Timeline for Why biiru hitotsu rather than ippai?
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| Feb 21, 2012 at 2:01 | comment | added | user458 | @AndrewGrimm Japanese counter words are nouns as well (to the extent that you consider English counter words are nouns). I don't think dainichi is claiming that counter words are inconvenient at restaurants, nor do I think so. | |
| Feb 21, 2012 at 0:59 | comment | added | Golden Cuy |
@sawa: English may have something vaguely like counter words, but many of its counter words are nouns, akin to dollar in Japanese. Do you agree or disagree with Dainichi's claim that counter words would be inconvenient in a restaurant?
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| Feb 21, 2012 at 0:05 | comment | added | user458 |
@AndrewGrimm I can tell whether to say a sheet of paper, a cup of paper, a cake of paper, or a pair of paper.
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| Feb 20, 2012 at 1:36 | comment | added | dainichi | The fact that counter words are used is not seen as an inconvenience, but remembering and using the right one can be. | |
| Feb 19, 2012 at 5:40 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | I thought that only non-native speakers would regard counter words as an inconvenience. | |
| Feb 17, 2012 at 4:14 | history | answered | dainichi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |