09/03/25 22:20:07
>>371
The thing that Japanease not to be good is not to say syllables beginning with L, but to say syllables beginning with R?
Japanese are not good at the pronunciation of R.
Then why they are not good at that? Well I think that the reason for that they are shameful because the pronunciation of R looks like operatic singer's singing voice.
373:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/25 23:11:41
i dig hole to protect myself from nuclear war and
look for food in dark warehouse to prepare for survival of fittest.
then rat trap got my penis! i bleed silently from penis in warehouse alone
and wait to die
374:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/25 23:25:37
peter! are you allright! a rat who is danny, said so to dying peter
peter's penis blood is became ice and blood stopped because now is winter.
peter ejaculated and penis bleed again! what a fool! said rat and leave peter alone
375:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 00:01:06
>>371
So native speakers don't take that the two words don't rhyme with each othter.
376:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 00:04:44
>>371
Nah. When I speak Japanese, I have to use a whole lot different set of phonemes, and vice versa.
On top of that, tonality, stress-timed vs. mora timed and other differences all make it difficult.
I don't think just adding L to the language would help a lot.
377:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 00:20:17
URLﾘﾝｸ(headlines.yahoo.co.jp)
Empire State Building was lighted up like Japan's flag to celebrate
Japan's visctory in World Baseball Classic.
>>376
He's just talking about the difference in pronunciation between agree and
ugly.
378:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 00:25:26
>>372
I disagree.
Japanese people cannnot pronunciate R sound because
they have no R sound in Japanese.
I was once amazed to see that some French people cannot
pronunciate H sound. That's because they have no H sound
in their language. NOT because they are ashamed of H sound.
379:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 01:17:54
>>378
>they have no R sound in Japanese
You do, it's just not the R of e.g. American English. The R in syllables like れ sounds a lot like the R in Scottish English.
It's somewhere between that and the L sound really, but native speakers usually interpret it as an R when you say it.
380:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 02:33:23
I RRRRRRRRRRRRoll my RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRs, too.
381:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 04:14:00
I too have a problem pronouncing my L's and R's sometimes.
382:イギリス人
09/03/26 04:40:01
>>380
Been trying to roll mine for months, but still can't... so jealous of
people who can. Lenin couldn't roll his Rs though.
383:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 05:29:18
like hitler's r's?
384:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/26 11:08:03
To say a proper L, you have to start with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth,
then end it with it smacking the back of your bottom teeth.
or back of top teeth to back of bottom teeth. i dunno.
385:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 11:41:27
>>382
The deadline's coming up.
I guess you've been extremely busy with making a new kind of April
Fool's Day virus.
386:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 18:18:06
Here comes a Wolf!!
387:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 19:44:56
Do Americans really take a bath tub with full of bubble ?
388:チリ人
09/03/26 19:55:29
Anyone saw とらドラ! ending?
It was somewhat bland compared to the quality of the series in general but it was cute.
389:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 20:06:13
>>388
Hey Chilejin! I watched it live last night and it was a neat ending indeed!
And I was reading the Toradora threads just now.
It ended so neatly there is not much to be said about it though.
390:チリ人
09/03/26 20:43:08
>>389
Yeah, i wanted to post something in those threads but my Japanese is still too weak...
391:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 20:55:02
>>390
Aw, speaking of which, did you watch it raw?
How good is your Japanese?
392:金玉儿
09/03/26 21:01:18
Japanease are not good at the pronunciation of R, but Yakuzas (Japanease Mafias) are good at that.
The reason for that is they trill their r's, "Gorururuaaa!!!", when they threat others.
393:チリ人
09/03/26 21:02:05
>>390
I first saw in RAW, yeah
Then i saw it fansubbed, but to be honest it was somewhat easy to understand.
The kiss scene was very beautiful... "もういちどう。。。" (Hope that i didnt spoiled too much)
But finally i was happy with the ending, i mean, it was too obvious... but it was much more neat than average Shoujo/Bishoujo Anime
Im at second grade in my Japanese classes (im studying Japanese professionally, i want to get the translator title).
But there is still a really loooong way to go...
394:チリ人
09/03/26 21:02:51
It was >>391, sorry.
395:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 21:07:54
>Im at second grade in my Japanese classes
Does that mean you've been studying for 2 years? Or is it that you "earn" grades by taking some sort of test?
396:チリ人
09/03/26 21:10:50
>>395
This is my second year in Japanese classes.
I can read hiragana, katakana, about 70/90 Kanjis and basic things.
But i know some other things because im a self-taught person.
397:チリ人
09/03/26 21:16:03
By the way:
ｽﾚﾘﾝｸ(anime板)
It seems that mostly all people are discussing about if the kiss was a normal or a "French" kiss.
I think it was a normal but sweet kiss, what do you think?
398:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 21:25:21
>>392
So・・ If every Japanese uses YAKUZA world, Everybody can use “r” better than before right??
399:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 21:33:06
>>393
Oh, so you are good enough to understand raw anime!
And yea, the kiss scene was very well done. In Toradora threads
everyone is talking about what "happened" afterwards. (hehe
I understand the ending was too obvious, some people seemd to be
disappointed by that. But personally I expected it to end like that
after watching ep 24, so it was all good for me.
400:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 21:38:10
>>397
I don't remember that well but it seemed normal to me.
401:チリ人
09/03/26 21:47:35
>399
>And yea, the kiss scene was very well done. In Toradora threads
>everyone is talking about what "happened" afterwards. (hehe
Well, i heard that Toradora was based on a light novel and on an unfinished manga.
So... i guess there is "more" of Toradora anyway right?
To be honest i cant imagine how Toradora can continue (excluding the ero wishes of all).
402:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 22:13:20
>>401
From what I read, the novel was finished before the last anime ep.
I don't know about manga... I only watched anime and didn't care about
the original materials.
And by "happened" I meant secks after the kiss. They kinda implied it
by having the two hold hands tightly. (on the train back home)
403:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 22:44:44
>>402
It was pretty easy to understand what you implied by saying“what happened afterward”, probably because I'm Japanese.
Japanese perople often write/say this way in Japanese.
404:チリ人
09/03/26 23:18:44
>>402
Yeah i understand what you say about what "happened" (thats because i say "excluding the ero wishes of all").
Im pretty sure that next Comiket will be full of Toradora doujinshi...
405:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 23:21:26
peter is killed by coldness of winter. do not underestimate winter.
this you become if you underestimate winter! said butcher and
throw body of peter on floor. dead body sleeps there silently.
peter is became so cold. it is peter's death.
makahannyah haramita shingyo amen. farewell peter.
406:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 23:23:25
He is so sad･･
つstove
407:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 23:40:53
>>404
Ah kk!
I shudder at the thought of graphic Taiga x Ryuji action...
408:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/26 23:59:00
you! give that stove to me! you little rat!
butcher attacks rat who with stove. rat died instantly vaporating
remember this rats! no one mess with butcher. ruler of this land!
409:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 00:34:04
that reminds me, is there any movie that is more epic than lord of the rings?
i want to see some huge war like orcs vs humans in lord of the rings.
no modern day war.
410:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 00:40:51
>>チリ人
Good luck with your studying Japanese!
Though I haven't seen Toradora, but
studying Japanese with animes is kinda
motivating, isn't it?
411:チリ人
09/03/27 02:30:17
>>410
Thanks!
>Though I haven't seen Toradora, but
>studying Japanese with animes is kinda
>motivating, isn't it?
With anime, music, movies, video games, doramas, you name it!
412:ベイエリア人 ◆wI.9LiivDc
09/03/27 03:01:12
What is the meaning/reference to 「それはマジでキチガイじみてるからやめろ」?
A person I was talking to over irc was trying to figure out the meaning, but all we could understand were "maji" and "yamero".
413:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 03:17:07
>>412
Still can't access to 2ch at home?
I need the context to translate it well but I think there are two possibilites.
1) Stop doing it because the act of doing it is kind of crazy/stupid/insane.
2) Stop doing it because it is kind if crazy/stupid/insane.
In 1), speaker is ordering/requesting/advising not to do something because the
act of doing it is crazy/stupid/insane.
In 2), speaker is ordering/requesting/advising not to do something
because "the something" is seems so crazy/stupid/insane that you should
keep away from it.
414:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 03:23:17
>>412
The literal translation would be "Stop it, that really sounds crazy."
This katakana "kichigai" is generally used as something very outrageous/dangerous/scary/ in a negaive sense.
415:チリ人
09/03/27 03:26:25
And what about マジ? i saw it in a lot of threads.
416:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 03:28:53
>>415
Really?/Seriously?/For sure?, etc.
417:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 03:33:20
Ah, leave out the question mark, I thouht it was part of the phrase.
418:411
09/03/27 04:10:39
Forgot to translate majide.
As 416-417 says, it can be translated using a adverb but in 1) and 2)
I would just add "I mean it" at the end of each sentense.
419:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/27 11:49:16
I have a question. This whole deal of company loyalty, salary men, etc; is that a result
of Japanese culture or perhaps a result of high competition for jobs? I was thinking maybe
it is a result of older Japanese culture where samurai had this code of honor and loyalty (of
course a general would want to indoctrinate ideas of loyalty into his servants).
420:日本人 ◆EyxCPX2ero
09/03/27 12:19:06
ここって日本人が自分の好きな人種のコテ付けてるの？
421:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 12:24:28
>>419
The former one is right.
And I think it's also a result of Japanese traditional culture, where people admired older people.
422:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 12:25:50
>>420
別に日本人でもコテつけてるひとはいるけど、大半は外国人だよ
423:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 12:42:00
>>419
(continued from 421)
and I'm not sure but maybe old Japanese society where samurai prevailed also has contributed to its seniority system in companies.
This is likely enough to this unique Japanese system.
424:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 12:46:35
>>419
I don't know. If you trace it back to samurai era, maybe you can say that.
But common understanding is Japan's company's lifetime employment system
contrinutes to it. Different from American companies, Japanese companies
don't give their employees a pink slip easily. That results in employees
loyalty. And it's common an employee work for the same company until they
retire.
Now things have changed and western value and merit system has been adopted
and employees loyalty is less than before. Job changing getting more common.
425:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 13:10:15
I like dump trucks.
426:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 13:23:42
So, how many of these foreigners in this thread live in Japan?
427:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 13:37:31
Nobody. All foreigners here are posting from abroad.
Some foreigners living in Japan posted before, though.
428:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 14:26:44
I've seen native speakers use ` instead of ' such as "I don`t know" instead of
"I don't know." Do you know why? they're just having fun getting out of mold?
Come to think of it, ` looks cool than using '.
What's your take on this phenomenon?
Using ` isn't acceptable in an official document, right?
429:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 15:09:06
>>428
I've not seen the punctuation mark used as a way of meaning ' so often.
So I have no idea.
430:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 20:56:24
>>419
Ok, thanks for your response.
Any native English speakers?
431:miki
09/03/27 22:19:29
皆さんこんにちは ^^
I'm a fan of Japanese mystery novels
I'm interested in ''東京ダモイ 鏑木蓮''
has anyone read this book?
if you like mystery too
what mystery novels do you recommend?
432:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 22:37:37
>>431
I've never read the book and I don't read much in the first place.
I spend most of my free time studying English and I used to try reading
English novels. I read one Japanese mystery novel translated to English.
That's "Spiral" and in Japanese, it's title is "らせん" written by
Koji Suzuki. That movie was a sensation and Sadako became a buzz word.
433:チリ人
09/03/27 22:53:16
>>431
I never read a Japanese mystery novel... sadly. Sorry
434:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/27 23:52:18
URLﾘﾝｸ(asiajin.com)
I'm sure this is a gadget you native English speakers who are crazy about Japanese girls
are interested in.
435:ベイエリア人 ◆wI.9LiivDc
09/03/28 00:39:24
Have you heard of a game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"?
It's a game based on the "small world experiment", created by
three college students.
At some point, they watched "Footloose", followed by
"Quicksilver", both movies starring Kevin Bacon. During this
viewing, they began to speculate on how many movies Kevin Bacon
had been in, and how many other actors he was thus "linked" to.
It was intended to be a simple party trick: someone would tell
them the name of an actor or actress, and then they would find a
link between that person and Kevin Bacon. However, it's now
familiar enough in American pop culture to be referenced to in
some TV shows. Here's an example:
Beat Takeshi has never appeared in a movie with Kevin Bacon.
However, he appeared in "Johnny Mnemonic".
Simon Sinn appeared in "Johnny Mnemonic" (though he had an
almost nonexistent role). Simon Sinn was also in "Where the
Truth Lies".
Kevin Bacon had a major role in "Where the Truth Lies".
Therefore, Beat Takeshi has a Bacon number of 2.
436:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 01:44:30
>>435
Never heard of the game, never did it for that matter.
I am not in any Kevin Bacon's movie, which is obvious because I am not
an actor. But I ate a slice of bacon on a slice of a toast this morning.
So I have a Bacon number of 1 alpha.
437:金玉儿
09/03/28 05:39:29
The Japanease youth culture in postwar denied an old Japan lifestyle, and have mimicked the United States lifestyle.
If so, why don't they throw away Japanese and speak English?
Though they think that any United States thing is fantastic, why don't they speak English?
It is very mysterious for me...
438:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 08:55:47
>>437
Would you wear hundoshi and kimono, and write Engrish then?
You'd be a real kintama that you are.
439:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/28 09:59:10
>>437
Probably because parents taught their kids Japanese. A lot of Japanese people
learn English as a second language because of it's international importance, anyways.
