This Japanese girl is fucking fascinated I know her language
I think it's funny when Japanese people are confused by white people who speak Japanese.
It's like, "I didn't think your little brain could parse our highly advanced moon language! Come here, honey, the little white person is trying to talk! Isn't that cute?"
And then they try to impress you with their "English."
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
This Japanese girl is fucking fascinated I know her language
I think it's funny when Japanese people are confused by white people who speak Japanese.
It's like, "I didn't think your little brain could parse our highly advanced moon language! Come here, honey, the little white person is trying to talk! Isn't that cute?"
It's innate racism, I think.
That we don't give a shit about foreign language she's especially surprised I picked one "as difficult as Japanese."
I'm sorry. Chinese is much harder for an English speaker.
Japanese is an easy language to speak. Reading kanji is hard, but speaking/hearing it? Cake.
I've never tried to learn Chinese but what I've been told about the use of inflection and context is consistent with your statement.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited December 2008
Fags say boku DUE.
Do you want to be a fag.
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
This Japanese girl is fucking fascinated I know her language
I think it's funny when Japanese people are confused by white people who speak Japanese.
It's like, "I didn't think your little brain could parse our highly advanced moon language! Come here, honey, the little white person is trying to talk! Isn't that cute?"
It's innate racism, I think.
That we don't give a shit about foreign language she's especially surprised I picked one "as difficult as Japanese."
I'm sorry. Chinese is much harder for an English speaker.
@moniker: technically yeah but I've never heard a Japanese businessman ever say "boku" while I was at the Mitsubishi building for three months.
Yeah, if Japanese is a moon language, Mandarin is fucking Pluto.
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ZimmydoomAccept no substitutesRegistered Userregular
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
When I was in Mexico City, people would look at me (the palest motherfucker in that country at the time) really confused when I would ask a question or order something in spanish because my inflection was slightly off. When I say slightly, I mean imagine someone ordering a "hamBURGER" instead of a "HAMburger" and the waiter having no fucking idea what they were talking about.
Mexico is a funny place.
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited December 2008
I am dying to learn 官話 and I would join the military for their language learning services because from all I've heard they're fucking fantastic.
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language.
Right.
The girl from the porch monkeys story above speaks a little Thai and has told me stories about her father fucking up the tone inflection while they were living in Thailand. Like when he tried to ask a waitress for a small glass of milk and ended up asking for a taste of her breast instead.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
When I was in Mexico City, people would look at me (the palest motherfucker in that country at the time) really confused when I would ask a question or order something in spanish because my inflection was slightly off. When I say slightly, I mean imagine someone ordering a "hamBURGER" instead of a "HAMburger" and the waiter having no fucking idea what they were talking about.
Hey, guys, help me because I am retarded. I'm playing Chrono Trigger and this dude is telling me to run around a room three times, against the wall. Problem is the door makes me go off the wall, so I can't do it. What am I doing wrong?
Oh, shit, I've been going counter clockwise! Another problem has arisen!
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
hakujin :^:
EDIT: That was a Birdman joke.
Bonsai!
(boom)
Peanut.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
This Japanese girl is fucking fascinated I know her language
I think it's funny when Japanese people are confused by white people who speak Japanese.
It's like, "I didn't think your little brain could parse our highly advanced moon language! Come here, honey, the little white person is trying to talk! Isn't that cute?"
Especially funny because spoken Japanese is essentially retarded. As in developmentally stunted and simple compared to most other languages in the world. Fewer sounds, words and a comparatively stupid simple grammar.
Honestly Japanese is only hard because their writing is Chinese by way of Korea by way of fucking crazy.
Hey, guys, help me because I am retarded. I'm playing Chrono Trigger and this dude is telling me to run around a room three times, against the wall. Problem is the door makes me go off the wall, so I can't do it. What am I doing wrong?
Oh, shit, I've been going counter clockwise! Another problem has arisen!
Fuckin' Spekkio
Hate that guy
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
Dang. I'm totally out of food. My car is all the way at the other end of the allotment and there's no guarantee that it will start up when I get to it.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
hakujin :^:
EDIT: That was a Birdman joke.
I REALLY wanna show that episode to my middle school students. SO BADLY.
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edited December 2008
I would like to learn the language of squigglebox too.
Hey, guys, help me because I am retarded. I'm playing Chrono Trigger and this dude is telling me to run around a room three times, against the wall. Problem is the door makes me go off the wall, so I can't do it. What am I doing wrong?
Oh, shit, I've been going counter clockwise! Another problem has arisen!
Dang. I'm totally out of food. My car is all the way at the other end of the allotment and there's no guarantee that it will start up when I get to it.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
There is no problem that cannot be solved with pudding.
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The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
Zimmydoom, Zimmydoom
Flew away in a balloon
Had sex with polar bears
While sitting in a reclining chair
Now there are Zim-Bear hybrids
Running around and clawing eyelids
Watch out, a Zim-Bear is about to have sex with yooooooou!
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited December 2008
Suba-ra-shi chin chin mono
Kintama no kame aru
Sore no oto saru bo bo
Iie! Ninja ga imasuuuuuuuu
Hey hey let's go kenka suru
Taisetsu na mono protect my balls!
Boku ga warui so let's fighting...
Let's fighting love!
Let's fighting love!
Kono uta chotto baka wa
Wake ga wakaranai
Eigo ga mecha-kucha Daijobu - we do it all the time!
Hey hey let's go! Kenka suru--
Dang. I'm totally out of food. My car is all the way at the other end of the allotment and there's no guarantee that it will start up when I get to it.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
There is no problem that cannot be solved with pudding.
When I was in Mexico City, people would look at me (the palest motherfucker in that country at the time) really confused when I would ask a question or order something in spanish because my inflection was slightly off. When I say slightly, I mean imagine someone ordering a "hamBURGER" instead of a "HAMburger" and the waiter having no fucking idea what they were talking about.
Mexico is a funny place.
Was your Spanish teacher from Cuba?
A former boss of mine was from Mexico City (as a side note, after 7 years in the US spoke English perfectly. Even odd little grammatical exceptions like "an" or "whom" or what have you). When he went to Spain had no trouble getting around. Was just a bit of an accent difference (according to him) comparable to American vs. British English.
When he went to Cuba he couldn't understand a fucking word of what people were saying.
Ore is used by men in non-formal situations. Boku is elementary school boy, or polite conversation. Some girls are using Boku more and more though.
/massivefuckingnerd
I've really only heard college students use Boku in non-formal situations.
I have never ever ever ever heard a grown man say Boku.
@Riemann: Pretty much. I mean any American struggling with Japanese should not even touch Chinese or Korean. Sorry. You're excluded.
While I do enjoy making shit up, I'm pretty sure I've heard my teachers use "boku" when talking to the principal. Also, one of my male teachers uses it a lot. I take it as a subtle politeness that people use around co-workers.
Having said that, most of my male teachers just use "ore," as well as me. Granted my vice-principal had to make fun of me before I started using it (I like being polite and showing respect to people, but sometimes it's a sign of closeness).
Dang. I'm totally out of food. My car is all the way at the other end of the allotment and there's no guarantee that it will start up when I get to it.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
There is no problem that cannot be solved with pudding.
too much pudding god
Two hunnerd and forty dollahs worth uh' puddin'!
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Ore is used by men in non-formal situations. Boku is elementary school boy, or polite conversation. Some girls are using Boku more and more though.
/massivefuckingnerd
I've really only heard college students rarely use Boku in non-formal situations.
I have never ever ever ever heard a grown man say Boku.
@Riemann: Pretty much. I mean any American struggling with Japanese should not even touch Chinese or Korean. Sorry. You're excluded.
I think it's because the language used in most anime is some weird dialect of Japanese that no-one would ever actually use. Like they have invented a whole new language just for their cartoons.
And quite a lot of people learning Japanese in college are weeaboos.
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Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
Ore is used by men in non-formal situations. Boku is elementary school boy, or polite conversation. Some girls are using Boku more and more though.
/massivefuckingnerd
I've really only heard college students use Boku in non-formal situations.
I have never ever ever ever heard a grown man say Boku.
@Riemann: Pretty much. I mean any American struggling with Japanese should not even touch Chinese or Korean. Sorry. You're excluded.
While I do enjoy making shit up, I'm pretty sure I've heard my teachers use "boku" when talking to the principal. Also, one of my male teachers uses it a lot. I take it as a subtle politeness that people use around co-workers.
Having said that, most of my male teachers just use "ore," as well as me. Granted my vice-principal had to make fun of me before I started using it (I like being polite and showing respect to people, but sometimes it's a sign of closeness).
Yeah I've had ore used to me. But you have more experience than me probably. I was only in Japan for three months in a highly formal setting, so.
@Riemann: Yup. I however was learning it because Japan was number two in GDP and we had a lot of business contacts in Japan. If I'm gonna be a business major, I'm going to at least learn a semi-useful language.
If I had more time (i.e. was a business major my freshman year and went all the way through instead of Computer Science/Physics and switching junior year) I would have taken Chinese too.
Dang. I'm totally out of food. My car is all the way at the other end of the allotment and there's no guarantee that it will start up when I get to it.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
There is no problem that cannot be solved with pudding.
too much pudding god
That is not a problem.
