I was wondering the same. Thanks Mr. Generic for sharing that link.
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Just finished this week’s reading. Aw, summer vacation is no fun if you don’t get to tease your crush every day. But Takagi sure found a way around it. And managed to make Nishikata jealous, even if he doesn’t even admit it to himself.
I added ハメをはずす to the word list, because looking up ハメ on its own returned results that no teacher would say.
I suppose あっちー and あちーんだよ are actually a contracted 暑い?
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Thanks because I also just looked up ハメand thought “who the heck is this teacher”
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That’s what got out of it. Context supports it, with mention of the heat in a following panel. But I’ll admit I was initially curious if there was some other meaning I was missing.
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not necessarily a contraction say more slangy…or lazy speaking… (i.e… ない becomes ねぇ）
similarly (different word but similar use)
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I mean your example of ない → ねぇ is a contraction though, and for this あっちい/あちい definitely seem like a similar sort of contraction, in which the sound gets scrunched up a bit and comes out sounding more like ち than つい. You can sort of hear that happening if you start saying あつい faster and faster, so I don’t think it being a colloquialism with its own dictionary entry necessarily precludes it being a contraction
A lot of slang/lazy speaking in general takes the form of contractions (take also something like そりゃ for それは)
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fair enough…generally think of contractions as more formal…but then again…they don’t have to be 
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officially not slacking…vocab is populated …
this chapter was so cute!!!
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This was another good chapter. I’m surprised Nishikata accepted Takagi’s suggestion to practice every day so willingly. I definitely thought he’d try to reject the idea outright.
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Got to love Takagi going for one of the oldest motivators in the book: making the man jealous so he tries his best to outdo the other man mentioned
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Finished up with the chapter today. It was super adorable. I had a couple things I had to look up, but nothing that was too crazy! Looking forward to the next chapter!
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Happy weekend, y’all! I look forward to Chapter 7 with everybody! This is the last weekend where I’ll be less participatory! 
Are you planning on reading with us this week?
- I will be reading along!
- I will catch up later!
- I won’t be reading (anymore)
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Another cute story.
What do you think うおーつえー means, at the bottom of page 3?
And again with the mysteriously shaped kana, is this first one an う?
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I haven’t read the chapter yet, but could うおー be like, “Woah” and つえー be a contracted/slangy 強い (つよい) in the context?
Also, yes, I would read that as う.
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Yes, that would make perfect sense! Thanks.
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No problem! I’m just glad that spitball hit its mark. 
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this book is so fun and adorable and way better than the current BBC book hehe 
finished populating the vocab … enjoy!!!
EDIT: Just realized there are only 2 weeks left… are you starting to work on planning the 3rd vol yet? @anon99047008
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Yes! The evening after I drop my significant other off at the airport (this coming Tuesday), I will post all the polls necessary and get it scheduled out. (:
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本当に楽しんでいます！！！ BBCの本が大変ですよね！ (笑)
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