Anonymous

Dear 2ch'ers,

for a long while now, foreign people like me have been watching
the culture of the famous Japanese sites 2ch.net and 2chan.net.

Some of us have even tried to create something like
these legendary sites for the English-speaking community
of the internet. You may have heard about these efforts,
the most majorly known is 4chan.org, another was iichan.net
(which is down at the moment but might come back soon).

These sites have been and are mostly image boards like 2chan,
serving the purpose of sharing images rather than encouraging
actual discussion between users.

The youngest attempt to change this situation and to offer
the English-speaking community a comfortable place to share
information and discuss subjects of various nature without
having to register an account (like most other non-japanese
online forums) and an option to stay completely anonymous,
in the tradition of 2ch, is 4-ch:

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www.4-ch.net

As I mentioned, the site is still very young and also
highly experimental. Not many people post there right now,
but we wish to change that.

And now, after such a long explanation, I want to reveal the
reason behind me having creating this thread on 2ch:

We are hereby inviting people who want to discuss something on
Japanese to our Japanese forum on 4-ch:

http://4-ch.net/nihongo/

Right now, there are mostly people who are just starting to learn
Japanese themselves and are more fluent in English than in Japanese.
That situation is probably the opposite of the one here on 2ch's
English forum.

You could probably help some novices in the art of speaking, writing
and, most importantly, understanding Japanese.
Or you could educate us foreigners about Japanese online culture
(and vice versa?). Or you could make fun of us behind our backs
by talking to each other in obscure terms.

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But in general, we do not wish to restrict your actions and intents
there in any way except for the general request to keep Japanese posts
in the Japanese forum and speak English in the other forums.
English still remains the standard language on the other 4-ch boards
and we wish to keep it that way, as it is the standard language to
communicate with each other on western online forums.

People who speak both Japanese & English will naturally have
more entertainment on 4-ch, but it is by no means a requirement
to have fun there at all. One can simply read and learn until one
is ready to speak!

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It is an interesting internet that just waits to be discovered by us all!
So, please feel free to pay us a visit and ENJOY & GENTLEMEN,
so to speak!

Sincerely,

Anonymous

PS: We are still looking for someone who would like to help us
translating the rules of 4-ch (http://4-ch.net/rules.html) into
correct Japanese. Any help will be appreciated and maybe
rewarded with a cookie (cookies are delicious delicacies)!

PPS: I apologize if this thread should be inappropriate for
this forum on 2ch. I figured it might be the best way to get
people to read this and actually understand it, since I do
not understand Japanese myself (I am German).

PPPS: orz for failing at correctly telling the Name field
from the Subject field.

It's too wordy to read.
Make it short.

>>5

Please come to http://4-ch.net/nihongo/ to speak Japanese with foreigners.
Have fun & abide by the rules of the place!

>>6
As you may or may not realize, some bad guys
have tried to decieve people on this message system(2ch)
many times.
I don't wanna be rude, but I still don't believe you, I mean,
if I click the address and my pc break down, I'll regret it.

So I'm sitting on the fence for a while, though you may think
I'm a bit too suspicious..

>>7

Ah, but clicking on things is the premier way to get along on the internet, isn't it?
After all, clicking on things probably brought you here to 2ch, after all!
Clicking on things isn't so bad. Sometimes, you just gotta take a risk and give it your all!
And with a decent browser you don't have to be afraid of the internet hurting your computer,
although that is always a possibility. But then again, you might also poison yourself from drinking tab water!
Interacting with the world might be dangerous, but it is also mostly interesting.

>>8
Well, you have a point.
But I'm sorry to tell you I haven't yet installed any
anti-virous software or whatever on my pc.

So can I ask you something?
If you copy and paste what's written in Japanese on your site,
I can trust you.
What do you say?

Oh, it is not actually my site, I am just a user there.
But there is a thread I started there to welcome all 2ch'er.
Here is the text of it:

名前： Anonymous 2004-11-17 22:32 ID:Heaven [Del]

いとしい2ch'er(こんにちは)!

