http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2008/01/18/in-english-what-is-this-called en-us 40 making sense of language <p>フードランドでゴボウを買った時、レジの人が　「これ、何？」と尋ねました。<br />私は思わず日本語で、「ゴボウです」と言いました。<br />でも、わかってもらえず、彼女は隣りのレジの人に聞いていました。そうしてわかったようです。<br />しかし、私には教えてくれませんでした。「何だったのか？」「英語でなんと言うのか？」　本当は聞きたかったです。<br /><br /><br />When I was at Foodland purchasing Gobou, <br />the cashier asked me &quot;what is this?&quot; <br />Without thinking I responded in Japanese &quot;Gobou desu.&quot; <br />The cashier didn&#39;t understand and asked the next cashier over if she knew what it was? <br />They didn&#39;t pay attention to me. <br />What is that? In English what is this? <br />I really wanted to know.<br /><br /><br /><br />I don&#39;t know how to explain it in English, but in Japanese it is called Gobou.<br /><br />In English what is this called?</p> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:30:00 -0600 urn:uuid:ccfec6b0-faa3-4358-8ca8-0748b4801755 http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2008/01/18/in-english-what-is-this-called ドギマギ maybe: ゴボウ burdock《植物》●cocklebur●cocklebur ゴボウ茶 burdock tea Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:36:29 -0600 urn:uuid:12320fe6-631a-46fe-a5a3-8e948c492dc5 http://www.chanomitalk.com/articles/2008/01/18/in-english-what-is-this-called#comment-158