It's surprising those who support Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni on 8.15 are mostly in their 20s. I think that's because Yoshinori Kobayashi affects them.
>>12 I'm a Yoshirin's fan too. lol there are a lot of new rightest these days?
>>13 He is a famous manga ka (comic artist). He's early days works are just crazy and funny stories but in these years, his works are always about some politics and some critics on current affairs especially WWII.
In a criminal proceeding, you prove intent through action. A person can say that they never wanted to kill someone, but if facts prove that the person bought the murder weapon 3 days in advance, made sure that the murdered was at the murder scene in advance, etc that person’s words mean nothing. If a person confesses to a crime, but there is no substantial corroborating evidence, that person cannot be convicted. In short, word/communication means little when you want to prove their intent. It takes faith. Granted body language is a form of communication, but how do you know if that person meant what that body language means in your culture. Example: I show you the middle finger, but I was just stretching my middle finger to see if it functions properly. :-) However, intent does not mean anything, because usually people get offended against the above action. How would I back that up? Maybe the Seinfeld excuse, “At least I didn’t go through the trouble of showing you the middle finger of my foot."
Love is a funny thing in that intent means as much as action, perhaps even more. When you sleep over at a friend’s house who happens to be of the same sex as your lover, the action as well as intent comes to question. Rarely does “the intent was good” excuse, get you off.
>>30 oh then stay home or whatever you like. we have plenty of things to enjoy at home too! for instance, I do firework in my small garden. senkou hanabi (sparkling firework) with my little bros.
that's nice. you know it's very lucky if there is no disturbance. we can study and focus on what we really wanna do. when I get a phone call during the time I really want to consentrate, I sometimes ignore those calls....^^;;
I was lazy I didn't look up sorbet in the dictionary and no I didn't know what sorbet meant in Japanese. It turned out it was a matter of pronunciation, though.
>>47 are you sure you've never tried? I thought all Japanese have it them a fridge. It's good for conspitation.
>>48 Oh that makes me feel relieved a little (なんのこっちゃ?) anyway if you like sorbet, please eat them as much as you want. but be careful! you'll get stomachache lol
>>51 Oh sorry. then you woudn't know. I always keep konnyaku jelly in a freezer at least 3 bags. apple, grape and mango; something like that. and eat whenever I feel like. it's like a frozen jelly. if you try to put a simple jelly in a freezer, it would be still good but konnyaku jelly is more ...hard to chew, so I like it mroe than simple ones.
>>54 Oh! That's exactly the same with me!! (^^)/ My favorite is mint with chocochip!! well...I don't eat ice cream everyday, but I eat konnyaku jelly almost everyday, about 5 of them. but each of them are quite small...lol
>>58 Oh yeah. Konnyaku batake is the most famous brand I think.^^
>>57 That's a good idea! but is it easy for you to get some Japanese foods in your country? for me, it's a bit hard to buy some imported foods in a local area like this. But I once はまる(I gave myself over to??) one particular snack. The name was....ummm....Snyder's honey mustard!!lol So whenever I see them in an imoprt shop, I bought a lot lol. Do you like those snacks?
>>60 I see. are you in Asia or North America? lol I just feel those two areas are most common for the people to access Japan sites...well...I jst felt that way lol
You don't know Snyder's? Honey mustard? creamy caramel or garlic bread? really?
How about the detergent? what do you use? Ivory? or Tide? lol... (am I too bored...??) lol
Hmmm... Only if you assume that people will react the same way if you share and are aware of the exact same data, will that article make any sense. A benign totalitarianism. But the point is well made, real communication takes really takes time. Still it sounds a lot like a cure-all....
If you have some special skill, you will be able to get more money, I think. Why don't you train that skill? and getting certified will look good on your resume too.
We are fans of Sumo Rider, but Yamamoto can't be back. He's sacked from Yoshimoto Production. I think the only place Yamamoto belongs to is king-chan's baseball club. King-chan decided to let Yamamoto do the chore aa a peasant.
You know what. Fart isn't everything you can expect from a girl. It's only a part of her. Just because her fart is smelly, it doesn't mean she smells awful.
