Speech and Quotes
Most of Suguru's dialogue is written in hiragana and most of his insults and vulgarities like Kono Yarou (コノヤロー,, You bastard?) were written in katakana, with hardly any kanji being used. This was probably meant to represent Suguru's lack of sophistication and intelligence. As the series progresses and he becomes more serious, more and more kanji are used in his dialogue. Suguru's typical way of saying "no" is Iya sa~! (いやさー!?). He is also known for his humorous cries of pain like Owa~! (おわ～っ!?), Gegee~! (ゲゲェー!?), and Da ji ge de~ (だじげで～,, Help?).
- Catchphrase: I won't need support that is a fart! (屁のツッパリはいらんですよ!,, He no tsuppari wa iran desu yo!?)
- First Line: What, me? (なに わたしが,, Nani, watashi ga?)
- Gyuudon Song (Manga): Great gyuudon for eighty years! (牛丼ひとすじ八十年!,, Gyuudon hitosuji hachi-juu nen!?) (Originally an advertising jingle of Yoshinoya)
- Gyuudon Song (Anime): Great gyuudon for 300 years. Quick, tasty, and low-priced! (牛丼ひとすじ三百年 速いの旨いの安いの!,, Gyuudon hitosuji san-byaku nen, hayai no umai no yasui no!?)
- Fuu Rin Ka Zan (風林火山?): Quick like the wind!! Silent like the forest!! Conquer like the fire... Immovable like the mountain!! (疾きこと風のごとく!! 徐かなること林のごとく!! 侵掠すること火のごとく... 動かざること山のごとし!!,, Hayaki koto Kaze no gotoku!! Shizuka naru koto Hayashi no gotoku!! Shinryaku-suru koto Hi no gotoku... Ugokazaru koto Yama no gotoshi!!?)
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“Grammar is a tricky, inconsistent thing. Being the backbone of speech and writing, it should, we think, be eminently logical, make perfect sense, like the human skeleton. But, of course, the skeleton is arbitrary, too. Why twelve pairs of ribs rather than eleven or thirteen? Why thirty-two teeth? It has something to do with evolution and functionalism—but only sometimes, not always. So there are aspects of grammar that make good, logical sense, and others that do not.”
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“Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing more.”
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“I quote another man’s saying; unluckily, that other withdraws himself in the same way, and quotes me.”
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