Monkey park!

[moominmolly]

We went to a monkey park!


















We took the trolley to the end of the line, out to the edge of Kyoto, and we were wandering around, realizing that we didn't know how to say "monkey" or "park" or "monkey park" in Japanese, when we found a sign with a cartoony Monchichi thing pointing us down a road to the entrance. It said, in katakana, MANKII PAAKU. Oh! Of course. That's how you say "monkey park". "Monkey paaku!" Similar derivations have been spotted for "melon soda", as well as a thousand other nouns.

Anyway, the monkeys were really cute, walkin' around on their hands like that. I'll let dilletante keep telling the story. Me, I need a nap.

Monkey park!

Comments

Spoonnoggle!!

[ectophylla.livejournal.com]

Totally and completely unrelated but I just got off the phone with a customer whose last name was Spoonnoggle, and you needed to know.

Also, when I travel to a foreign country I want you and dilletante as my tour guides.

Re: Spoonnoggle!!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

You're right, I *totally* needed to know that. Spoonnoggle!

So, come to a foreign country with us, sometime! We've already been to alien lands.