up on street trends are publishing photos with speech bubbles above the girls' heads. Commonly used words include "messa" ("very") and "jan" ("for sure"), but the test of skill comes in the combination of words and dialects. The obsessive Manba girls of Shibuya, known for ultradark tans, garish makeup and bleach-blond hair, take it one step farther: many practice their language through another pop-culture tradition, karaoke. Messa cute.
**sources: nytimes
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Haha, most of the time we obsess over the goodlooking actors like takuya kimura, not the plot. The stories are pretty cliche and overdramatic. The last film I watched was Pride:Ice Hockey, a television drama serial
Christina: I agree, you're probably right about Gwennie Gwen Gwen having something to do with the general public's heightened awareness of Japanese fashion. But you don't think it has anything to do with Yohji, Rei, and Junya?Missy-J: Have any good film recommendations?
Ooh, I see you're very into Japanese culture. Here in Singapore, we're all really into Japanese film
Oh, I didn't notice it was NY Times. I'm almost positive all the new interest in Japanese fashion is due to Gwen Stefani
Thank you for the correction -- I was pretty sure the article was a bit behind the times, but I still found it interesting. I don't get over to Japan very often.
I believe it is meccha "めっちゃ"
And ganguro is so like 5, 6 years ago! People are into the really girly frilly stuff now
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