この糸は自動的なオンライン翻訳サービスで作成されました。

それは、すべての種類の途方もない誤りで恐らくいっぱいです。

また私がここでユーザ仲間の確かな大部分である間、の上で/nihongo/私ができるより、日本のよりよい方を話すことができる、私たちがすべて必死にあなたのガイダン?Xおよび好意を必要とするという徴候として私の愚行を役立たせる!

言いかえれば:4-chの上で楽しんでください、そして特に/nihongo/!それは面白いインターネットです!

orz

>>10
Thanks.
I entered the site, and found your thread.

But I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do?
Do they want to talk in Japanese, or
want to learn the language?

Incidentally, who created the website?
I suspect it's some Japanese,
because "レスを全部読む 最新レス５０ レス１−１００" are Japanese.
That led me to think people on the site are mastly Japanese..
What did you invite us there for?
Are you Japanese also??

>>11-12

The website was created by Squeeks, the webmaster of 4-ch. He is either Canadian or American, I think,
as are most of the people on 4-ch.
The software he uses is a translated version of Kareha, a software similiar to the one used on 2ch.
There is a link to the page of the software on the bottom of each page on 4-ch, if you are interested in it.

About what you should do there or what I invited you there for,
all of that is covered in >>1-4

But in shorter words: Just take it as an opportunity to communicate.
We might improve our understanding of Japanese language & culture and
you might improve your understanding of western language & culture.
At least, that is what we can hope for. But basically, as I said,
we want everybody to have fun. Everything goes, as long as the rules
are followed, which are pretty basic.

閑散としてるな。

Anybody's here?

milk tea

nobody but you and me, i guess.

Are you drinking it?

Yeah, seems like you're right.

I've been watching a can of milk tea for about 4 hours now.

how come?

What for??
Is it so interesting for you?

we're three people, aren't we?

I can't sleep.
I do it insted of counting sheeps, when I can't sleep.
But It seems it didn't work this time.

So you've been watching milk tea?

okeydokey!
i'll give you a few tips you can sleep.
relax in your bed, and then close you eyes.
do not think anything in there, never.
let's go to bed, shall we?
good night!

It sounds to me, however, your advice won't do.

ahonyamous

What do you mean, ahonyamous?

早朝から英語の練習ができるスレはここですか？

go back to gbs anonymous >:[

What were you saying?

orz

The Anonymous guy might want to get popular in 2ch.
Actually, at least everyone here in this thread will keep on backing him up.
So he doesn't want give up getting all people on the board to know
the site he came from.
His continueus efforts will pay in the future.

I like it here.
Everyone seems kind to each other.

I can't agree more.
Anonymous san should enjoy himself here.
That means a lot to us.

He needs posting his greetings to everyone.

Go away, Anonymous.

No, you're a bit too harsh.
I like him. He's gentle and smart, Anonymous.

It's you I want to get out of here.>38

He's nice to anyone.

2ch sure is huge and attracts a huge and diverse crowd.
I mean, I took a look @ 雑談系２ and I wonder what's going on there. It reminds me of 4chan's /b/ for some reason.
But there's just such a huge ammount of different boards on here, I don't think there is anything you could say with definite
certainty about 2ch (apart from the pure technical aspects), other than that it is huge.

2ch sure grew over the time. It might never have been as small as 4-ch is now, but it sure has been smaller than it is now.
I have not found any comprehensive English ressources on the history of 2ch (the best remains the Wikipedia entry @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ch), so I can just guess. But with certainty I can say that I want 4-ch to grow, too.
4-ch can and should become bigger, maybe not as big 2ch. For that reason, 4-ch might add new boards and such in
the future, but it will also need a bigger growd there who are willing to contribute in some way. So, again, if you
have some spare time, please pay us a visit!

