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▶ strange question ▶ offbeat question ▶ odd question ▶ funny question ▶ curious question |
2. | A 2012-04-30 07:53:42 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
Refs: | prog, gg5, etc. |
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Diff: | @@ -12,1 +12,5 @@ -<gloss>irrelevant, strange, offbeat, or provocatively teasing question</gloss> +<gloss>strange question</gloss> +<gloss>offbeat question</gloss> +<gloss>odd question</gloss> +<gloss>funny question</gloss> +<gloss>curious question</gloss> |
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1. | A* 2012-04-30 01:19:41 Hendrik | |
Refs: | Text at hand: "ウシュマイとンミーが観客と繰り広げる珍問答は、方言が分らない人にも、 そのコミカルな動きで笑いを誘う。" ("ウシュマイ"=grandfather; "ン ミー"=grandmother) 2) http://www.weblio.jp/content/珍問 3) http://dic.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?ei=UTF-8&p=珍問 |
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Comments: | The context is a festive activity in Yaeyama, Okinawa, during the Bon-Festival. The questions being asked are sometimes provocative, sometimes meant to provoke laughter - but not "irrelevant" - and in any case meant to elicit witty replies. Two dictionary sources mentioned above suggest that "irrelevant" is too narrow a definition, but i'd like someone to double-check (and perhaps improve) my suggested definition... |
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Diff: | @@ -12,1 +12,1 @@ -<gloss>irrelevant question</gloss> +<gloss>irrelevant, strange, offbeat, or provocatively teasing question</gloss> |