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what's the difference between bonzai and bonsai?I may be confused, too, but I suspect all possible interpretations apply: 1. "Banzai!" as per kamikaze or a popular and silly UK Channel 4 program. 2. "Bonzer" as per the Aussie term of endearment.  3. "Bonsai" as per the little trees, or perfect miniature replicas. But I'll leave it to the hound himself to describe how this all fits together. 
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hound himselfOr herself, as the case may be.  Me, I'm waiting with baited [sic] breath....
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Or herselfWhatever! 
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Errr... I thought that's how bonsai/bonzai, as in the little trees, is spelt  . Though, I suppose if the word bon zai doesn't exsist it means I could really call it my own - bonzaialsatian® In fact, I quite like the combination between bonsai and bonzer - an endearing little tree? Hmmm...
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You go, girl! 
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You go, girl! Dead right, mate! [solid slap on the back] Pint as usual?
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banzai, bonzer and bonsai - an enthusiastic and endearing little tree.
As for the "alsatian" bit, well, dogs do find trees endearing.
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The little teeny tiny trees are, indeed, bonsai. The bon part refers to the tray that these things are normally grown in and the sai part means to plant.
Bonzai is, at least supposedly, a term meaning, literally "ten thousand years", with an implied "may you live" stuck in there somewhere. I can't find any corroboration for this in either of my Japanese dictionaries, so it may just be some gaijin fairy tale.
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Oh, d'oh! Banzai. Yup. Ban, ten thousand. Zai (or sai all by itself), years. My one dictionary translates it as Hurrah!
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Pint as usual?Yep, in fact, pint o' the usual, good buddy! (No water for me. You know what WC Fields said about that.)
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A ten-thousand year old minature potted-tree that is enthusiastic, and endearing to dogs... I think I'll just stick to bonzaialsatian!
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