Saturday, February 12, 2011

Apples & Oranges


Shizuka informed me tonight that a person who persistantly misbehaves or causes trouble is know as a "bad mikkan". For those who don't know, a mikkan is a mandarin orange. 
I told her she must mean a "bad apple". No, she insists, in Japan they are a bad orange. 

Comparing East and West is literally like comparing apples and oranges!

2 comments:

  1. Very Interesting!! I have never heard that before. How do they say it in Japanese?

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  2. Dear Japan Australia

    Hi, I am Shizuka, John's partner. I enjoy reading your comments. Thanks!

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