>>126 You're the one who should keep quiet. This is a democratic nation where people can exchange thier opinions freely. He just expressed his opinion, which in itself is allowed and accepted. Why don't you speak up for Emma then? We don't consider her as the best girl of the three. It's a matter of opinion. You too have the right to defend her. Come on!
if you like Emma just because she's a little girl, you should not get married to her, coz as she grows older, you will soon look for another little girls. It's the best you stay single and just date with little girls. (buy some candies for them. Try and stay as a good ojisan (kind Mr nice man)
I don't think Emma knows the guy in question lives to meet her, talk to her, and get married to her. Why don't we get together and make efforts to let her know her big fan is asking for marrieage?
>>138 I really don't know...*blush* coz I don't watch TV. I just read a newspaper...so I don't know any trails, etc...>.< I just thought that guy is a pedo. ewwww
>>142 lolz~~not at all. I think I am just an average girl. You know I like hard rock. so I like those gothic style. lolz~~ so I'm not for lolicon guys...>.< sorry lolz~~
L'Arc~en~Ciel Gackt Mois dix Mois Pierrot Kaggra Kagerou Kiyoharu La'Chryma Christi Alice Nine My Chemical Romance Incubus Linkin Park Green Day The Trax The Killers Muse um...theres more japanese than english ^^;
It's nice to know a male and a girl are really friendly here but they shouldn't show their desparate emotion for each other. Ok? Don't flirt in front of us! It's dirty!
But when do you want to get married to the 37 aged man, school girl?
On the internet comes a new boy and a girl who're supposed to get married. Every poster witnesses that they swear they will love each other forever. They will live together and have a new baby girl who is going to post in the thread and get married to a male here when it's grown up as a cute girl.
*lost* to get married to a Japanese girl? X.X??? to whom and why??? errr...sorry "marriage" thingingeee........
marriage thingingee......ahhhh sounds to far away for me ....I even have no experience of bla bla kissie..and etc..lolz....*blush* so... don't ask me anything like that kinda thingingeee.....*weirdness weirdness* ...mmm....lalala....T___T
>>171 You are mature enough to get married to a male, aren't you? We are expecting you and the male are really nice to each other, and at the end, married. Isn't it exciting? It's like you're Helmes in the densha otoko story. isn't it?
>>168 AGHHH....you are too しつこい!persistent! but whatever....lolz~~ shitsukoi ppl are uncool...>.< but that's okayyyy...as long as you don't stalk me lolz~~oh *once dies and revives myself with some Miyavi songs* loz~~ ok finally!! gotta study gotta study!!! >.<
lolz~~talking about old guys...uhh...is the beatles 70's?.. I think so..also the rolling stones..kiss...I LOVE Queen! Oh I wish they were my age...lolz...
>>181 You're wrong, SG. Age doesn't count if you like the guy. Hey! Think this way. He's still single and you are. Then what stops you from having realashion with him? Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go go!!
I forgot about Motley Crue... its nice that they are back together. (^^)/ I love aerosmith yep yep oh I said it be4!! loz~~ also..so many songs i like from them. Some young people love 80's rock more than the current modern rock now... I dunno why? But they do. Maybe because of the big hair and there was more talented musicians back then! They were great! ahhh....still not studied yet...oh noOOo! T_T
>>171 There is no problem if you haven't any experience. I'm sure Warehouse Man is nice. You can trust him. Let it be. You and WM will be a good couple.
>>195 You are the center of the universe now. Why do you have to leave here now?
If another nice girl comes here, then your popularity will decrease and no one dares to talk to you like this. So don't miss this big oppotunity. You are MECHA MECHA MOTETERU!!
>>200 lolz~~you met me on internet and already...lolz~~~
Yeah!! back to the topic....huh...
Marilyn manson..I luv his earlier albums!! XXXDDD Oh no.... I had that song on my other comp oh no and T__T it crashed How bout system of a down? Or Foo Fighters? I have the OURS CD...somebody wanna hear some of their songs? @.@??? oh forget it!!! sorry I have to go back to studyyy !!! >.<
>>210 Shut upppppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't deserve her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warehouse man is the right person who will get married to her!
>>210 nah!! I'm nobody's girl! I am just a ふつうの hyper girl...lolz~~ I love rock! so I just posted like crazy! my アドレナリンor ドーパミン whatever....sorry TT__TT can't helpppp........反省。。。TT__TT
>>213 What's that? Is it like a old guy pretended to be a young girl or is she already married and over 40, or something? Gee, I can't believe that, though. Could it be?
