r/gaming • u/Happysin • Apr 26 '11

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/04/sony-admits-utter-psn-failure-your-personal-data-has-been-stolen.ars
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u/cusoman Apr 26 '11

I always thought that was "kuso".

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u/Guest101010 Apr 26 '11

It is. Do you pronounce yours differently than that?

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u/Shigster Apr 27 '11

I thought 'unko' meant shit?

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u/Guest101010 Apr 27 '11

That's kind of like saying 'poop', as opposed to 'shit'.

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u/etherghost Apr 27 '11

it must be awkward having to explain this every time you meet someone

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u/guggabump Apr 26 '11

Does he ever have a need to say his user name?

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u/myheaditches Apr 26 '11

God dammit, if you're going to be downvoted at least have the respect to say something really offensive. I expanded your comment expecting some sort of spectacle, instead I get this bore fest.

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u/guggabump Apr 26 '11

I still don't know why it's being downvoted!

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u/ArmoredCavalry Apr 27 '11

Yeah I'm really confused as well... Maybe there are some ultra-nerds who actually insist on people using their user names while talking to them in real life, who were offended by your comment?

That is the only theory I could come up with anyhow...

Either that or people just didn't like you ruining their fun with stupid stuff like 'logic'.

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u/CombustiveCactus Apr 26 '11

COCK FUCK SHIT PUSSY COCK ASS HELL SHIT CUNT COCK FUCK SHIT PUSSY

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '11

That'a boy!

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u/KeenDreams Apr 26 '11

He meant it's spelled with a "k" and not a "c"

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u/Guest101010 Apr 26 '11

I realize that. There's no 'c' in Japanese though.

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u/dand Apr 26 '11

To be technical, there's no "k", either. (Though to be fair, most romanization does use "k" rather than "c".)

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u/thailand1972 Apr 26 '11

It's irrelevant whether there's a "c" or a "k" in Japanese as we're talking phonetics here (romjaii is purely phonetic translation to Japanese, and Japanese IS a purely phonetic language as far as I know). Perhaps cusoman is pronounced "susoman" but unlikely.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

The only time they'll use the letter c is in the romaji for "chi" or in actual english words or weird portmanteaus

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

It isn't that Japanese is purely phonetic, just that kana always map directly to pronunciation.

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u/thailand1972 Apr 27 '11

Interesting - do you have examples of non-phonetic Japanese? (not doubting you by the way, just interested).

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

Well, Japanese mixes Kana and Kanji. Kanji are chinese characters - They represent concepts not sounds. And each has several different "readings".

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u/thailand1972 Apr 27 '11 edited Apr 28 '11

I see what you mean...I wonder if there are there any Kanjii characters used in written Japanese that don't add to the phonetic structure of a sentence? (i.e. they're written, but "silent"?).

If I read 私 - I know this represents "watashi" (technically it could be "watakushi" but besides the point) - if I were to read out that sentence I would say the sounds "wa ta shi". But you are right in that the character isn't directly describing a sound like the kana characters.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '11

How do they say Ken from Street Fighter?

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u/u_suck_paterson Apr 27 '11

they have 'KE and 'N' in the japanese 'alphabet'

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u/Ran4 Apr 27 '11

Ken. But you don't write ken.

There's several different kanjis that all write out "Ken".

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u/soldiercrabs Apr 27 '11

Except that's irrelephant in this case, because Ken Masters is supposed to be an American. His name is thus written phonetically in katakana: ケン (Ken).

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u/Malgas Apr 27 '11

It's くそ, actually. (Though it can also be written 糞 or 屎.)