if i understand you correctly, then what you're saying is not entirely true. the graham-leach-bliley act provides that the consumer must be allowed to opt out (of having private data sold to third-parties and non-affiliates) at any time. they are required to notify you of your rights regarding your privacy (and they do so...usually in fine print somewhere). unfortunately, the GLB doesn't allow you the option to opt out for affiliates, but it probably wouldn't hurt to ask.
when the act was still in congress, consumer advocates requested an opt-in procedure, meaning that consumers would have to expressly request that their information be shared, but it was turned down.
you, as the consumer have the burden of protecting your own information by conatacting all of your financial institutions, and telling them to opt you out. when you do so, make sure that you tell them to opt you out of everything, including telemarketing calls, mail inserts, direct mail, etc.
if you want to learn more, go read up on the fair credit reporting act and the graham-leach-bliley act.
of course, much of your "private" information is publicly available through government agencies (DMV), unless you live in virginia california....because they had some trouble with a stalker getting the residence information of actress rebecca schaeffer (from my sister sam), and he subsequently murdered her, but that's a different matter.
yes, and sexual harrassment becomes seku hara, and word processor becomes waapuro....
but the japanese also use (for instance) zubon for pants (jupon in french), although i believe that's actually from portugese.
abeku is taken from the french avec (meaning with) to mean a couple out on a date.
bakushan is a very interesting word....though it's not so cool to use anymore.
baku is taken from the english word back. shan is taken from the german schoen, which means pretty. put it together, and you have bakushan:
looks pretty from behind (but not up close). pretty weird, huh?
arubaito is part time job, which is taken from german. in german, it just means work in general.
they take pan from portugese as well....to mean bread.
karuta is taken from the portugese carta (sp?) meaning cards).
ramen is taken from chinese.
i guess i have always assumed since french and japanese are both foreign languages i've studied in college that the japanese use of anime was derived from the french "dessin anime." the fact is, though, that no one really knows where anime is taken from....could be engilsh, could be french, could be portugese. it's most likely taken from the portugese (according to my instructor), due to the fact that the portugese were actually *in* japan, whereas the french were not. but it could be english too. the point is that no one knows for sure.
so, to assume that the japanese only borrow words from english is frankly wrong. that's just one of the things about the japanese language: that it so freely borrows from other languages.
unlike the french, who only allow so many words into their language (they like to try to keep it "pure", i guess). which is why, when the rest of the world is using the word computer, they use l'ordinateur.
but it's typical american thinking to assume that everything is taken from the english. ^___^
well, i guess there's no point in noting your own snobbery, or in explaining that anime is a word that is used to refer to cartoons made in japan. but i'll try.
anime is the word that the japanese use to mean animation (or cartoons, if you prefer). they adopted that word from the french, you see, but perhaps we shouldn't delve too deeply into that, as you seem to have so much trouble with the idea of us adopting a foreign word into the english language....i would hate for you to have to try to understand how a word that isn't even japanese in origin was adopted into english from japanese.
i certainly wouldn't want to confuse you with an involved discussion of how languages are continually evolving.
cartoons (as you would say) from japan do have a rather unique style, on the whole, just as there are differences in style with many forms of art/entertainment, so it's worth making the distinction.
but we won't get into that, either, as i have inferred from your inane comment that you have a difficult time making such distinctions.
perhaps you should run along with your tapwater and bother someone else with your rude and pointless commentary.
except you forgot to say that both the transformers (my childhood favorite) and gijoe (among countless others) are both anime.....they were translated from japanese. just an interesting bit of trivia, for those of you who might not know already. ^__^
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soon it will be the scooby network.
^__^
if i understand you correctly, then what you're saying is not entirely true. the graham-leach-bliley act provides that the consumer must be allowed to opt out (of having private data sold to third-parties and non-affiliates) at any time. they are required to notify you of your rights regarding your privacy (and they do so...usually in fine print somewhere). unfortunately, the GLB doesn't allow you the option to opt out for affiliates, but it probably wouldn't hurt to ask.
when the act was still in congress, consumer advocates requested an opt-in procedure, meaning that consumers would have to expressly request that their information be shared, but it was turned down.
you, as the consumer have the burden of protecting your own information by conatacting all of your financial institutions, and telling them to opt you out. when you do so, make sure that you tell them to opt you out of everything, including telemarketing calls, mail inserts, direct mail, etc.
if you want to learn more, go read up on the fair credit reporting act and the graham-leach-bliley act.
of course, much of your "private" information is publicly available through government agencies (DMV), unless you live in virginia california....because they had some trouble with a stalker getting the residence information of actress rebecca schaeffer (from my sister sam), and he subsequently murdered her, but that's a different matter.
yes, and sexual harrassment becomes seku hara, and word processor becomes waapuro....
but the japanese also use (for instance) zubon for pants (jupon in french), although i believe that's actually from portugese.
abeku is taken from the french avec (meaning with) to mean a couple out on a date.
bakushan is a very interesting word....though it's not so cool to use anymore.
baku is taken from the english word back. shan is taken from the german schoen, which means pretty. put it together, and you have bakushan:
looks pretty from behind (but not up close). pretty weird, huh?
arubaito is part time job, which is taken from german. in german, it just means work in general.
they take pan from portugese as well....to mean bread.
karuta is taken from the portugese carta (sp?) meaning cards).
ramen is taken from chinese.
i guess i have always assumed since french and japanese are both foreign languages i've studied in college that the japanese use of anime was derived from the french "dessin anime." the fact is, though, that no one really knows where anime is taken from....could be engilsh, could be french, could be portugese. it's most likely taken from the portugese (according to my instructor), due to the fact that the portugese were actually *in* japan, whereas the french were not. but it could be english too. the point is that no one knows for sure.
so, to assume that the japanese only borrow words from english is frankly wrong. that's just one of the things about the japanese language: that it so freely borrows from other languages.
unlike the french, who only allow so many words into their language (they like to try to keep it "pure", i guess). which is why, when the rest of the world is using the word computer, they use l'ordinateur.
but it's typical american thinking to assume that everything is taken from the english. ^___^
well, i guess there's no point in noting your own snobbery, or in explaining that anime is a word that is used to refer to cartoons made in japan. but i'll try.
anime is the word that the japanese use to mean animation (or cartoons, if you prefer). they adopted that word from the french, you see, but perhaps we shouldn't delve too deeply into that, as you seem to have so much trouble with the idea of us adopting a foreign word into the english language....i would hate for you to have to try to understand how a word that isn't even japanese in origin was adopted into english from japanese.
i certainly wouldn't want to confuse you with an involved discussion of how languages are continually evolving.
cartoons (as you would say) from japan do have a rather unique style, on the whole, just as there are differences in style with many forms of art/entertainment, so it's worth making the distinction.
but we won't get into that, either, as i have inferred from your inane comment that you have a difficult time making such distinctions.
perhaps you should run along with your tapwater and bother someone else with your rude and pointless commentary.
yep, that's right.....
except you forgot to say that both the transformers (my childhood favorite) and gijoe (among countless others) are both anime.....they were translated from japanese. just an interesting bit of trivia, for those of you who might not know already. ^__^