I'm watching a drama. The story is about a fake marriage. They have 1 year's contract. Actually the man hired the girl. The house is hers but she's met an actionable fraud and he bought that house. She wanted to get the house back so he suggested her to be his fake wife. She has to clean the house, cook etc with no salary. But if she works satisfactrily, she could get the house back. There are many terms and conditions on the contract. This drama was hilarious!
lol you must be kidding. I think only few people are like that but most of us are just normal and saying what we want to say. What is the good point to pretend as a somebody else?
I think it's not a good idea to blame somebody on net even she's never hurt you or anything... for example, bernardo was not a male, she was a girl. she sounded very uncomfortable to be called as nekama. you are saying the school girl is a male again? I hope you don't start this over again. She might not come back.
Hey, guys. How do you think when non-native speakers use wrong English such as missing article or prepositional mistakes and so on. I don't care, in my case, that my conversation is full of mistake, but I can communicate with natives. That's the point, isn't it? How do you do at the moment that you have no confidence for your grammaer or what you exactly want to say? Let me know.
>>260 There are a lot of girls who do so, to my knowledge. Especially amongst those who play online computer games. They do this because it gives too many problems and distractions of the guys know that they're actually girls. I do know some gamer girls who are themselves and demand as much respect as any other gamer, "in spite of" being female, though. :-D They're awesome, in many ways.
>>261 Some people use alterative identites online as an escape from a reality they do not like. I used to know a guy who liked to pretend he was a girl, because he liked being very girly, and didn't like that he had to surpress those sides of himself in real life in order to not be shunned by his friends. Hmm... I haven't seen him for ages, I should email him to make sure he's okay. I wonder how he and his girlfriend are doing.
I think it's fine for non-native speakers to have mistakes, as long as there isn't so many mistakes that it's impossible to understand. It annoys me when native speakers make a lot of mistakes though.
>>263 I think that would be fine for me. But we, Japanese tend to be very picky on some grammatical mistakes. The point is what the person is saying. Even how beautiful words the one uses, if the content is very poor, that's nothing. Language is just a tool.
-__-;; I could have sworn there weren't any typos in my post when I read through it before posting.
>>263 I do not feel it's a problem, as long as I can understand what they're saying. Not that I'm not a fellow non-native English speaker... If their message is too ambiguous, I just ask them to rephrase, or to elaborate on their message.
>>265 Just because someone's a native doesn't mean they're actually good at their language. It is however true that usually they've had a better chance at it, as they're constantly exposed to the language.
I actually speak English as a first language and I constantly find that some of my friend's English is so poor that I can't understand it.
I don’t expect that because they are a native speaker, they'll be perfect, but I do expect that they’d at least be able to get their point across clearly.
>>270 True, though apart from that some people genuinely have difficulties with communicating due to good reasons (perhaps they suffer from dyslectia, or any other affliction that hinders them communicating in various channels, whether it be verbally or via the written word) there are also people who have just learned to simply be too lazy. Like one of my aquaintances. If he has to write a formal essay, he can cough up some damned good writing. But over chat and such it's so very horrible to communicate with him, as he not only uses too many internet-slang words, but also keeps misspelling every other word. He blames it on typing too quickly, but it doesn't require much effort to toss an eye at one's sentence before hitting "submit", or even just to look at what one is writing while writing it -___-;;
But it is true how you speak is how you are. Even in this 2channel, I find some speak 2channel languages and saying things that doesn't make sense while some decent person say things so rational with decent manner, being careful with his choice of words. And most imoprtantly if there is an air of warm heart?? I feel like I want to talk to that person more. So of course in English too, I feel good when I read some posts with no errors and with appropriate expressions etc.
>>272 I have come across people lately who continue to write in the same way they would online with slang and deliberate misspellings in formal essays.
>>272 x dyslectia; "hinders them communicating"; aquaintances o dyslexia; "that hinders them from communicating well"; acquaintances -__-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; *coughhackcough* Not that I've ever stated that I'm supposed to be perfect in any way... But I do try to find typos before submitting. I merely fail to find them sometimes...
but internet is somewhere to relax... so I prefer not to read too serious stuff. Even when one writes about serious theme, I want some jokes in the end.