PS: Squeeks, the webmaster and founder of 4-ch is actually an Australian, as I have found out recently.

Anonymous tends to write long and winded stories.
I wish he could've got to the point
so we could read him more easily.

>>42

2ch is pretty huge.
It is my wish that 4-ch becomes pretty huge, too.

I think Anonymous needs to frequent the thread he himself
set up.
If I were him, I'd do it.
Without pacience, he can't make it to spread
what he thinks is enjoyable to us.

Some of us have already been on your side
since the first day of your arrival.

>>43
Can I shoot a personal question?

Why can you read Japanese?
Are you Japanese or a student of the Japanese language?

In my view, the steps you have to take is as follows:
First, you try to become famous on 2ch English board,
so everyone keeps an eye on you.
Second, make known to 2ch people how enjoyable
4-chan is.
Lastly, 2ch people, though I think most of them may be from
this English board, will vist 4-chan.
As a result, we can communicate.

Isn't it a nice idea Anonymous becomes Famous? lol

I can't touch any kind of bugs.
What am I supposed do to sweep them out of my room
when I see them crowling inside my place, Anonymous san?

What is all this talk of fame about, I wonder.

>>45

Except for a few words and expressions, I cannot read, write or speak Japanese at all.

Well, I'm afraid of bugs, especially spiders.
I have aracnophobia.
Do you have any phobia, Anonymous san?

>>48
Import spiders.

>>50
I am afraid of superior sarcasm.

>>51
Are you serious?

By the way, I'm pleased you've come here.
When I read English-speaking people's web site,
I feel the same way as you do, I mean, I don't understand
all the words and expressions of English.

>>51
Well that's tricky.

The fact that you're aware of sarcasm implies that you're not
American but if you were English you'd _have_ superior sarcasm
in the first place ...

Maybe they have inferior sarcasm in Australia.

>>53
I am not Squeeks, by the by, and also I am not Australian.

I am German, but I do not think that this somehow relates to my sense and comprehension of sarcasm.

>>54
Well, speaking of sarcasm,
2ch is full of people who tries to hurt other's feelings.
But I think it's better to ignore such people.
Some of them are nice.

And I didn't mean to get you angry on >>46.
I thought it might help to attract their attentions.

I hope 4ch is known to everyone.

>>55
Concerning abusive people, I think that sentiment holds true for the majority of the internet.
The inability to hold everyone else to a certain degree of responsibility provides ground for a mischievous mentality.
But as long as you can take everything you read with a grain of salt, it is all good.

Concerning becoming famous, I think I will stay here on the English board with my contributions for natural reasons.
I also think that 4-ch will achieve its own kind of deserved fame with enough time passing, eventually.
I believe it's more a matter of patience than of the right kind of advertisement. But maybe we on 4-ch will
continue to advertise the place in other ways in the future. We are debating this at the moment.

>>57
Well, there're a lot of English learners in Japan,
so if they can ask you questions about English,
they will go to 4ch.

One reason why I think so is that even if many of them want to
communicate in English, they can't because of their limited English.
About people on this English board, not all of them try to write
in English because of the lack of confidence.
As for me, I feel I have difficulies getting across what I want to say
in English as well.

But I want to visit 4ch, because I'll be happy
if I can talk with English-speaking people.
So will most of the 2chan-nellers, I think.

For starters, let's get 4ch known to people on 2ch English board.
I'll do whatever I can do to achieve the goal.
So do you want me to advertise 4ch in Japanese?
I think even people here don't read you because it's all in English.
Alas, it sounds miserable to you, though.

And I've just visited the 4ch Japanese board.
As I said, the 15 on the thread you created on 4ch came to the site
as an English learner. Plus, the 15 didn't know what he/she should
do on 4ch.
We have to solve the problem, Anonymous san.

Um, it seems to me, however, you aren't bothered to advertise
the site as I re-read >>57.
Then I was wondering whether you could tell me
what you would do in order to make 4ch popular
along with patience.