Kind of like I have been learning Japanese because I think it sounds awesome and it
is amazing resume fodder, to learn a complex Asian language on one's own self-initiative.
Trying to learn some Mandarin Chinese, now.
440:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 13:45:04
>>435
Do people in America know that much about movies?
Sounds like I would have to implant a movie database chip
into my brain to play that game?
441:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 14:20:52
>>439
You should start learning Korean now.
It's the most beautiful language in the world.
Most girls all over the world today are truly interested in the Korean language because they want to
understand what Korean guys say. They say Korean guys are hot and cool, innocent and sexy, and gentle and smart.
The thing is, Korean guys have what appeals to girls. You know, phisical strength and mental strength as well as
kind heart. There's no wonder they want to marry one. Thousands of words couldn't say how much girls are interested
in Korean guys. Those girls chose a Korean world star named the Rain as one of the most influential people all over the
world. That explains how they love and respect Korean guys.
Another reason they love Korean guys is because they appreciate how dependent they are on Korean guys in their daily life,
you know, Korean high-tech gadgets have become something of necessity like Samsung smart phones and hyundai cars, especially
in America. it's a given American girls are mesmerised with Korean guys. No doubt about it.
And it's a sure bet that more and more girls will fall in love with Korean guys once they get their hands on Korean products
which are absolutely selling well all over the world. They know how much Korean guys contribute to their life.
I'm really proud of it. :)
442:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 14:37:28
He was always prepared to make himself useful, and
there was nothing, however tiresome, that you asked
him to do for you that he would not do with pleasure.
(The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham)
What is the meaning and function of 'would' in the last line?
443:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 14:52:47
I just remembered this one incident I witnessed on some Japan-related forum.
Some Korean guy started a thread about people's favourite languages,
saying "I guess you all like Japanese, it's a cool language. Korean is like Japanese,
it sounds a lot like Japanese" which was denied by some Westerner's post
"No it doesn't sound similar at all to me"
The Korean guy was talking very friendly at first, but then some anti-Japan American
guy came in and said fuck Japan, they're gay. Then the Korean guy took a 180 degree
turn and started to bash Japan together with that American guy. It was hilarious.
444:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/28 15:07:30
>>441
Yea Korean is alright, but I think Chinese should be prioritized because they are ALL THE RAGE
right now. They have dreadful business practices, but their GDP is soaring!!!
445:=.=
09/03/28 15:28:53
If Japanese women judge Korean men from only drama characters
that's a big mistake =.=
I'm sorry, I really don't like Korean
446:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 16:11:45
>>444
Whatever language you choose, the fact remains Korean guys are considered fascinating and attractive to most sensible girls all over the world and
Korean high-tech gadgets are far more competitive than Chinese dreadful products are.
You must admit that. Korean guys make the best husbands. That's what almost all the girls all over the world know.
>>445
I don't give a shit about your meaningless opinion, coz most girls in the right mind say they are truly interested in Korean guys.
They express their affection to Korean guys on the internet. Korean guys deserve their interest. Korean guys are so smart they invent
cool electric gadgets and not only that Korean guys are also very sexy so girls can't get K-guys out of their heads. That's the truth.
I'm really proud of it. :)
447:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 17:39:21
>>437
They sort of do. Listen to some Japanese pop music,
a lot of it has Engrish spliced into it. Other songs are completely in Japanese
but sung with a fake American accent.
448:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 21:25:05
Fear Ichiro
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
449:チリ人
09/03/28 22:48:57
>>448
Those McDonalds commercials in Japan are extremelly popular in Japan right?
I saw it in a lot of parody videos.
450:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/28 23:19:30
Yes, Ronald was popular a while ago I think. I'm not a niconico person so
I don't know much. I only watched some on youtube.
Some of the Ronald videos I liked
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
451:チリ人
09/03/28 23:56:15
>>450
I laught a lot with the MOTHER remix song.
I guess the most famous Ronald videos is the Touhou remix
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
452:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 00:12:55
>>451
Yeah, that video was what got me into Touhou music
453:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 00:15:43
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
I felt myself having goosebump when I watched this video.
Ichiro is thought-provoking and philosophical. I'm in awe.
454:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 00:39:06
>>451
Don't miss the Japanese legendary rapper for which even イギリス人 kneels down for.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
イギリス人's i-pod's heavy rotation.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
455:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 01:22:24
Is Ronaldo famous name in Britan and related countries?
First ronald that came to my mind is Brazilian soccer player Rolando
and second is fake Ronaldo in Portugese.
And wait a minute.. Ronaldo Reagan was there!
And I remember hearing that Ronald on Portugese was named after that President.
I think soccer Rolando's image is too strong and wanes ex-president.
Their prime time is different.
456:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 01:26:01
And he is not Ronaldo, but Donaldo, isn't he?
457:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 01:32:04
Things are complicated.
Ronaldo seemst to be porutugese name and Ronald is British name.
Both must be coming from Christian name.
His second given name, "Ronaldo," was chosen after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father's favourite actor.[
Oh, God. His father choose Reagan not for his presidency but his acting career.
458:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 02:03:04
Ronald is a Germanic/Nordic name, I think.
I know lots of Americans, Dutch and Germans with that name.
Dunno if Ronaldo is actually related to that or if it's an original Latin name.
459:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 02:13:06
>>458
Oh, Really? Interesting story.
Ronaldo is so famous that he seems to have overwhelmed the origin.
I guess story is different in the U.S because soccer and soccer
player are not the center of the attentions.
Besides, Reagan was Amerca's own President who Americans can never
forget.
460:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 02:23:49
I just learned Ronnie is a nickname for Ronald.
Do Americans call Ronald Reagan Ronnie Reagan?
The man below is Ronnie Coleman and different from Reagan, he seems to be
always called Ronnie. He is arguably the best Body Builder ever.
URLﾘﾝｸ(media.photobucket.com)
And Ron Paul is Ron Paul. I don't know the rule.
Maybe nickname for President is unpolite and other cases may follow with
the flow of the names.
461:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 02:26:24
Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton : There are many examples that
contradicts with my assumption.
462:イギリス人
09/03/29 04:52:26
>>454
I showed those to my colleagues at work a few months ago. They were
pretty impressed with Cool TAK. Especially this one guy who pretends
he's black sometimes and says "mother bitches!" a lot.
>>455
Near enough everyone here has heard of Ronaldo, even though he's never
played for any British teams.
463:Outrageous Catherine Zeta-Jones
09/03/29 08:12:31
Good morning!
How a good sunny day!!
464:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 14:05:05
It's cloudy here but it feels like spring has come.
In a week or so, cherry blossoms vewing parties will be in full swing.
That's nothing to do with me. First, I don't go out as a reclusive man
so don't care if it's spring or not. Second, I have no friends so I have
no one to go to a cherry blossoms vewing party with.
465:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 15:15:46
>>463
Oh, outrageous Catherine Zeta-Jones...
funny
466:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 15:20:14
By the way, how does the word “Zeta” function in a name ?