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SarksusATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered Userregular
edited December 2008
So I am trying to make a clean map showing the medieval borders of the country of Estonia, in order to illustrate how, over time, the country has been conquered over and over again. It's really hard, because the people in medieval times didn't know how to draw maps that weren't full of shit.
I'm about ready to just copy and paste maps into my presentation and mail a letter back in time to the people who made these dumb things.
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And then they try to impress you with their "English."
Not from experience or allegories because I don't know but I bet i'm right.
If you can not defend your honor in the grand tradition I am going to have to demand an Apology under Rule 5 of the Irish Code.
naw. more of a formal vs informal type of deal but chicks aren't allowed to be informal.
An irish apology tends to sound a lot like an insult.
You worm-ridden git.
Japanese is an easy language to speak. Reading kanji is hard, but speaking/hearing it? Cake.
I've never tried to learn Chinese but what I've been told about the use of inflection and context is consistent with your statement.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Do you want to be a fag.
The thing is Feral is that English has nothing like tone inflection in the language. I mean, Japanese language structure is very Romantic and easy to follow.
No, it's actually a rather rigid ceremony.
Yeah, if Japanese is a moon language, Mandarin is fucking Pluto.
Mexico is a funny place.
Zimmy I got it.
Right.
The girl from the porch monkeys story above speaks a little Thai and has told me stories about her father fucking up the tone inflection while they were living in Thailand. Like when he tried to ask a waitress for a small glass of milk and ended up asking for a taste of her breast instead.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
They may have just wanted you to bribe them.
/massivefuckingnerd
Hey, guys, help me because I am retarded. I'm playing Chrono Trigger and this dude is telling me to run around a room three times, against the wall. Problem is the door makes me go off the wall, so I can't do it. What am I doing wrong?
Oh, shit, I've been going counter clockwise! Another problem has arisen!
Bonsai!
(boom)
Peanut.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Especially funny because spoken Japanese is essentially retarded. As in developmentally stunted and simple compared to most other languages in the world. Fewer sounds, words and a comparatively stupid simple grammar.
Honestly Japanese is only hard because their writing is Chinese by way of Korea by way of fucking crazy.
Hate that guy
I have never ever ever ever heard a grown man say Boku.
@Riemann: Pretty much. I mean any American struggling with Japanese should not even touch Chinese or Korean. Sorry. You're excluded.
Maybe I should find a good wing place and order some wings.
I REALLY wanna show that episode to my middle school students. SO BADLY.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
There is no problem that cannot be solved with pudding.
Mmmm... Seiko desu... Unnnhhh....
Kintama no kame aru
Sore no oto saru bo bo
Iie! Ninja ga imasuuuuuuuu
Hey hey let's go kenka suru
Taisetsu na mono protect my balls!
Boku ga warui so let's fighting...
Let's fighting love!
Let's fighting love!
Kono uta chotto baka wa
Wake ga wakaranai
Eigo ga mecha-kucha Daijobu - we do it all the time!
Hey hey let's go! Kenka suru--
My real worry here is I need to bring my A-game Wednesday since I can actually do some progressive experiments then.
Was your Spanish teacher from Cuba?
A former boss of mine was from Mexico City (as a side note, after 7 years in the US spoke English perfectly. Even odd little grammatical exceptions like "an" or "whom" or what have you). When he went to Spain had no trouble getting around. Was just a bit of an accent difference (according to him) comparable to American vs. British English.
When he went to Cuba he couldn't understand a fucking word of what people were saying.
Your nose is so small
so button small
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
While I do enjoy making shit up, I'm pretty sure I've heard my teachers use "boku" when talking to the principal. Also, one of my male teachers uses it a lot. I take it as a subtle politeness that people use around co-workers.
Having said that, most of my male teachers just use "ore," as well as me. Granted my vice-principal had to make fun of me before I started using it (I like being polite and showing respect to people, but sometimes it's a sign of closeness).
Two hunnerd and forty dollahs worth uh' puddin'!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I think it's because the language used in most anime is some weird dialect of Japanese that no-one would ever actually use. Like they have invented a whole new language just for their cartoons.
And quite a lot of people learning Japanese in college are weeaboos.
Yeah I've had ore used to me. But you have more experience than me probably. I was only in Japan for three months in a highly formal setting, so.
@Riemann: Yup. I however was learning it because Japan was number two in GDP and we had a lot of business contacts in Japan. If I'm gonna be a business major, I'm going to at least learn a semi-useful language.
If I had more time (i.e. was a business major my freshman year and went all the way through instead of Computer Science/Physics and switching junior year) I would have taken Chinese too.
That is not a problem.
I'm about ready to just copy and paste maps into my presentation and mail a letter back in time to the people who made these dumb things.