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Nowhere else do I see the phrase "punk" used as often as in Anime as a normal expression of discontent with some person, regardless of who would be the real "punk" in relation to the other and if it's the punk saying to the "nice kid"... Why is that, do you think? Is this a common expression in Japan or a fashion in Anime or do translators just like to resort to that expression regularly? Or do you punks not notice?
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What's with the phrase "punk" in Anime
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 09:55 AM
lilynn, on 30 August 2012 - 01:52 AM, said:
Nowhere else do I see the phrase "punk" used as often as in Anime as a normal expression of discontent with some person, regardless of who would be the real "punk" in relation to the other and if it's the punk saying to the "nice kid"... Why is that, do you think? Is this a common expression in Japan or a fashion in Anime or do translators just like to resort to that expression regularly? Or do you punks not notice?
Punk is a term that means: Slang; A young person, especially a member of a rebellious counterculture group. An inexperienced young man. A young man who is the sexual partner of an older man. A prostitute.
So use any one of thoses as punk. It's usually what a person, like a gangster type or a rebel type uses against another person. It's similar to the word 'baka,' 'bakayaru,' etc. and a rile up word.
Actually my Uncle uses the word punk a lot and it usually means to him a weaker person, a whimp, or probably the sexual partner of an older man. But that is why you see Kanji use it often.
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 01:49 AM
It's basically the same as it is in English if someone is like "That little punk!"
It's not a reference to the sub-culture or genre of music at all.
Now you're asking why jerks call other people punks in anime, regardless of the fact that they themselves are kind of a punk? It's a simple matter of perspective.Like a belligerent guy calling another guy an "a**hole". Who's the real a**hole here?
They both are, depending on the perspective.
If a character who is considered rebellious calls a "nice kid" a "punk", from his perspective that "nice kid" may be a self-righteous brat.You know?
It's not a reference to the sub-culture or genre of music at all.
Now you're asking why jerks call other people punks in anime, regardless of the fact that they themselves are kind of a punk? It's a simple matter of perspective.Like a belligerent guy calling another guy an "a**hole". Who's the real a**hole here?
They both are, depending on the perspective.
If a character who is considered rebellious calls a "nice kid" a "punk", from his perspective that "nice kid" may be a self-righteous brat.You know?
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 11:02 AM
Kii, on 31 August 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:
It's basically the same as it is in English if someone is like "That little punk!"
It's not a reference to the sub-culture or genre of music at all.
Now you're asking why jerks call other people punks in anime, regardless of the fact that they themselves are kind of a punk? It's a simple matter of perspective.Like a belligerent guy calling another guy an "a**hole". Who's the real a**hole here?
They both are, depending on the perspective.
If a character who is considered rebellious calls a "nice kid" a "punk", from his perspective that "nice kid" may be a self-righteous brat.You know?
It's not a reference to the sub-culture or genre of music at all.
Now you're asking why jerks call other people punks in anime, regardless of the fact that they themselves are kind of a punk? It's a simple matter of perspective.Like a belligerent guy calling another guy an "a**hole". Who's the real a**hole here?
They both are, depending on the perspective.
If a character who is considered rebellious calls a "nice kid" a "punk", from his perspective that "nice kid" may be a self-righteous brat.You know?
A solid explanation. Took the words right out of my gaping maw.
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