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Old 2nd August 2005, 08:34 PM
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Hahaha ..
In Japanese, you don't have to say "you" to refer to the other person. But in English.. doesn't it sound weird when you are talking in a group of friends and you say "What eating?" Instead of "What are you eating?"

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Old 2nd August 2005, 08:36 PM
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american singers use the word "the" all the time! very bizzare
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Old 2nd August 2005, 10:22 PM
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4-5 songs isnt extravagant, considering she has over 100 songs. especially since the word is "you".
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Old 2nd August 2005, 10:35 PM
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you is a common word in english, but not as much in Japan... since it is preferred they use name than pronoun...
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Brittany, you're back!

I'm going to cite my awesome book I just finished, "The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way"... it says some guy did a study and concluded that 9 words account for a quarter of all the words in almost any sample of written English... and yep, it says 'you' is one of em ^^
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Oh, well, songs about love, what can they conclude??? A message to the dearest person! It's typical, all stars use this word.
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Old 5th August 2005, 02:28 AM
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you is a common word in english, but not as much in Japan... since it is preferred they use name than pronoun...
ayumi's song titles are written in english, not in japanese. i don't see the significance, sorry.
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Old 5th August 2005, 03:05 AM
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in japanese you might call a signifigant other 'you' as an endearing term I hear...
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"You" is the 14th most frequently used word in the English language.

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Old 6th August 2005, 03:42 AM
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"banana" is the 10805th most frequently used word in the english language.
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Old 6th August 2005, 04:05 AM
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I don't find any of this interesting or funny, cept for the banana word
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