Take it easy.

4ch is wanderful.

>>60

Whenever you find a fun or useful thread on 4-ch,
you could link to it for people who would be interested in it.

And you can just use 4-ch, post there, contribute and talk to people,
that way activity will be created which will naturally be a good ground
for more activity from other people as well.

Thank you for your considerate thoughts and continue to enjoy 4-ch!

Hang in there!

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>>64
ここはおまえのへたな絵を貼る場所じゃない。へたな絵はちらしの裏でも
かいとけ。下手な絵は見ただけで不愉快になる。

Won't you contiue the discussion, please?

Sure, what would you like to discuss?

I thought how to make 4ch popular was the main topic, though.

Invite the Vippers.

>>68

I really can't think of any more ways than I have already listed.
Can you think of any more? If so, please feel free to share your thoughts!

>>70
From my point of view, we'd better keep talking about
anything, including 4ch of course, so that everyone pay attention
to this thread, as a result of which
at least people on the 2ch English Board will know
there's another bulletin board similar to 2ch.

So let's not keep this thread deserted.

4-ch is probably the cleanest and most respectable general discussion board in a 2ch style,
but I will point out the others too.
There are two sets of major English boards at the moment;
WAKAChan: http://wakachan.net
4-ch is part of this network, but there are other sites too.

4Chan: http://4chan.org
This is the most active and largest English board.
Unfortunately, .jp visitors (although not bbtec.net) cannot see the image boards.
This was required to prevent the board from running out of bandwidth completely, due to
the very large number of Japanese interested in it.
You can still read the discussion boards, notably http://dis.4chan.org/dis/.
This board is known to parts of 2ch, mainly News4VIP; they tend to fill it up with trash
occasionally, which remains until a moderator (such as myself) cleans it up.

Please write a conclusion in Japanese.

>>71

One thing I thought of yesterday was maybe promoting 4-ch on one of 2ch's
ネット関係 ita. The problem for me is, that I do not know any Japanese, though,
and I do not want to cluster up any of their ita with my English. Maybe one of you
native speakers would like to take on that job?

>>74
That doesn't sound like a bad idea, but
what have in mind about your idea is how many people the 4ch server
can accomodate. I mean, if we can make it to have too many 2ch'ers
visit 4ch, the site can still be accessible?

Though I'm worried about the commotion I imagine would happen
on 4ch , it's worth a try.

>>75

I don't know how much load Squeek's server can take.
When I brought up that question before I started this thread,
he/she said "just go for it, we'll see!".

So I don't think it's going to be a problem, but even if it
does, we'll think of a solution and the risk would be worth it,
anyhow.

I just read the 4ch Japanese board.
I like japanese online idioms thread because
people on there seem really nice to me.

I wonder whether all of the Japanese people who've visited the 4ch site
also saw this thread. If so, our efforts finally paid off, didn't they,
Anonymous san?
If we put our minds to it, we can introduce more people to 4ch!

4ch has become somewhat famous.

Everyone, get together and have fun talking with each other.
Don't be afraid. We are waiting for you.
Try 4ch. Engjoy yourself.

I think 4ch'ers are open to any 2ch'er.
So feel free to post what you want to say on 4ch.

Anonymous gave up this thread.

I have not given up on this thread.
However, it is difficult to come up with really new ideas & thoughts.

Has somebody already created a thread about 4-ch in one of the ネット関係 ita?

Ganbatte ne, 名無しさん＠英語勉強中!

>>82
No, I haven't.
Now you mention it, I once tried visiting 4ch besides the Japanese
board, but I gave up reading people there.
Too difficult for me to understand them, maybe because of
my limited English.
So I respect you in a way, Anonymous san, since you haven't given
up reading 2ch.

>>83
Well, I am pretty much confined to stay in here, as well as you are confined to stay in /nihongo/.
The only other board on 2ch I visit regularly are the AA boards. The language of visual signs is a bit
more universal and easier to understand than the written word.

