Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 35

>>933
Unfortunately I don't have any good suggestions about what to buy, however make sure to
present the gift in a proper manner. As in wrappings or so, iirc that's rather important too.

>>936
Never heard of those, but then again I don't know much about various kinds of famous sweets.

I bought some Japanese Mukashi-banashi stories for my 8-year-old kid. English translation, though. haha

>>910
I've never heard of Moonspell. They seem to be a gothic metal band from Portugal.
In fact I like that kind of dark songs with melancholic melody.
And such combination of heavy metalic aggression and melodious guitar riffs/solos is
one of the major characteristics of the Scandinavian metal. The lyrics of this genre often
deal with poetic/philosophical/religious themes.

This is the lyrics of 'Urban Predator' by THE HAUNTED.
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/haunted/onekillwonder.html#7

>>935
Although not as popular as Hercule Poirot, I think Miss Marple
is considerably famous among mystery fans in Japan.

K-tan, If you want to be happy, you should marry me and give me your virgin. It's the best and wisest way for you.

I'll be quite free on the eve of Christmas.
maybe I'll enjoy 2ch-ing then.

>>950
make next thread.

>>933
Anything would be appreciated.
They really wont expect a gift from their guest.
I mean you dont have to care about it too much.
Anything ok. Well, but tea sounds good.

>>949
Oh, i dont know how.

>>943
Cool. We can watch it(anime) on TV in Japan now.

Has anyone here ever measured your IQ before?
I took these tests and

got 107 (average) on this test:
http://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf

and 118 (above average) on this test:
http://www.iqtest.com/

But not on the same day.

I got 140

hey Urban Predator have you ever fall in love with a girl?

Vancouver sucks.
it rains everyday in this time of year
plus it gets dark as early as around 4:30 pm,
and it's cold out.
i want to go back to japan right now

>>956
Vancouver, WA is a good city to live in.

i've been living here for 2 years but never enjoyed it
i regret i came here
it would've been much better to stay in japan getting a job
instead, i'm wasting my life here
i really should've thought about the consquences before coming

>952
Actually, I'm showing HEIDI to my kid in Japanese, and she likes that so much, even though she doesn't understand any Japanese in there, always asking me, "What did Heidi say?" or "How come Ojiisan is angry?" or that kind of thing.

>>950
Like >>949 said, please make the next thread.

>>944
You've heard Apocalyptica, right?

>>945
Interesting lyrics..

>>946
I don't know about the mystery fans there, but i doubt mystery fans anywhere are
particularly unaware of her. Hm.. I wonder where i put that book with her.. And
I miss the Hercule Poirot tv series i used to watch when I was younger.

>>947
I already am very happy with my boyfriend.
There are far more interesting/attractive people you can think of than a gaijin who
already is in a serious longterm relationship.

>>953
自分のIQをこっそり図ってみるのも
面白いよね。結果自体は、参考程度にしかならないとは思ってるけど。
ちなみに↓での漏れの結果は・・・orz

http://derutcarf.s7.xrea.com/etc/iq/
IQ-テスト

>>953
I got 118 in the first site.
And I tried to take the test in the second site, though it turned out to be
difficult for non-native speakers (at least for me), so I gave up.

>>962
これは相当orz

I've done the IQtest.com and Tickle IQ test in the past.
I got 140 on the former, and 126 on the later.
I don't think any IQ test on the internet is accurate but it gives you a rough idea and
can be quite fun as long as you don't take it seriously.
Umm...so who's going to make the next thread? I've never done it before but I'm willing
to have a go.

What does having a go mean?
Is it trying to make it or something?

>>965
excuse me I'm not MAS, but I think "have a go" is British saying
of "have a try"

have a go = やってみる
Same as "have a try"

I've started downloading the Densha Otoko tv series. I've seen it mentioned here a few times so
I thought I'd see what it's like. Even if it's crap, it's still good language practice for me.

>>966
Thank you two.

Then, do you know about 4ch, MAS?
If I'm not mistaken, it tells posters in there how to build a new thread in English.
You might want to read the site, if you don't know how.

Hi!

Oh,we must make a new thread.

>>964
Didn't you try ttp://www.iqtest.dk/main.swf?
Of course, I don't think the IQ test is perfect, but users don't need to
understand complicated English to try this one , so I like it.

>>971
But we're not in desparate need of it, are we?
Be sure to make it before we bring this thread to an end, though.

I am not the boy that I was ten years ago.

>>968
Is it subtitled in English?

>>974
I know you aren't, because you grew up to be over 40.
A 40 year-old male is not a boy. You became a fart, didn't you?

MAS, you said you wanted to be a translater, didn't you?
That reminds me of a Canadian posting in 2ch. This may interest you.
He was a English-Japanese translater. Plus, he got his books published in
Japan which was for those Japanese who learned English.
He speaks Japanese very well.

>>975
No subtitles - it's the raw version. I'll probably not understand some parts.
>>972
I haven't tried that one. I don't feel up to it this morning.

>>977
Sounds interesting. Whats his handle name? Do you know where he posts?

>>979
His handle name was ラサール弁護士. He's not posting now, though.
He was kind enough to answer our questions about English expressions and so on.

This one is his book:http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4887242964/

>>974
No,I am sixteen-year-old.
So to speak. I belong to boy.

I think he was the first native speaker to come to the English board.
He set up his own threads to answer our questions. So he got popular and famous soon.
But unfortunately, as is often the case with this board, some started haunting him (only online, of course),
attacking verbally before he left here. That's a shame.

>>973
Anyway,do you mean that I should not make a new thread?

>>981
You are not an infant now, indeed.

>>984
Thank you,but my actions and thoughts seem to be ones of children

>>982
Thanks for the info.
I've got to go now. Won't be back on 2ch until Monday. See you

>>986
You could have a look at the remains of his savaged thread, and see
why he left, though there aren't many of his posts in this last thread
of the series. 725 seems his last post on this board.

Oops I mean here
http://academy4.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1094565088/

>>962
凄いなこれ。

Have you ever listened to the songs of Yukorin?
I always do to it everyday.

I heard a song by Yukorin. it was silly and stupid. just like yukorin