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Fo shizzle: Speaking of aspects of American culture that the Japanese are obsessed with, an astute bloggista named Becky has dug up an allegedly authentic Japanese guidebook to conversational ebonics, complete with a guy in an orange tank top on the cover who looks like an Asian Jean-Claude Van Damme with a fake tan. Find out the Japanese translation for phrases such as for “You actin’ like a biotch” and “I worked that ass all night” at tinyurl.com/rukhq.

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