No more talking, eh?

>>69

That's inviting disaster (w

>>76

4-ch is text based so hopefully it can accomodate a large number of users
better than 4chan could...

sage

Well, it seems like 4-ch is doing well so far.
Numbers of threads and contributions are rising.
I am pleased, but I also believe we can still do better!

4-ch has been improved again! By clicking on "pseud0ch" (in the top of each page
next to "Board Look") you can now change the design of the pages to emulate
the classic 2ch style.

>>89
Hi there, Anonymous san.
I've just visited 4ch for the first time in about 3 weeks.
And it was so amazing to me that many people(including
Japanese people) posted on there and many threads were already created,
that I couldn't read them all at once.
I hope the site will grow continuously, don't you?

Incidentally, I have a question for you, Anonymous san.
Do you think some of them got connected to 4ch because they read
this thread and got interested?
If so, we could advertise the site and let would-be new comers
know the existence of it.
As I see it, that effort would let the ball rolling even further,
I mean, 4ch would become more and more prosperous.

あのう、煮ます？

I hope, Oxbridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley,
MIT, Columbia, Sorbonne, ENA, London School of Economics, etc
ch would become more and more prosperous.
I mean, academic ch would become more and more popular.

more and more

I'm sorry to say this, but I think the one
you call Anonymous was sure to give up on this thread.
Guess his goal was already reached.
So no need for him to come here more.

>>94
No, I don't think so.
I believe he'll come back sooner or later.

>>95
Then, how come he hasn't replied to you if he really
didn't give up?

>>90

Yeah, I think advertising 4-ch through this thread
but also other threads (maily in the 2ch ENGLISH ita)
has helped gain 4-ch in popularity. I will keep that
strategty up.

>>96

I have continously replied to this thread
every time a new question has arised.

So, do not worry. I am here for you
and will hold you tight when you feel lonely.

agege

>>92
I hope, Oxbridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley,
MIT, Columbia, Sorbonne, ENA, London School of Economics, etc
ch would become more and more prosperous.
I mean, academic ch would become more and more popular.

But, where are they?

山を越え谷を越え、英語板にやってきた、こっそり君がやってきた。

テーマ曲に合わせてこっそり100ゲット。

I like 4ch very much.
I'm not sure I've ever talked with Anonymous san on 4ch, though.

Well, anyway, if I build a new thread there,
do you think you will write something on it, Anonymous san?
I'm of two minds whether I'll set it up or not.
Someone kindly told me what I'm supposed to do
if I creat a new one, though.

is it still alive?

>>101

If your thread is interesting, I will post something in it, I think.

>>102

4-ch.net is down right now, but Squeeks is trying to fix it.

>>103
Are you sure?
I'm worried if 4ch does not surely come back.
Do you think the unaccesibility happened because numerous
people have been paying a visit to 4ch?

>>103
As you may or may not read me on 4ch,
what I have in mind is a thread
in which English-speaking people post
in Japanese while Japanese people write in English.
I think it can attract Japanese, because they don't need
to feel ashamed about their English to see English speakers
also make an effort to write something in Japanese.
Do you think English speakers don't like it when
they are asked to write in Japanese?
It might be an idea, I believe, to communicate with each other
that way..

4ch means a lot to me even now.
But if it gets more popular and people here also become obsessed,
then I myself will come to the site more often.
So the brief close-down of 4ch made me a little depressed.

>>105 {Do you think English speakers don't like it when
they are asked to write in Japanese?}

It depends where. If it is in a japanese board like 2ch(business news+) then it makes sense to ask to speak in Japanese.
In this board, both languages should be encouraged. Not many boards have this openness though, whether on 2ch, futaba(2chan), yotsuba(4chan), wakachan or shii☆style.
I wish more people would help each other like friends with their languages.

too bad, racism jokes are not popular in Japan.

http://dis.wakachan.net/err/kareha.pl/1103747121/5

↑ The current situation. Not good. U__U

>>107
Then there's no problem if they're asked to write in Japanese, isn't there?
It's the 4ch Japanese board!