>>280 The internet is "only" yet another medium. In other words, it can be both serious as well as entertaining. Professionalism isn't about avoiding being funny, either. Professionalism is about not using things which are inappropriate for a certain place/moment, when it comes to the atmosphere, as well as being fairly consistent in overall tone and attitude. Entertainment is very good, and very appropriate to use even when it comes to more serious things, as long as it's done right. This as people focus and remember entertaining things better, though the accuracy of the content isn't supposed to suffer when being conveyed in a more humorous tone. But then again, I'm too fond of amusement, regardless of if it's in real life, or online. Have you ever read any of Terry Pratchett's books, by the way? Or anything by Douglas Adams, perhaps?
>>>282 Yeah :-D I had to read it as soon as I heard about it: Terry Pratchett AND Neil Gaiman joining forces... It was just a too fascinating concept to not check up on the actual product, as I have a great deal of respect for both of the authors.
>>286 Yeah, two volumes of the Death comics, five or seven volumes of the Sandman series, his book American Gods, Neverwhere, Last Temptation, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, Midnight Days, Coraline and that's pretty much it, so far, if I remember correctly. (huzzah for amazon, wikipedia and similar, it's good to be able to look up an author and see things he/she has written, so that one doesn't have to remember most of the book titles by heart)
Hmm.. It may sound as if I'm a fan of his, but I don't see myself as that. I feel I care too little about the author's life to be a fan. I merely am rather willing to read books I have not yet read by him, as I know that I find his normal style interesting, regardless of topic. I've read too many books in my life anyway, so all the books by him that I've read are merely like a drop in the sea.
Korinism ideology is near socialism or communism. but her scandal is exposed to show that her ideology is deceiving many people, too. she is surrendered by capitalism.
>>292 Oh! Thanks! I heard a song by them ages ago on tv, but I had forgotten about them. Oh, neat. I found the song I heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-AM49AZyI0 Hmm.. Odd... I feel like listening to some Soilwork now O.o;;;
>>337 well...I'm not sure...but he suddenly got so excited and jumped on TV show and ran like crazy. He is an enthusiatic follower of the cult. That's what I've heard.^^;;
I just wish he'd continue to act unchanged, because he is a very talented actor!!
That episode remind me of Takanohana (a famous former sumo wrestler) couple years ago. He was brainwashed by one shady guy?? and he's criticized about his big bro. Then their relationship got worse....etc.....^^;;
>>342 I don't know why he was brainwashed or he just wanted someone to trust coz he had been only doing sumo from early years. I think their relationship is ok now. Tom Cruise is maybe in the same situation. He wants something to trust? and finally find something fits him? but cult?.....^^;;
>>447 Thanks. But I'm sorry the photo on the site is cencored. Anyway, about 20,000 people saw her on the street! She must've been shining like the sun!
*reading the previous posts* gahhhhh!!!! how can you say fishy???? >.< I'm a schoolgirl! and no friends (I have some but ummm.... I'm alone most of the time...). Anywayz!!! my love towards Miyavi-kun is unchanged!!! I mean it!!! >.< *cryyyyyyy*
>>464 lolz~~Thanks! k-tan! I know that I am a little stubborn. *sniff* I just don't want to force myself being too cheerful....and for some reason I feel down when girls say "you are strange" too often...So I feel comfortable being alone. But don't worry I still go out with one or two girls!! I just don't like a group! lolz~~ I think I am a popular girl! (^^)/
>>467 Ahh, you shouldn't force yourself to be too cheerful. Remember one thing: No matter how you act or who you are, there will always be people who will downright hate you exactly because of the way you are, as well as people who will love you because of exactly the same reasons. As well as a lot of people who are indifferent, of course. The only thing that varies are the percentages of the amount of people, in these three way over-generalized groups. _ So don't pay too much attention to comments that are only said as an attempt to hurt your feelings (though it's good to be aware of how one comes across to different people, so that you can modify your behaviour if you discover that there is something genuinely not good with it). You may be perceived as strange by many, but that doesn't make you bad, or less worth. Because no matter what, you will always be perceived as very strange, the only question is by whom. That applies to us all.
