I was tipped off yesterday by my friend that her husband’s nickname for me (to differentiate me from her other foreign friends) is Bono.

My likeness to the rock star has been discussed before and I’m not entirely convinced. What do you think? I like Bono’s style so I’m not complaining. It could be much worse. With my shaggy hair, Yoshi might have nicknamed me “buffalo.”

There’s no Japanese word for American bison type buffalo, but there is suigyu, which translates literally to water cow and means water buffalo. I prefer Bono to suigyu anyday. Posted by kuri at April 20, 2002 12:20 PM