This thread will go on permanently.

It depends anonymous who can write the many interesting describes.

4ch still isn't available.
I don't want to admit to this, but it may not be set up again..
What's your opinion about it?

>>113

If you would have read >>109 you wouldn't have written such a thing.
Give a hoot and inform yourself!

Hi, everyone, 4ch has finally come back.
You're welcome to participate regardless of nationalities,
religions, and what not.
There's been Japanese people posting on 4ch.
So let's come along and talk to 4ch'ers!

ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

For those who did not know it, "Anonymous" means "No name" so I suppose it is
similar to calling oneself "名無しさん".

>>117

Hi Squeeks!

>>117
I'm telling you.
That's because
we decided on "名無しさん＠英語勉強中" after discussing whether
we would use the name or "Anonymous".

As I said before, he deserted this thread.

He must have kept an eye on it.

>>120-121


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There you go again!
What a lazy guy!
You have to stay up as late as other people on this English board.
I believe you have performed less than expected.

He's indifferent to this thread any more,
just because 4ch is doing alright now.

Leave him alone.
He has his life.

>>123-124

Nah. I post a lot more to 2ch now, actually. I even post to the AA forums sometimes.
And I still watch this thread. But there's rarely something new to respond to and
I don't want to reply just in order to age the thread.

Then the thread is over.

>>127 Kill yourself. It's the best for you to do. You can't do
anything good for our society. Nobody needs you. Even your mother
doesn't like you. If so what do you live for? You are nothing.
So just die for all Japanese. You are the only one Japanese
we don't need.

Crazy guys left. Maybe you can post something.

I think I will start a new thread soon. Watch this place!

What is the title?

>>131

English AA Show Tell
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1105016701/

Have fun and participate!

Are you satisfied with the status of 4ch, Anonymous?
Only a few people pay a visit there.
At most 5 messages are written each day.
Do you think 4ch will function, very sluggish, stagnant, or stuck?

I doubt Anonymous is here.

No, he's not.
But who'd care?

He's a slave of 2ch.

I am here. I am just really busy these days.

>>133

To be honest, things could be better. But it's all too early to tell whether this means
failure or whether it is just a hint of future growth.
At least we've been mentioned by someone outside of the English-speaking world of
the internet already! http://www.jp.playstation.com/psworld/column/masa/050114.html

>>137
What impressed me was that you read the article!
It's all written in Japanese.
(I didn't mean you're illiterate, of course)

How about advertise the site to gather attention?
According to the writer, 4ch is very so sluggish that
you may get bored.
Anyway, I agree with him. It's nice to know both Japanese and non-Japanese
people can communicate on 4ch.

>>135
Well, I would.

>>138
As a Japanese, I feel attraction of 4ch lies in you all,
I mean, if the 4ch Japanese board get popular among us though
there're very few non-Japanese people, then what differs from
the 2ch English board? So I ask you English-speaking people
to come along more often. That may be another key to success.

Hey, people, come to 4ch.
It's very exciting and enjoyable.

Some threads are going on a Japanese-language basis.
So whoever can participate if they don't write in English.

hey buddy
you should go outside!
get a job!

forget about the 4ch
that sucks
lame
totally bullshit

4ch is cool.

We're waiting for you!

>>141

We also have a board for your kin: http://4-ch.net/dqn/

Please use it responsibly! ヽ(´ー｀)ノ

Come with me.

