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well, that was amazing.

I suppose this is funny if your only exposure to Japanese people is through movies like the Karate Kid. This guy's fake accent is pretty terrible--and no Japanese person would pronounce "wa-sa-bi" wrong since it's a native Japanese-language word.

I don't find it offensive or anything, just pretty terrible.

http://www.youtube.com/user/jetdaisuke

I don't know, I think he may be Japanese....


>> ^SDGundamX:

I suppose this is funny if your only exposure to Japanese people is through movies like the Karate Kid. This guy's fake accent is pretty terrible--and no Japanese person would pronounce "wa-sa-bi" wrong since it's a native Japanese-language word.
I don't find it offensive or anything, just pretty terrible.

I think he is engaging in a little witty wordplay:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

>> ^SDGundamX:

I suppose this is funny if your only exposure to Japanese people is through movies like the Karate Kid. This guy's fake accent is pretty terrible--and no Japanese person would pronounce "wa-sa-bi" wrong since it's a native Japanese-language word.
I don't find it offensive or anything, just pretty terrible.

@bareboards2 His profile says he was indeed born in Tokyo and lived here through college. I think he may be hamming up his English accent for the video though (can't be sure... I can't find any other vids of him speaking English on his profile page). That's what threw me when watching this vid--his accent made him sound like he was pretending to be Japanese.

@hpqp Well played. I still don't get it though. Any native-born Japanese person should know the difference between the two. And most non-Japanese speaking folk (who don't work in the field of design) won't have any clue what wabi-sabi is.

Judging from the comments on YouTube it was pretty hit or miss for most people. Some non-Japanese speaking people assumed he was making fun of foreigners who can't pronounce wasabi correctly. Daisuke himself posted a comment (in Japanese) saying he believes 50 in 1 non-Japanese people will think this video is serious. Most of the Japanese commenters think it was funny though.