For example, David Zeta-Beckam or Micheal Zeta-Jackson is ok?
467:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/29 15:24:30
>>464
America has... pine trees. Seriously, our vegetation/shrubbery/trees are terrible.
But cherry blossom viewing parties? Even for an awesome tree, that seems like it's
going overboard.
468:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 15:52:46
Zeta indicates that the person is a cyborg or an artificial lifeform.
>>467
The main purpose of Hanami is to get drunk and do stupid things
just like any other party.
469:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 16:07:31
>>460
>Do Americans call Ronald Reagan Ronnie Reagan?
PRESIDENT RONNIE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS! ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE RONNIE?
470:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 16:11:12
Yes, I know a number.
471:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 16:16:24
>>467
I thought you know Japan's tradition and culture to some extent so
I was kind of surprised at your comment.
Cherry blossoms vewing party, which is called "Hanami" as 468 says is
Japan's event throughout Japan. Family memebers, friends or coworkers
gather to drink and have some fun under bloomed cherry tree. Some sing Karaoke.
Even Japan's meteorologial agency announces the date of when cherry blossoms
will start to bloom every year. The far northern, the later cherry blossoms bloom.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
472:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 16:23:59
Yes, I know a number.
473:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 16:33:11
>>471
That brings back childhood memories...
I don't live in Japan, but my city has a park with quite a few sakuras.
And once a year, there's a festival with a few thousand people and very nice fireworks.
I loved going there when I was a kid.
474:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 17:04:47
>>473
The people in the park enjoying cherry blossoms vewing is Japanese?
Japan gave many cherry trees to Washinton. So I guess people in Washinton DC are
familiar with cherry blossoms vewing.
475:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 19:37:41
What are you guys talking about.
I'm the one who is cherry boy.
No more cherry thing, that I don't want to hear it anymore.
476:金玉儿
09/03/29 22:00:09
>>473>>474
Japan gave many cherry trees to Washinton, and United States gave many dogwoods to Japan in return for the Sakuras.
Many Japanese don't enjoy vewing cherry blossomes but enjoy drinking sake on the pretent of vewing Sakuras.
By the way, a novel "A Peach-Buttocks-Girl" is written by an auther Hashimoto Osamu.
477:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 22:04:20
Yes, I know a number.
478:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/29 23:54:25
Yes, I know a number.
479:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 01:11:50
Hey foreigners can post again. I missed translating messages to English in that other thread. So much fun, or maybe I'm just so bored.
480:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 02:04:12
Yes, I know a number.
481:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 07:44:24
I want to punch a tiger.
I will videotape it and put it on the internet.
People will watch it and say "He punched a tiger. I wish I was as manly and awesome as he is."
But then I will move to the Brazilian Rain Forest and make sure that nobody ever sees me again.
They will all ask "Where did he go?" and I will become a legend.
In sixty years I will reappear on the streets of Tokyo wearing nothing but a thong made of tiger fur.
I will then become the first foreign Japanese Prime Minister.
482:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 08:23:37
Siberia's winter has hardened my soul. Cuddle bears taught me how to fight.
I am ready to go now.
483:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 08:33:07
You know who is fucking amazing?
I am motherfuckers,now all you yellow commies should be lining up to suck my dick.
Derp derp da durrr
484:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 10:26:15
>>483
Golly mister, I thought commies were red!
Every day is a learning experience.
485:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 10:32:11
>>482
There are no cuddle bears in Siberia. There are only grenades and bags of jagged glass.
You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor! Take her away.
486:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/03/30 12:46:42
The Republicans are starting to annoy me a little. They don't care about the country,
they just care about opposing anything Obama does and gaining more votes. Totally
unpatriotic.
487:firestar
09/03/30 13:57:43
>>476
these sakura are in DC. I have been there and I have seen them.
wikipedia has images.
URLﾘﾝｸ(upload.wikimedia.org)
i have seen them in bloom they are very nice.
we also have cherry and apple trees that look like this planted around my university and a collage friend and I would go and photo them each spring as they bloom.
488:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 14:37:21
>>487
You should appreciate it to Jonney the apple seed.
489:firestar
09/03/30 14:44:18
>>488
what?
490:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 15:08:11
Yes, I know a number.
491:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 15:20:09
>>489
Thanks to Jonney Appleseed, there're lots of apple trees in America
as far as I know.
492:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 15:32:31
Yes, I know a number.
493:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 16:36:55
>>486
Can you be a little more specific?
You are talking about AIG or something?
I hear the poll showes that the number of people who support Obama
has been dwindling (though it still is over 50 percent isn't it?)
mainly because of that AIG managirial staff recieving horrible amount of money thing.
Some people in 2ch say, however, more and more American tax money is used to pay other
financial organizations than is used for AIG. Still, American media doesn't seem to focus
on the problem. If American people are notified of it, I'm sure they will get angry.
>They don't care about the country,
>they just care about opposing anything Obama does
I know how frustated you are. Seeing the biggest opposition party in Japan, which calls themselves
Democratic Party, doesn't coorperate for overcoming this financial crisis, I think I can share what
you think about those politicians whose heads are full of shit.
494:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 17:01:49
Personally, I expect Obama to succeed and get honored in the future.
495:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 17:36:21
Yes, I know a number.
496:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 17:44:55
Get the hell off my back, you airhead.
497:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 17:47:58
>>495
you are boring
498:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 22:30:39
Yes, I know a number.
499:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/30 23:41:41
Not that I care but just a friendly reminder. If you keep posting the exact same nonsense line over and over,
soon they can ban you. Though I'm not sure of the number of posts it takes to cause that,
I know it only takes a true idiot to get banned and their IP number will be showcased somewhere. Good luck.
500:firestar
09/03/31 04:21:15
fucking progressives fuck fuck
it really is starting to look like a good idea for me to move out of the nation.
anyone from canada here? how are things going up there lately?
501:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 04:47:18
>>500
It's said that there's a kingdom for NEET.
Flee from America and live in the NEET kingdom, where you don't have to
work.
502:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 04:52:21
>>500
I shall allow you to sow seeds of apple throughout the kingdom.
I'm the king and I shall rear a monument in which your name is engravd,
"firestar Appleseed."
503:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 07:59:34
URLﾘﾝｸ(edition.cnn.com)
Gates said that the U.S. military could shoot down "an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii ...
or something like that, we might consider it, but I don't think we have any plans to (do) anything like that at this point."
Hmm.. I just recalled that Obama is from Hawaii.
Perhaps, the U.S. is now starting to think it's time to withdraw their forces from Japan as well.
Or just keep them on a long paid vacation as some kind of incentive for otaku recruits?
I thought we had a treaty...
504:firestar
09/03/31 09:55:44
>>501
>>502
i lol'd
505:firestar
09/03/31 10:32:57
i just learned a new word today
URLﾘﾝｸ(dictionary.reference.com)
506:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 10:40:32
Yes, I recognized a true natural number which can control entire world.
