I've seen this in several places. Is that a set phrase? What does that mean?
I know that it's a way of saying "Goodnight," but the NASA胃 doesn't make sense.
asked Jul 30 '11 at 19:24
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2Frankly, do you really expect it to make more sense to us with less context than you have?– DaveJul 31 '11 at 8:29
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胃 is read い and NASA reads "なさ" so what this actually says is おやすみなさい ("Good night"). However, I don't know wether this is a typo or an intentional misspelling.
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3It's probably an intentional phonetecism. In Osaka-ben, it's common to use や in place of だ. So 「だけど」 often becomes 「やけど」. So sometimes I write 火傷 【やけど】 in the middle of a sentence to show this. Same with 輩 【やから】 for だから.– istrasciJul 31 '11 at 5:22
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It is obviously a pun (or an incredibly inept non-native typist), and a rather lazy one at that (unless the context really made an association with NASA or stomach matters meaningful). As @Istrasci points out, it is quite common in some circles (let's say urban kansai teenagers) to make up random ateji for common words. I have rarely seen romaji mixed-in but it reeks of a certain lack of imagination (for something that is not incredibly imaginative in the first place).– DaveJul 31 '11 at 8:27
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2The final shuttle flight before the fleet was retired was around this time. There was some sense that America was no longer the pioneer in space. So, so long NASA. Oct 9 '11 at 3:43