Kirk here, continuing the countdown to 2023. This is number 7 (in terms of “reach”) with 2,627 views. It was posted by Atsuko, whom I think we were all happy to have back as a healthy editor. Kudos again to Julie for her fine work.

https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/pfbid0C2w4mBuo1n2UwDpbWkhBz1LYG1WK6PiB3nFdCPQ5LmkxY8opdSdET6Qj34gLgeqHl

I wrote to the Kumanichi about the use of the word “YOU” to mean “foreigner” (as in “Hey you, foreigner!”?) and, thankfully, they published what I wrote. Here’s a link to that:

https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/pfbid0grW56kc2xf8grbJeV8ggzyUk8dtXdqUDVbZCdspAuDAeq6EWo8ANfV1maZUEgAsml