I have a friend who often says: じゃなくって Any idea what she means? I heard it means… - Feed Post by Kakka_rotSRL

I have a friend who often says: じゃなくって
Any idea what she means? I heard it means nearly nothing, like an あの or えっと
? It is very frequent.

posted by Kakka_rotSRL January 18, 2015 at 4:14am

Comments 5

beee_17
Hm...but in what context does she say it? Usually it means "that's not it".
January 18, 2015 at 4:54am
Kakka_rotSRL
Context, it is a "Stutter word" like, not a real term, but rather, something that someone says when thinking.
January 18, 2015 at 5:07am
beee_17
Hm, as I thought...Then, I'm pretty sure she's "talking to herself", like she thinks of something, but then she changes her mind on the last second and says "that's not it". But then again I could be wrong, so I'll wait for someone to confirm this xD
January 18, 2015 at 5:34am
DS25
Maybe it's just some kind of fashion word... some time ago it was "cool" or可愛い to invert the syllables of words (しす for 寿司), or to add ～です at the end of a sentence... a friend of mine still likes to use あたし despite being 35 and with a 7 year old son...
January 18, 2015 at 6:38am
mog86uk
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/163706/m0u/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6/
This dictionary link explains なくって is just sound shift from なくて and means the same thing. I thought that was interesting to find, because I tried searching for なくって in other dictionaries and got no results.

As for じゃなくって, I don't know about that but I think beee's answer sounds very good. ^^
January 18, 2015 at 2:26pm