>>467 _ "Strange" is an as relative word as "better", "worse" or "exotic". If people perceive you as strange or not, depends on what they're used to, and what their personal opinions of what standard behaviours are. _ For instance, a crowd of loligoth people are more likely to think a certain loligoth person is cool and not strange, than a group of convervative elders. _ Not liking groups is fine. It's not about how many friends you have, but what kind of friends you have and why. If one likes to have tons of aquaintances, and a few special people, that's just as good as having a few special people, provided that either works well with the rest of your life. Both situations have their ups and downs, and so does everything inbetween those, etc. As long as it makes you happy, it's good. Not having any friends at all usually makes people feel quite sad, though. Which is why I was concerned about your statements about not having any friends at all.
Hm. I need to get back to homework. Oh well. Good night to all the people who have not yet gone to sleep, and good morning to everyone who is going to soon wake up, or recently has. ^_^
Matsumoto gets angry (Matsumoto is a famous TV personality in Japan.)
You know, there are times when I angry. A lot. ---Like what? I was driving. There was this narrow road. Of course I didn't even want to do go that way, but I had to. An older lady and a kid were walking there. The kid was dragging a toy behind.The lady looked at it as if it was cute or something. In the middle of the road!!! What were they thinking! ---Well, maybe they just didn't notice you. They didn't notice me at all! So here's the question. What would you do, as the person behind the wheel? ---Honk the horn. ---Precisely. ---Not too loud. ---That was a good answer! I did so. I did it as soft as I could. But you know, horns are always loud. It's not about how soft you press it. It's about the length of the honk!!! So the lady was eyeing me. I was like "Give me break, this isn't a walkway" But I'm an adult, I don't get mad over that like I would have in the past. I rolled down the window and asked "What?" The lady screamed "You startled the kid!" ---So what happened next? ---I was still talking to the lady. Then, I don't know where the hell he came from, an oldman with a huge dog. "Just because you're a TV personality, you think you can get away with anything?" As if I did it just because I'm on TV!
---Maybe you were following them and did it on purpose. So she was saying "You startled the kid!" But the kid and the big dog became silent. Not startled in the least. So, suppose they were, even though that was so totally not the case. What is so bad about startling a kid? Is it wrong to startle a kid? To raise a kid in this world without startling is impossible. To reach adulthood without the sound of honking horn is impossible. Right? "What am I going to do? What's a horn? What's a horn?" What if I'm driving, and the driver in front of me doesn't notice the green light. "Damn I want to honk the horn, damn I want to! But what if there's a kid in that car. I can't startle him!!!" I'm picking up a friend. But he doesn't notice me. "I should sound the horn. But wait, maybe there's a kid here! I can't startle a kid, you know!" It's impossible to live like that!!!!!!!!!
>>623 Isn't that idea unkind, don't you think? We Japanese, at least, consider the English language the most proper to discuss nice and straight; whereas French for loose, German for hot discussion.
>>624 English for proper, French for loose, and German for heated? That's very interesting. Very interesting and quite amusing. xD Why, as far as you know, are those languages associated with such discussion styles by most Japanese people?
>>624 Don't use 'we' unless it's generally true. I consider British English to be more proper than American English. And the Europeans generally have had a more wider view of the world than the Americans. Even without the accent, you can easily identify Americans from Brits, Americans talk loud, and don't listen. In Australia, they point out irrational behavior by saying, 'that is so American'. Although these days, seeing what's happening in Holland and France, with the Muslim community, every nation is becoming more like US in a bad way. The US ideal is good, but reality of US... Far from it.
>>625 As far as instructed at Japanese colleges by AMERICAN lecturers, English discussions lead to straight conclusions, and German to the same, but through quite many minutiae like gears in a crafted Swiss watch, and French, through twists and turns like wine-drunken talks, to, oddly enough, a refined or just FOUTU conclusion. By the way, I want to say that sincerity is the best thing in a thread like this where most participants are Japanese who are almost crazy to gain English abilities. To confess, I'm one whereof so here I dare to offer counsel to you, faithfully.
Interesting. So if they go by British spelling, then they must go by British Grammar with American words. There was a professor who taught Australian politics in my Japanese Uni, who always made a point that 'Globalisation' is the PROPER way to spell it. Yet he didn't know 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austin, which was a headline of a Australian political magazine.
>There was a professor who taught Australian politics in my Japanese Uni, >who always made a point that 'Globalisation' is the PROPER way to spell it.
He is wrong. That form isn't listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, which is the authoritative English dictionary. The correct way to spell it is "globalization".