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　▽「単発的な質問」や「既存のスレッドと似た内容」で新規スレッドを立てるのはやめよう。
　　・検索や過去ログを活用してね。

Hey Native speakers! Come and help us!
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1089696504/l50
Chatter in English (Part 6)
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1080928972/l50
English Monologue(英語で独り言) PART ７
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1103938145/l50
【真剣】「絶対」英語ONLY【真剣】
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1032157726/l50
英語でレスすると英語力がアップする魔法のスレ
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1029671267/l50
英語で今日の気分を表現するスレ
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1050025795/l50
雑談しようよ！！！！！！！！ Part 15
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1103977751/l50
★〜輝く会話スレ〜★
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1084124578/l50

We must support 4ch so that it'll be a good match for 2ch.

>>146

I beg your pardon?

>>148
Ignore him. Think he was Just kidding.(very boring, though)

So people haven't gathered in 4ch recently just as I thought..

Let's advertise 4ch.

I miss you, Anonymous san.
Why did you left us alone?
You haven't come to this thread for more than a week!!

4ch is good, cool, hot, smart, cute, beautiful, pretty, delicious,........

>>151

I've been busy with several things lately.

But I always come back to this thread to check on it.

Has anybody of you ventured out of /nihongo/ so far?

>>153
Yes, I once tried to read another subject on 4ch, but
it was hard for me because of their colloquial expressions.
Even if you think what they use was not a big word,
it didn't make defferences, I mean,
I didn't know what the meaning was. Plus, if I consulted
an onlin English dictionary such as Eijiro, the dictionary
often missed dealing with such a word.

So I gave up.
(I know they get angry if I ask about the words they uses.)

> (I know they get angry if I ask about the words they uses.)

Nah, dude. We are pretty laid back at 4-ch, if you know what I mean.

>>155
Are you sure?
They sometimes seemed to get mad at each other..
But I'll try once more, and post there if I can.

P.S.
To tell you the truth, I looked up "laid back" on Eijiro.:)
I can guess somewhat, but it's better to be clear about
the meaning, isn't it?

i chacked out 4ch
there aren't many people out there
i don't have all day to get a reaction

>>157
Well, I don't speak againt what you said, but
I like 4ch (though I'm strictly confined to the nihongo board
as I said), because most of them are nice and favorable.

And about the nihongo board, being laid back surely explaines
what their attitude is as Anonymous san said
(I'm not confident about other boards, though).

So it's better to take your time on 4ch.

>>152
Agreed.

毛唐のやることはわけわかんねぇな

How are you doing, guys?

>>153
I finally tried today, Anonymous san.

The leader of this thread has been too busy to read his own thread
once in a week.
You need to be patient.

He won't be long.

I'm sorry to tell you there're only a few people on 4ch..
Why not popular?

Because not so many knows about it, I think.

What are we supposed to do to make 4ch famous?

>>162

Did it feel good?

一行英文うざい

>>168
Yeah, I had butterflies in my stomach, though.:)

A few good men survive on 4ch.

4ch accomodates anyone who wants to be a good man.

Keep talking.

I'll be gone for a few weeks to the land of milk and honey. I'll be back, though.
Live long and prosper, thread! ヽ(´ー｀)ノ

I couldn't guess where it is..

Did you give up spreading around any more news about 4ch?

I wonder if you post in 4ch as Anonymous, Anonymous san.
I sometimes see the user name Anonymous (not in the nihongo board, of course).
It's nice if I see you over there because you let me know about 4ch.
Hope my question will be answered.

英語使ってる？
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1110201524/

>>178
Do you know about 4ch?
There come English-speaking people over there.

Never, ever mention it in front of me, ok?

>>177

I post often as Anonymous (or 名無し) on 4-ch.
(This thread, for instance: http://4-ch.net/games/kareha.pl/1109089700 )
But on some boards, there are different default Anonymous names
(like （*ﾟДﾟ）さん on http://aa5.2ch.net/kao/ ).
For an almost complete list of those names. please refer to this thread:
http://4-ch.net/req/kareha.pl/1101590839

I might want to add that there is a person on www.4chan.org and
some other sites, who goes under the name of Anonymous-san:
Anonymous-san !Co7ArOTpLQ!!LG0N2j5cfaK
This person isn't me, and I think he is kind of silly for putting
"Anonymous" in his name, despite using a tripcode.

