I’ve been to China – some of our guides could pronounce R’s and some couldn’t. After all, how many English-speakers out there who’ve taken French can really pronounce the “u” correctly? (I can remember my French teacher wincing when we’d try to speak it…)

I love the picture- I’ve never seen a cat quite that polite.

ZZZZM, I’m glad you love this site. So do I. But this site regularly has animals using fake French accents and occasionally speaking in pseudo African-American slang. I’m African-American, and I don’t get offended- it’s all done with a light touch, and not to offend, demean or harm anyone. That said, the caption didn’t come across as fake Japanese at all to me- and considering that I have a good number of students from China, South Korea and Japan who cannot make ‘R’ sounds (as well as a good number who can), even if it had been an imitation of an accent, it would not have necessarily have been insulting.
Your partner’s mother is just one person. I doubt Meg knows her, or of her. Therefore it’s unlikely she was thinking about her. But if she had been thinking about people with light to thick Japanese accents, well- some people with that particular accent seem to have problems with certain English sounds, just as English speakers have problems with certain Japanese sounds. As long as Meg doesn’t write like she’s making up dialogue for a Charlie Chan movie or an anti-Japanese WWII propaganda film, I wouldn’t worry about it too much, if at all.

…STILL SUPERB.
Teh Peeps is Teh Funny, too.

i would like a crunchy shrimp roll pleaze!

This reminds me of an image from the Yin Yang Cat calendar, which you can see here:
http://www.yinyangcat.com/sushilover.html

Personally, this looks more like the “I can’t believe you didn’t save anything for me” look, trying to guilt kitty’s caretakers into handing over some sashimi bits. My cats were (all chasing butterflies over the Rainbow bridge now) very good at those looks.

Theo and Zach are right…kittehs all have got a little devil in them, thank goodness. XD

Kitteh would like to see the dessert cart, please. Tonight’s specialty is tuna a la mode.

“I see sake, I see France, I see kitty, in a trance”

“I see sake, chopsticks, sauce dishes… WHERE’S THE DAMN FISH?!”

Zoe, for your cute lil face an ENTIRE tuna.

brilliant pic!