Hello, how is everyone? Does anyone remember me? I started college a while ago so I wasn't able to get online, but now that I have an online class, I'm online all the time!! n__n
anyone seen bernardo around? Anywho, one of my college classes is japanese, so now I'm getting a little better! n_n
Hi! I'm Romeo. I'm sending my first log. I lived in Mexico while one year. But I don't speak spanish. I think my English is better than Spanish at least. By the way, are there someone who has been to Mexico? I know many places in Mexico. you know. I wanna talk about that. Will someone talk to me!? Chao
>>733 Yeah I need to learn it.It's important for Americans to know some spanish, but Japanese is a more interesting language, in my opinion. No offense of course.
>>735 Because I'm American. Where are you from? You said that you only lived in Mexico for one year, so where did you live for the remainder of your life?
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
~~I sent a message to another time But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe I sent a note across another plane Maybe it's all a game, but this I just can't conceive.~~
I drive the very latest hovercar I don't know where you are But I miss you so much till then I met someone who looks a lot like you She does the things you do But she is an IBM.~~
728 Hola!Kayla! sounds good! I envy you. I went to Kankun last end of December. Then ,all of hotels on the beach suspeneded business by that tragic hurricane. A lot of windows were broken. That was quite a view...
But I could enjoy Kankun. Because downtown was bustled with many Mexicans. Downtown was more agreeable to me than hotels area,if even they were bustled with many turist. well I'm Japanese.I'll tell you about Kankun later again. c u
>>796 That does quite depends on what you mean by "woman". Females of what age group? Also, why do you ask? I'm 22. I'm sorta lurking, idly reading while preparing for school.
>>799 Eh, though >>795 either doesn't get the implied message, or he just doesn't care, he's still somewhat right. The majority of males and females are heterosexual, but there's no guarantee that a person is heterosexual, he or she may very well be homosexual, bisexual, or anything else, really. ^_^
>>800 I'm young? Nice. I keep feeling old for not having acheived greater things when I was younger xD Like not programming more than what I did, and such. There are too many successful people my age and far younger... -_-;;;
>>802 Ah... Neat. I haven't seen this years MTV music awards -_-;; I've been too distracted to even be aware of that it was now... What were the annual spoofs this time around? Any other fun bits?
>>805 Unfortunatly I only got to see the very beggining and very end. >.>;; Since Jack Black was hosting he did a sort of funny opening, but no spoofs as far as I know. Spoofs are usually for the MTV movie awards anyways. :3 But right before 'Panic!' got their award, some random guy jumped on stage, stole the lead singers mic, and started rambling on about some website, and then he was escourted away by security. xD
>>808 Hehhh. Nah ^_^ It's not as if I'm going to be single by then anyway.
>>810 I do not prefer older men :-p I prefer intelligent people with a good sense of humour, who do not take themselves too seriously. And a lot of other things. If they happen to be older or younger, I don't really care, as long as the age gap isn't too big. I want a partner who is my equal, not someone who I'd feel was my parent nor child.
>>809 Oh, right... music awards... I misread. It's good too :-D I haven't seen either for quite a while though. And I have a feeling that bloke's gonna be in big trouble, now xD I hope it was worth it.
I've been surfing the net for a while, and a window popped up which said "your computer seems virus-infected. WinAntiSoft ware is highly recommended to be used" or something like that. However, I felt the advertisement was really suspicious. So I googled the software's name. After that, I noticed I almost got tricked into downloading bogus software.
>>824 Ah, sorry. My mistake. Black Worm is a name of bogus virus by which "Winfixer.com", the manufacture of the software mentioned above, tries to lure internet users to download Winantisoftware.
>>826 I'm not sure why the advertisement poped up, because my browser has such blocker. Anyway, the point is, the trick was really well made out. I mean, you get linked to a webpage first and it says what I wrote just now. It takes advantage of people. In fact, in the website I found, many people posted "thank you for the info. I felt so worried I almost purchased the software." or something like that.
>>829 I'll say. But this time the page I got linked looked very trustworthy... If I hadn't searched for the info on the google searching engine and never found a good explanation of "Black Worm" and "winfixer.com", I would have fall into a victim of ignorance.. How horrible the internet is!
>>836 Hi! I might go to australia this summer! I always thought australian accents were so cool! Haha, but If I went there they'd probably thing I was weird because of my American accent huh?