507:firestar
09/03/31 11:03:19
>>506
and so what is it?
508:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 11:48:36
>>507
It's what you first come up with.
509:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 15:39:45
>>505
It's a bird in zoological classfication. They live in Antarctica and can't fly.
If you want to see it, go there.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.pittsburghzoo.org)
510:firestar
09/03/31 16:07:41
>>509
you mean a penguin?
511:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 16:30:26
>>510
That's right! Not funny, eh? I know.
512:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 17:45:29
Hi guys!
Does anybody know good US message board sites similar to 2ch?
We could all go there and try talking to American guys,
and come back here and share our experiences.
How do you think?
513:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 18:25:54
I only know English. I hope that I am still welcome as I only want to socialize with 2ch.
>>512
There is a board that mocks 2ch, actually. It is very popular now: URLﾘﾝｸ(4chan.org)
However craigslist.com has a wider demographic and an even simpler board style. That might be more of what you are looking for since most people on 4chan act childish.
514:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 18:38:52
>>512
I think it's an exciting idea (^ω^.)
If I were skilled enough to communicate with others in English, I wouldn't hesitate to join it.
515:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 18:43:28
here is full of exert in english?
i am into english.
this is big a find!!
516:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 19:32:23
Yes, I know a number.
517:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 20:22:38
Yes, I know a number of Japanese people who can speak English is increasing.
518:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 21:48:22
In that case, a should be raplaced by the.
519:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/03/31 22:19:11
I call myself Mr. Anology. I can explain every incident on earth to you, using baseball analogy.
eg) I got up late and couldn't make it to the class.
I would use this baseball anology:
It's like, a runner on the first base started late trying to steal a base
and was tagged out.
I can explain each and every incident that happens to you in daily life,
using a baseball analogy. Do you have anything that you want me to explain with a baseball analogy?
Go ahead.
520:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 01:35:02
>>519
I stumbled over the stone and got injored.
Can you explain this incident by using baseball anology?
521:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 02:52:08
>>512-514
There's also 420chan.org
similar to 4chan/2chan, but smaller, less focused on otaku/weeaboo culture and the visitors write much more correct English than 4channers.
522:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 03:26:32
>>520
It's easy.
You were on the first base and trying to steal the second base.
The pitcher threw a ball to the first baseman to stop you from
stealing the second base. You hurried back to the first base in time.
You are safe. You thought the first baseman threw the ball back to the pitcher but in reality
he hid the ball in his glove. You tried to steal the second base again and
made a few steps away from the first base. Ouchhhhh. The first baseman
tagged you out.
523:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 04:59:38
Ｈｅｙ， ｈｙｂｒｉｄ ４ｃｈａｎｎｅｒｓ．
Ｉ ｄｏｎ’ｔ ｙｏｕｒ ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ａｎｄ ｋｉｌｌｉｎｇ ｓｏｏｎ！
Also, the best board similar to 2ch in style and in culture is 4-ch, and not 4chan.
4chan is ugh.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.4-ch.net)
524:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 05:26:07
>>522
Can you explain this with your analogy?
Korean guys are so hot and sexy that white girls are mesmerised with them around the world.
I'm proud of it. :)
525:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/01 05:57:50
If Korean men are so sexy, then do they attract other Korean men as well?
What about the Korean women? If Korean men are apparently mating with women all
over the entire world, then surely there is an imbalance.
526:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 06:06:45
>>524
It's too easy.
A pitcher insists his fastball is more than 100mph/160kmph and thinks all the scouts of major
league's clubs are fascinated by his pitches. He's very proud of it.
But everybody knows that his fastball is less than 50mph and can't
even pass as a little leaguer.
527:金玉儿
09/04/01 06:12:07
>>519
Can you really explain every incident in the metagalaxy, using baseball analogy?
Well, I always masturbate while comparing the strength of Kim Yuna's thigh with strength of Mizener's thigh.
I wan to win Kim's thigh, and when I think so my penis begin to grow up huge and burst.
Can you explain this phenomenon with your analogy?
528:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 06:29:45
>>527
I don't know who Mizener is and I'm not 100% sure what you mean so
this anology might not so good. Anyway, here goes...
A pitcher is good at throwing both curveball and fastball.
He wants to strike a hitter out with his fastball because he thinks
it's more cool than throwing a curve. The thought of him striking the hitter
out gets him really excited.
529:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 06:37:56
>>528
Please try and explain Holocaust in baseball analogy.
530:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 06:46:25
>>525
Theoretically, you're right in that there should be an immense number of homosexual Korean couples over there,
but I don't know, since Mr. Perfect Korea only mentions white girls. Maybe Korean girls are extremely popular, too.
531:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 06:57:25
>>529
An arrogant General Manager of a big club fired lots of players in his
team who he thinks are terrible by his own biased standard.
532:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 08:00:09
I happened to meet an old friend on the street after the long time interval and then found myself falling love with her.
Can you explain this with your anology?
533:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 12:23:42
もう少し読める、価値のあるものを書けよ、クソな諸君！
534:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 12:24:59
しかし英語をやりたがる馬鹿はおおいよな～
535:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 12:27:46
馬鹿は架空の英語がお好き。日本で英語？っておかしいのわかんないクソだらけ。
536:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 12:31:47
日本で英語をやっても無駄な臨戦態勢。
537:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 13:36:42
>>536
おまえ馬鹿だろ
538:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 14:57:15
We can recoganise same people wether the board displays ID or not.
539:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 15:18:53
>>532
One hitter was in a terrible slump so he changed his hitting form.
He got back to his hitting form that he had long time ago.
The hitting form clicked and he get out of the slump and
540:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 18:42:04
>>539
make no sense to me
541:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 19:31:32
>>538
"recoganise" is used in England OK?
Do you prefer it to USA?
542:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 19:34:48
>>530
That means either Most Korean women are mateless due to their men being gay or mating with westerners,
or that almost all Koreans only have sex with foreigners. In either case, the Koreans as an ethnic group will
quickly cease to exist over the next few generations.
543:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 21:34:42
If you are a man, MUST SEE!!!
(p)URLﾘﾝｸ(p.pita.st)
(p)URLﾘﾝｸ(p.pita.st)
544:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 22:11:39
>Microsoft offered a $250,000 reward to anyone who could catch the worm authors.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.cnn.com)
イギリス人..... Never answer if someone knocks on your door.
Pack your things and fly to Cyberia ASAP. You need to hide deep in the woods. Watch out!!!
>>543
Looks Yummy.....
She must be one of the girls called 女神 in 2ch jargon.
545:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/01 22:44:34
>>544
>She must be one of the girls called 女神 in 2ch jargon.
BINGO!
546:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 10:40:50
+ +
∧＿∧ +
（0ﾟ･∀･） ワクワクテカテカ
（0ﾟ∪ ∪ + wakuwakutekateka
と＿_)__) +
547:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 19:04:47
ｽﾚﾘﾝｸ(english板)l50
I've just posted a question in the thread.
If you have time, please answer me. Thank you.
548:sage
09/04/02 19:18:45
What is so funny...
549:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 20:37:03
Yes, I know a number.
550:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 21:20:21
>>549 is the first retard JAP to actually make sense
551:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 21:43:40
are you retard dude?
552:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 21:44:28
yes
stupid JAP country is stupid asshole
Fuck retard ASO
stupid asshole w
553:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/02 22:57:06
>>552
You had better wank watching this.
URLﾘﾝｸ(p.pita.st)
554:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 00:09:54
>>553
Yummy yummy
555:real yakibuta ◆rZ/DxCHAR.
09/04/03 02:57:54
I found the following C&P.
＿＿__
／＿_.）)ﾉヽ control panel →
.|ミ.l _ ._ i.） voice recognition →
（＾'ﾐ/.´・ .〈・ ﾘ select " Microsoft Sam "(If you are Japanese.)
.しi r､_） | Useing the following text, play voice.
| `ﾆﾆ' / " what she got so dat Tatar. "
ﾉ `ｰ―i´
That's funny. haha
We can listen to his cliche.
556:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 03:09:59
>>555
All I could choose was Ann. There's no Sam in my PC, maybe because
my PC is vista? Tater is better than Tatar. It sounds more like てた。
557:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/03 10:27:57
I've begun looking over Chinese a bit. At first glance, a lot of the characters
are written the same and even have the same meaning as Japanese. The traditional
characters even look similar, just a few added strokes.
That sure is convenient.
The pronunciations on the other hand... I don't think it's possible to get it
right on my own without a native speaker. Lordy.
558:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/03 13:33:10
URLﾘﾝｸ(finance.yahoo.com)
>The House budget drew opposition from 20 Democrats as well as all 176 Republicans who voted.
>In the Senate, only two Democrats voted against the plan, along with all 41 Republicans.
Really, every single one? Not a single Republican think it is a good idea, while
nearly all the Democrats do?
This is what I was talking about earlier, how the Republicans are just putting their
fingers into their ears, saying "BLAH BLAH I CAN'T HEAR YOU", and opposing anything
Obama does.
Oh yea, and,
>But a Republican alternative fared poorly in the House, where 38 GOP lawmakers voted against a plan supported by their own leadership.
Officials ascribed much of the opposition to a provision that called for eliminating traditional fee-for-service Medicare for individuals
who reach age 65 in 2020 or later and replacing it with coverage from private insurance companies.
THEY DON'T EVEN LIKE THEIR OWN PLAN? YOU ARE USELESS PEONS, REPUBLICANS.
559:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 15:10:10
oh...Taepodong is coming.
560:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 17:08:12
Opposing The Great Brotherly Leader President Obama is ridiculous!
561:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 19:05:24
>>557
Hey, I'm going to learn Chinese language with almost no knoledge about it as you.
Maybe, I know a little bit more kanji than you have, so I get to a certain level more quickly.
But let's compete!
562:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 19:20:16
Americans win when they and Japanese start learning Chinese together.
Knowing a Japanese version of Kanji won't help. Instead that puts a huge roadblock in the way.
Americans can transfer their grammar of English to Chinese, but Japanese can't that of Japanese.
In addition, there are a whole bunch of easy access to China for Americans, but there are few for Japanese.
Japanese are supposed to pick Korean instead of Chinese. They can be super-students without troubles.
Good luck anyway for your challenge.
563:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/03 20:06:11
>>562
Really? It's sad that knowing kanji used in Japan won't help with acquiring Chinese.
Looking at the pronunciaiton, both Chinese and English have wide range of sounds, unlike Japanese.
Native English speaker don't seem to get trouble in speaking Chinese as long as I watch videos in youtube.
Cool!
564:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/04 01:20:33
>>561
Alright, first, I have to wait until the book I ordered comes in!
>>563
I think it will, actually. Japanese characters are almost exactly the same
in appearance and inherent meaning as Chinese characters, but the readings of
said characters are different. However, that means I won't have to, say, memorize
the basic alphabet again. Except for the single Hanzi which seem to have single characters
for STRANGELY SPECIFIC items.
565:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 02:19:01
>>564
Out of curiosity, how many Kanji do you know?
566:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 05:35:00
The Japanese version of Chinese characters are somewhere between traditional ones and simplified ones.
They are all logograms but different in minor details. It's like looking at texts in Russian, Polish, and English.
Anyway, when Japanese start learning Chinese, they start learning from reading Chines texts. This works fine.
But when it comes to speaking, the knowledge of how to pronounce Chinese characters in Japanese interferes them every step they go.
(Remember Americans who are learning French....)
The golden rule for any Japanese to learn Chinese is to spend all of your time on speaking and listening at the beginning. This works.
Hope this would be of your assistance.
567:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 05:51:20
Don't think, just feel.
568:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 05:59:00
More to be precise, it's like a difference among the Greek, the Russian, and the Roman alphabets.
The traditonal and Japanese ones are like those of the Greek and the Russian. The simplified ones are like that of the Roman.
569:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 06:27:23
What exactly happened in NY?
Seems like some random shooting took place and a dozen of immigrants got killed there.
570:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/04 06:34:37
>>569
Apparently some idiot blocked the back door of an immigration services center with his car,
went in with a gun, and started killing as many people as he could before killing himself.
Obama reacted swiftly in giving his thoughts and prayers to the victims and Biden chastised
the already dead gunman.
571:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 07:21:57
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
Have you ever heard of or ate at Coldstone Creamery?
I hadn't heard of it until I watched some videos on youtube.
The icecream sold there looks delicious and I definately want to try some
but I'm confused with its staff sing a song. I felt this feeling coming up from inside of me, "JUST SHUT UP!"
Very irritating.
Yeah, girls there are cute but....Just "SHUT UP!" is what I thought
about them. Am I the exception? What do you think?
Also, from hygienic point of view, singing like that is rediculous.
They spit over icecream, right? I bet a man with girl's saliva fetish
would love it.
Some videos on youtube show Coldstone Creamery clerks overseas sing and dance
while making icecream. What the heck. I guess the idea behind it is
to entertain customers but at least I wan't entertained.
I don't like the idea of importing the custom of singing to its outlets
in Japan. They think what's popular in America should get popular in Japan, too
and I don't like it.
Let me use this baseball analogy here. I hate Coldstone Creamery clerks' singing
as much as I hate some Japanese baseball players who chew a gum in a
game like hell, thinking its cool influeced by Major Leaguers.
572:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 07:46:31
>>570
Ummm.. It looks like there have been lots of shooting sprees going on lately.
We've got a madman with a missile (or whatever satellite) across the sea but most probably no one's gonna die.