I do have a name and tripcode I post myself with sometimes,
but I don't want to reveal it on here. Maybe you can guess it?

>>181
So isn't it you in the thread below, is it?
http://academy3.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1110298355/l50
I thought it's you at first, but I felt something was wrong.
The other Anonymous guy must've tried to give you a bad name.
He was a little offensive/aggresive. And I guess you'd never say "on internet",
I mean you'd never forget to put "the" between those words.


>Maybe you can guess it?
Well, I don't know. I recognized you in the nihongo board before, though.
The Games board hasn't attracted me so far, but I'll try it.:)

>>182
> So isn't it you in the thread below, is it?

Correct, that isn't me.
But "Anonymous" is a default name on many English based image boards and message boards,
like 名無し on Japanese ones.
So maybe he wasn't trying to give me a bad name. I don't know and I don't really care, either.
But I will maybe change my name on here or drop it completely if people should continuously mistake me for him.

> I mean you'd never forget to put "the" between those words.

That's just him pretending to be stupid, I guess.
A lot of people (on the English speaking internet, at least) incorporate
bad grammar and intentional spelling mistakes in their online vocabulary
in order to be funny. A common example would be writing "teh" instead of "the".

I also want to inform you that the server that 4-ch.net is on suffered some problem a few weeks ago,
which is why some threads simply disappeared. The admin knows about this and is looking into fixing it,
but it's a time-expensive task, so patience is the key. If you want to discuss some subject of a thread
which is lost now and you do not want to wait, you can simply create a new thread, though.

Related threads to this on 4-ch.net:

http://4-ch.net/general/kareha.pl/1109609353
http://4-ch.net/req/kareha.pl/1109955573

>>183
＞I will maybe change my name on here or drop it completely if people should continuously mistake me for him.
No, please, won't.
Now that I'm reassured that you're cheerful and benign just as I thought, I'd never mistake you for him.

About the guy, on the other hand, it seemed to me that he just pretended he's from overseas,
because he made grammar mistakes that Japanese people often makes.
Anyway, though, I'd never refer to him from now on, too, as you don't care about him.:)

Hope you'll stay Anonymous on here.

See you again.

>>174
You meant you got married?
If so, to your happy married life, cheers!

>>186

No, I didn't get married. Incidentally, though, I had been engaged with the person I was visiting.

Little by little

Post post post
meow meow meow

Let it be

Leave it to me.

Leave it to Beaver．

Stay where you are.

Freeze．

Please.

What country is the land ofmilk and honey？

increase.

Quick fact: ITT is a common abbreviation for "in this thread".

ITT we are talking about 4-ch!

chaotic

>>1
The fuck are talking about?
2ch is bad enough with the sick shit the Japanese do, like that goddamn CCさくら board...
But fuck, man, 4chan is the fucking devil. It's like all the repressed perversion of a salaryman
who lost his virginity to a fleshlight multipled by about fifty thousand and placed online, in English.

Anyway, this is a Jap forum, why not post in Jap? And if you can't, stick to 4chan.

i post on irc... message boards are a waste

>>200

You did not get 200 very covertly.

>>1
your english tells me you're no native english speaker.
zannenn!

>>203
And YOUR English is horrible.

>>204
oh really? tell me how mr. non-native.

>>203, >>204
i dun think that many native ppl'll cum to this site uknw..
its rare. n i prbly guess that u two're gonna say my english is fucked up, but
guess wat. im pretty sure u call a person who was born and lived in the states
for 18 years, a native american speaker. yo, im a gaijin.
well, i'll advice u two to instead of commenting on thes stupid sites, u shud
jst improve u're englsh..
gud luck yo.

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go do your homework kiddo

>>205
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