May 12, 2010 12:43
...Are when you start writing shorthand notation in two languages, and especially when you start shorthanding in alphabets a language wasn't meant to be written in.
Also trying to explain, with citations, Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution when you consider it a strange sort of constant of the universe. It's like trying to do a citation for the U.S. constitution's preamble or something -- suddenly you realize you need to find a reputable transcribing of the beast that everyone just assumes exists.