Discussion
From: William Taylor <williamtaylor..@..ail.com>
Date: 2008-07-01 05:10:16
Message ID: <4fbe6226-05bf-4fe8-99c9-bfd3521fbd8b@i18g2000prn.googlegroups.com>
Parent: <20080701123140.F764.2E7CFB9A@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Metonym the other day...
"when Japanese people speak colloquially of 「ウレタン」 that they
probably mean "polyurethane"?"

Just out of curiosity, how many people speak colloquially of either ウレタ
ン or polyurethane? :)

On Jul 1, 12:32 pm, Jim Lockhart <jamesalockh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:24:52 +0800
>
> cptandrw... wrote:
> > do you find that when Japanese people speak colloquially of 「ウレタ
> > ン」 that they probably mean "polyurethane"?
>
> Yes
>
> --Jim Lockhart
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