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Opinion

Anime is the romantic comedy of the nerds
– BorgClown, 2008-10-11 at 20:08:29 (12 comments)

	On 2008-10-11 at 20:12:27, BorgClown wrote... Sure, it's got giant robots, violence and unrealistically awesome boobs, but in the end it a good portion of the genre boils down to love and romance. I might be biased because I've just finished seeing "<I>Midori no hibi" (Midori days), and besides a good anime series, it's got its romantic moments.
	On 2008-10-11 at 20:18:01, BorgClown wrote... This avatar goes for good anime, which is rare.
	On 2008-10-11 at 22:56:39, Lee J Haywood wrote... Did I imagine a conversation about the Cookie Monster? I was sure it was on Discussionator, but it's nowhere to be found? http://www.vulomedia.com/images/82294cookie_monster_slayer.jpg
	On 2008-10-12 at 11:49:41, BorgClown wrote... Excuse me, but what does the Cookie Monster has to do with anime? BTW, I remember that too. Maybe it was before the wipeout?
	On 2008-10-12 at 17:24:40, Lee J Haywood wrote... Maybe I just didn't have anything to say about anime? Although it's interesting to hear everyone pronounce it as ah-nee-may which are the sounds of the individual letters that make up the word, not the correct sound of the word itself, ah-neeme.
	On 2008-10-13 at 00:24:31, BorgClown wrote... You tell me. I just accept when english speakers say An-toe-neeo instead of my name. I understand that some phonemes are simply too foreign to replicate.
	On 2008-10-13 at 09:06:20, Lee J Haywood wrote... So what's the correct pronunciation then?
	On 2008-10-13 at 13:55:10, BorgClown wrote... If you replace "toe" by "to" as in "toddler", and "nee by "ni" as in "nip", it's almost there. Antonio is a three-syllable word in Spanish, An-to-nio, with emphasis in the second syllable.
	On 2008-10-13 at 13:55:29, BorgClown wrote... markup FAIL
	On 2008-10-13 at 16:28:01, Lee J Haywood wrote... I can just about hear a loud Italian woman saying it now... An-TOE-neo! Wait, that's not right... http://discussionator.com/Barack_Antonio.mp3
	On 2008-10-13 at 17:51:21, BorgClown wrote... You have made a new enemy today... Oh, wait, I'm already your enemy, you just renewed your foe status.
	On 2008-10-13 at 18:06:40, Lee J Haywood wrote... You didn't appreciate all the effort I went to to find someone saying your name (well, actually 'San Antonio', but it was on short notice)? (-: