10/13/2007

‘HAPPY CRAPPY!’ — Japanese TV

While reading my satellite TV guide today, I discovered a fun kids’ show on the Animax station called “Happy Crappy,” that teaches English and “cookingish” for ages 1-to-3 (?).

It turns out the show has been around for several years and it originated on NTV (Nippon Television). Just in case you think I’m making up the engrish spelling* of “Happy Crappy,” refer to to the bottom of this webpage selling the show’s theme music by the J-Pop group “Baby Boo” playing Happy Crappy!

You can visit the official Happy Crappy! website for more information about the show.

Better yet, you can listen and download an iPod-ready MP3 of the star of the show, JunJun-chan, singing the Happy Crappy! song.

(MP3 format, 1.3MB, 1:23 minutes)

Let’s ハッピー クラッピー !
*One-Point-Engrish Lesson: In Japanese, both “Happy Crappy” and “Happy Clappy” are written the same since the R and L sounds are indistinguishable.

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1. Mizuu Says:
   October 20th, 2007 at 3:49 am

   Well, I’m pretty sure you’ve misspelled it!
   HAPPI to KURAPPI will translate as Happy and Clappy - from the verb “to clap” ^^;;…

   … didn’t you know Japanese cannot distinguish between the R and L sound?

2. Taro Says:
   October 20th, 2007 at 9:41 am

   Mizuu-san wrote:
   “I’m pretty sure you’ve misspelled it!
   HAPPI to KURAPPI will translate as Happy and Clappy…
   … didn’t you know Japanese cannot distinguish between the R and L sound? “

   Yes, isn’t great crappy [sic] fun?!

   They misspelled many times, hee, hee…even their official website address reads:
   http://www.kids-station.com/minisite/happycrappy/

   One of the Japanese groups that sing “Happy Crappy,” called Baby Boo, has the song’s name misspelled in engrish on all its websites selling the CD.
   

3. Mizuu Says:
   October 20th, 2007 at 6:08 pm

   *laughs* Yeah, I think you are right XD But after seeing the dog and the cat which are named that way (Happii to Kurappii) I doubt if that was what they had on their minds.
   (I mean those http://www.kids-station.com/minisite/hiragana_theatre/index.html starring in the show)

   Either way, I just liked you to know, just in case about this R & L business.

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