Say Moshi Moshi!
April 6, 2007 1:30 PM
Overture Japan Launches a Blog of its Own
Moshi moshi—say it real fast—is the charming Japanese phrase for “hello!” when answering the phone. Well, on Wednesday, Overture Japan (Yahoo!’s search marketing operation in in that country), launched its own blog and we’d like to say “hello” to the team over the Internets.
Kicked off with a post from Yahoo’s Mark Morrissey, the Overture Japan blog opens a new line of interactive communication between Overture and its search advertisers in the Japanese market.
So to our friends across the Pacific, moshi moshi. Tonight we raise a cup of saki to you and say kanpai!
—The Team
| Post Comment | categories:: Yahoo! News
April 7th, 2007 at 4:54 am
Moshi-moshi only means “hello” in the sense of “Are you there?,” when used at the beginning of a telephone call.
Not sure what would be good in this situation. Youkoso means “welcome” in contexts like “Welcome to our country,” but you’re not really going over there. A native speaker would be helpful here.
At any rate, Overture Japan needs to lower their ad prices to match AdSense more than they need to start a blog.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Good point, hanafuda. I actually did know that nuance, having taken Japanese for a semester about 20 years ago.
I just like moshi moshi better than kon-nichiwa, or “good day.” But since you noticed it I’ve made a correction to clarify. Thanks. As to your second comment, since your Japanese seems pretty good, you might want to go to the Overture Japan blog and ask the team there directly.
-M2