Breaking news! Princess Kiko is going under the nife (Caesarian section) and give birth to a baby. According to a tabloid magagine, she said to her friend it was a baby boy. I'm not sure the info is trustworthy, though.
>>847 For future reference, when you go far down into the earth, you'll find it's hollow and people live there: The place is called the Korin planet. Yukorin comes from the Korin planet, you know.
>>863 All I can do is just guess how their minds work. The supporters of Abe have been increasing just because he seems to win the election.
They want to win the next general election. So they want to be certificated candidates. Do you remember Koizumi successfully got some former LDP's politicians expeled just because they were against the current prime minister himself?
Ah, no, I won't support Spain when Japan has a game versus Spain.. I must've been ambiguous, but what I meant was, Japan lost against Spain in the group league stage and that's why I'm more supportive of Spain than of Greek in the final game.
This is just background information I've remembered now, but If I'm not mistaken, Spain has several NBA players while Greek has no such players. I don't know how strong Greek national team is, but now that the team has beat America(all members belong to NBA team), I guess the game will be really exiting.
Yeah, ok then I will name myself NBA for awhile...lol so that you can find me again. Then Greek did a really good job, huh? BUt the I should say that The game is never over till the fat lady sings...
>>890 That's great. And yes, I think Greek must've done really good, though I didn't watch the game.
By the way, who's the fat lady? I'm afraid I have no idea. Hmm, a fat lady from some country sings her national anthem at the end of every game or something?
[Q] From Caroline Francis Carney: “Do you know the origin of the expression It’s not over until the fat lady sings? I believe that it’s a reference to opera. My friend Paul credits this saying to Yogi Berra in reference to a baseball game. Who is right?”
[A] It’s usually taken to be a reference to opera, so many performances of which seem to end with a set-piece aria by a well-built soprano, but its recent links are mainly with sport, so much so that some people think that is the origin.
Commentators do often say the phrase to remind people that it’s the final result that matters, often in a spirit of reassurance to the supporters of the losing team. It has been suggested that it was the brainchild of the San Antonio TV sports editor Dan Cook. It’s probably not one of Yogi Berra’s phrases, though it has the same sense and much of the style of his “It ain’t over till it’s over”, which he is said to have coined in 1973.
These comparatively recent sports’ associations disguise the fact that it is actually a rather older expression, which occurs in several forms: “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings”, “The opera isn’t over until the fat lady sings”, or “Church ain’t out ’till the fat lady sings”.
This last version appears in a 1976 booklet entitled Southern Words and Sayings. Ralph Keyes wrote a book with the title Nice Guys Finish Seventh in which he says that several informants recalled hearing the expression for decades before it suddenly became nationally known in 1978. The use of church here suggests that its origin wasn’t tied to opera, either, but to church-going.
The song is considered something of a classic, and can be seen as a parallel to the songs of the Beach Boys - whereas the Beach Boys sing upbeat songs about the joys of summer, sun, the beach, friends, etc., California Dreamin' is a downbeat song about the sadnesses of winter and loneliness.
The Mamas & The Papas only have a couple of really big songs. California Dreamin' is one, Monday Monday is the other one that comes to mind. Mama Cass (one of the members) had a prolific solo career as well, with "Dream A Little Dream of Me" being her big hit.
As for the Beach Boys, any Best Of CD will get you the hits as well as a copy of "Pet Sounds", which is considered by music critics to be one of the best albums of all times along with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.
Sweden is very hot! Especially during the winter. Think, past 3pm it's dark. And the women are tall and blonde. Winter time in Sweden will be the hottest longest night.
At a Kansai area Parco, the in store announcement welcomes you in this way: Thank you for your coming. I suppose they wanted to say, thank you for your visit.
An update on the daily food section. They moved the cheese and butter, but kept the milk, with can coffee fruit juice and stuff. I wonder if it's now officially 'Daily Foods', or they just did't have the money to fix the engraved metal plate.
I went out to participate in a seminar today. On the train on my way back from the venue, an elderly male seated himself from across mine. And I saw him putting his little finger into his nostril and started digging it with all his might. I felt kind of awkward when my eyes met his. But he was really awsome and cool. HE ATE HIS BOGY. Really. I couldn't help grinning. I wanted to say, "What are you doing in public? How old are you?" I've never met one person who eats his own bogy since I was an elementary student!