I guess one with a gun in the neighborhood might actually be more of a threat in real life. 合掌
573:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 07:51:30
>>571
It's a terrible scene.
If it started as a result of being influenced by other country, I think it's all the worse.(^_^;)
574:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 09:46:30
Maybe that dude played "Postal" too much....
575:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/04 10:14:18
>>571
Is what you find so annoying something which can be explained or is it just
irritating for no particular reason? I don't see anything annoying about that.
I went to a Coldstone Creamery once. It was alright. The service was nothing
special.
>>572
I almost wish someone would just invade North Korea and get that idiot out of power. He
is starving his whole country because of his own personal pride. It's ridiculous, but I
have a feeling if anyone does invade he will make every damn person in the country a
conscript and the causalities would end up being huge.
Besides that, these kinds of killing sprees just about happen on a regular basis now.
It's pretty consistent.
>>565
I have no idea. Certainly not enough.
576:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/04 10:19:57
hahahaha, I just noticed this.
On yahoo finance
URLﾘﾝｸ(finance.yahoo.com)
>Here are 10 great affordable places to retire.
-- Binghamton, N.Y.
They release this article on the exact same day that there is a killing spree in
Binghamton. Just great lol. Indeed, a great place to retire.
577:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 11:04:49
I just watched Fox News. I thought I was under illusion that I was in wonderland...
Bill O'Reilly was criticizing Obama for, in his speech in Paris, being wrong regretting the tortures
inflicted by the US Forces in Iraq and too much pandering to the French. On top of that,
O'Reilly endorsed what Bush did in the past 8 years. Is he sane by American standards,
or did I misunderstand something about why Europeans are somewhat anti-America?
578:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 11:23:56
An artificial satelite is going to be lounched across Japan from North Korea. Be careful‥
579:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 12:25:29
>>578
Idiot!
580:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/04 12:31:22
>>577
Europeans are just bitter that they lost all of their former colonies, nothing more.
581:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 13:38:09
>>579
no, you!
582:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 16:12:41
Yes, I know a number.
583:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 18:42:36
>>578
Japanese Government can't detected the missile. It's may fake for another
one to having us confused. Be ware for it!
584:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 19:35:38
Are there
dengerous places in Los angels？
585:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 21:08:15
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
0:19
>>584
As far as I know, one of the dangerous places in LA is sounth central
586:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/04 23:24:21
North Korea thought twice to launch a missile.
587:金玉儿
09/04/05 06:16:13
I thnk Kim Yu-na's thigh the stronger because her thigh is thin and soft.
Therefore I'm convinced Kimmy Mizener know better than to hit her fat and firm thigh against Yu-na's thigh!!
Even if One hundred of Kimmy Mizeber's thighs in a bunch confront Kim Yu-na's thigh, they could not win.
Do you know Kimmy Mizener?
588:イギリス人
09/04/05 10:03:56
>>544
Hid for a week, but it was too cold, so came back.
>>580
Being in what once was the largest colonial superpower the world has ever
seen, there's not really all that much tension between here and the US.
Britain's most distrusted nation is still just across the sea. France.
589:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 11:07:41
People tend to forget but it's true that the UK also took a major part in
the Afghanistan and Iraq invasion for its own interests. I watched a good
BBC documentary show that describes what was going on in Britain
right before entering the Afghanistan war.
590:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 11:58:30
>>589
Go ahead.
591:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 12:11:06
North Korea... for Christ's sake.
592:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 12:56:42
Where did the missile go anyway?
593:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 13:29:10
I guess the missile plunged into the Pacific ocean.
594:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 17:24:30
>>588
>Being in what once was the largest colonial superpower the world has ever
seen, there's not really all that much tension between here and the US.
Pardon my ignorance, but I don't understand the structure of this sentence.
I understand this type of sentences are called the participial construction,
and the deleted subject of the sub clause is identified with the subject of the main clause.
But here, I wonder what the hidden subject really is.
Probably, Britain, or I?
595:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/05 23:02:35
Well, I think this sentence is a bit irregular, meaning-wise.
But anyway, yes, 'here' means U.K., I think.
Did that bother you?
596:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 01:26:20
>>595
I see, thanks. I just got a little confused, since I still haven't got the hang of it.
Besides, イギリス人 often drops the subject, so I couldn't get rid of the feeling that he might possibly omit some word.
597:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 01:31:50
Those North Korean leaders are fucking crazy.
598:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 12:12:37
What's Fuck?
599:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 14:09:01
My American girlfriend says her friends are all interested in Korean guys
and I asked her why, then she answered, "obviously Korean guys are really quite attractive.
I know all the girls over the world fall in love with Korean guys and we all American girls also can't help it."
and after that, she added, "Korean guys are mesmerising because they are smart, manly, and self-confident. I thought
you would say no when I asked you out. I was totally nervous then. Having a Korean boyfriend was my dream. So I'm really
happy now." Yes, I know Korean guys are popular with girls, but I didn't expect this much.
Korean guys are known as highly educated, gentle to girls, as well as manly and sexy. No wonder girls are attracted to Korean guys.
My girl says Chinese and Jap guys are far pathetic compared to Korean guys, She says those who walk on the street with them are considered a loser
so many girls don't have any interest in them. I don't know why they are disliked so much, but one thing is for sure: even if American girls
are not interested in Jap and chinese guys, that doesn't mean Asian guys need to feel depressed. Korean guys represent Asian sexiness. Korean guys popularity will never change.
On the contrary, it's increasing. So all Asian guys should be thankful to and proud of Korean guys! :)
600:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 14:51:00
We must wage a vigorous and ruthless war against North Korea.
A pre-emptive strike, nuclear or conventional, which can wreak
devastating and irrevocable havoc on the whole land of North Korea,
is the only solution to the intractable impasse facing us.
North Korea is a malignant tumor which must be wiped out,
once and for all, for the stability and prosperity of the Far East.
Now is the time to take action.
601:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 14:59:49
DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA
DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA
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DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA DOWN WITH NORTH KOREA
602:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 16:32:03
North Korea is a bleeding malignancy without extracting which
a numbing cataclysm that will eventually lead to the dysfunctional
paralysis and agonizing demise of Japan is never to be evaded.
But, unfortunately, anti-humanitarian, resource-devouring China
and ever-callous, ever-implacable Russia, which together with
tumorous North Korea coalesce as a totalitarian axis of evil, are
the fanatical foes too perilous to handle with the present military
capability of Japan.
Avaricious America will never intervene militarily because there is no oil at stake.
Hence the need to make Japan nuclear.
603:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 16:53:59
>>600ｰ602
Go Oil, young man!
604:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 16:57:12
>>599
Go Canine, Korean Guys!
605:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 17:02:28
>>599
Go Kennels, Korean Guys!
606:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/06 18:07:24
Rocken Roll is dead.
So is 米人.
607:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 00:07:32
Rick roll is still alive and kicking.
608:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 01:12:31
>>607
Rick Rolling stopped being funny the day it was invented.
609:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 01:36:49
>>608
Now the most famous Rolling is this.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.youtube.com)
610:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/07 06:00:20
>>599
Sounds like you had a nice conversation with your hand.
611:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 06:06:57
>>610
Responding to him looks like you want to join the conversation with him and his hand.
612:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 06:12:20
>>610
URLﾘﾝｸ(cgi2.nhk.or.jp)
Enjoy this news video.
613:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/07 10:36:17
>>612
Yea yea, I heard about that. That is a Japanese show, isn't it? That news anchor
looks kind of Asian... or Indian, I guess, but he sounds American.
...I think I am the only tripfag left here except for the one special appearance
of イギリス人.
614:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/07 12:01:02
I'm reading this book called, "The Great Crash, 1929", it is just infinitely
interesting. It's been in print continuously since it was published in 1955.
People back then were just insane. They were betting into the
securities market when a large majority of them didn't even understand how it
worked... just it makes them money somehow. Not even the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee knew how it worked and he was publishing articles
telling people how to become rich.
The Fed seemed to know what was going on, that everyone else was being fucking
stupid, but they were just keeping their mouths shut because they didn't want
to take the blame for preemptively causing an inevitable crash.
615:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 12:31:37
>>614
Majority of people in the US still believe Pearl harbor was a "surprise attack"
and even compare it to 9/11. So what can I say. People ARE fucking stupid.
616:615
09/04/07 12:58:26
by the way, Thanks for bringing up the book. I'm currently reading Grate Gatsby and that book could
definitely be the next one.
617:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 13:20:02
>>615
Even majority of Japanese people blindly believe Japanese armies attacked Hawaii without any statement before it.
Still, I have no idea if it's true or not.
618:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 13:51:19
>>617
Japan DID attack Hawaii without declaring the war. Japan declared war 30 minutes
after the attack so it is technically a surprise attack. So there is no excuse there, but
30 minutes? Did it really matter when the administration was well aware that they are
invoking the attack by sending Japan the ultimatum?
Sorry Tennessean it may not be fair I talk about it here but I just couldn't believe
American media brought up Pearl Harbor 8 years ago. And the last depression,
and ignorance of both American and Japanese citizens, were 2 of the major
reasons we got into the war so I thought it's somewhat relevant.
619:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/07 14:13:13
>>618
I tend to stay as far away from the American media as possible so I didn't even know about that, but besides
that, I'm not offended at all. 9/11 isn't at all like Pearl Harbor in that the terrorists were just aiming to
kill American citizens, not wage war with our military.
620:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/07 14:17:32
American leadership was desperately looking for a way to enter WW2 long before Japan
attacked. America usually doesn't enter or start a war unless freedom or the country is
somehow threatened. Pearl Harbor gave them an excellent reason to enter.
621:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 14:18:53
US secret agency had known that Japan would attack pearl harbor, but they hadn't let hawaian military know Japans attack.
622:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 14:43:25
>>619-620
Thank you. That's exactly how I see it and I know a lot of American people do too.
But sadly "people" are not as smart as you are, and one of the things that drives people
even crazier is money, so considering the circumstance we are in, it is natural to
be interested in what happened in the last depression. That's why I start reading
an old book and it seems you picked another book from the same age.
Thank you again for bringing it up. I'll read it after I finish great gatsby.
it'll take some time though.
623:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 14:50:54
>>621
The administration was aware of the attack, there is no question about it.
but I don't know if they knew it would be Pearl Harbor. I personally doubt it.
624:firestar
09/04/07 14:59:41
>>622
from reading the political/historical posts made by mr tennessean over the past few months, "smart" would be a poor word choice.
"uneducated" would be a better choice.
read the books The 5000 Year Leap, American Progressivism, The Real George Washington, The Real Thomas Jefferson, The Real Benjamin Franklin, and Liberal Fascism.
all good reads
625:firestar
09/04/07 15:02:57
i can't post via the app "Thousand" anymore. what is wrong?
626:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 15:04:09
>>624
You mean "educated"?
Now you are asking me too much, but I'll keep these in my mind too. Thanks,
627:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 15:19:48
OK. I made it too political. My bad.
It sounds like you have been here for months Tennessean, what made you ?
Are you trying to learn Japanese? Did 2ちゃんねる help or is it mainly for motivation?
What's your favorite Japanese learning site?
628:firestar
09/04/07 15:22:35
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.wimp.com)
629:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 15:33:56
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630:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 15:43:30
>>628
It provides an interesting view, but isn't it too much like
a TV commercial for Dodge Ram?
631:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 15:51:40
I mean, "Ford is so old they suck we have Hemi and we rule!" kind of way?
I actually find Republicans are more oligarchic.
632:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/07 19:35:36
This is a nice pussy.
Must see.
URLﾘﾝｸ(p.pita.st)
633:金玉儿
09/04/07 20:36:27
Kim Yu-na must be a most beautiful and a most graceful since human race appeared on the earth.
Why don't president Barack Obama and North Korean 金正日 sign over thier posts for Kim Yu-na?
634:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/08 03:17:56
>>627
It's mainly for Japanese learning. There is so much slang used around here
that it isn't easy to read a lot of stuff.
>>624
Is this guy Japanese? But anyways, yea, I'm an idiot.
635:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 05:13:59
Japan Pledges To Halt Production Of Weirdo Porn That Makes People Puke
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.theonion.com)
well, not that I would care...
（；_・）
636:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 05:45:23
>>632
Yum Yum Yummyyyy.
637:Tennessean ◆3VadybvJ.s
09/04/08 11:24:07
I got my Chinese book... and yea, I have no clue how to pronounce nearly
all of this stuff. The book gives explanations of how to move the mouth
to make the sounds, but it isn't too helpful. I think I was supposed to
order another book which goes with the one I already got. That one probably
has the CDs this book is referring too.
The drawings in this book are quite interesting, btw, it looks very old.
It is fitting for a book from a communist republic.
638:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 11:35:16
Don't think, just feel!
639:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 11:43:59
You practice practice practice practice practice practice practice the whole day through
To practice practice practice practice practice practice practice is what you are supposed to like to do.
It ain't no trick to master Chinese quick lol!
640:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 12:06:02
>>635
I have no interest whatsoever in those creative porn films or don't give a damn if they get prohibited,
but my impression is, they were moronic enough to keep watching it until they got sick. Silly.
641:名無しさん＠英語勉強中
09/04/08 15:58:05
Do you know Aizawa Yurie?
Aizawa Yurie is a Japanese singer-songwriter age 18.
She is not only a singer-songwriter, but also DJ of the radio FM-YOKOHAMA.
Besides she is a student at the music university.
She is very cute and her songs are so nice.
I think she will be one of the best singer-songwriter in Japan soon.
Don't miss her songs!!
URLﾘﾝｸ(youtube.com)