Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 83

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( ´･ω･) Let's have some tea and chat!
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Previous thread:
Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 82 -incorrectly named 81-
http://academy6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1174639988/

>>1
GJ!

>>1
Thank you.

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　　　　 （ （ ／支＼
　　　　　＼（ ｀ハ´ ）　　Spread around dolphin eating by Japan !!!!!!
　　　　　 　）　　 　 ~｀)　Got it dog eater ?
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　　　　　 　|∧＿とノ
　　　　　f´< ｀Д´ >｀ヽ　Yes Mr. baby eater !
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Awesome! it's back!

kita!!! xD

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|WANTED.|
|BIG PAY.|　　　　　[dad] 　　[girl]　　[mom]
|←brothel|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　8888
￣￣||￣￣　　 ┗<｀∀´>┳<｀A´>┳<｀∀´>┓ 三
　　　||　　　　　 　 ┏┗　　　 ┗┗　　┏┗ 三
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|WANTED.|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿_
|BIG PAY.|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　[dad] 　　　|. MANIAC |
|←brothel|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　. �I　.|.brothel.→|
￣￣||￣￣　　　　　　　　　　　三　　┏< ｀∀´>┛　 ￣　||￣￣
　　　||　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　三　┛3.6in┓　　　　 .||
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＿＿＿＿_
　　　　　　　　　　　[dad] 　　　　　　|. MANIAC |　　[grandmom]
　　　　　　　　 �I　　　　。゜・゜ 　　　|.brothel.→|　　　 88888
　　　　　　　　 ┗<｀Д´；>┓ 三　　 ￣￣||￣￣　 ━<｀∀´;;>┓
　　　　　　　　　　┏┗　 三.　　　　　　　 .||　　　　　　┏┗
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
〜60 years later〜　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　fake Japanese
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ChineseVietnamese residents
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ex Korean in JPN　　　↓
＿＿＿＿＿_＿　　 [Asahi]　　[ex girl]　[NYT Onishi] [Mike Hyundai]
|←JPN GOV'T|　　　　　　　　　@@@@　　　　(CCP support)
￣￣￣||￣￣￣ ┗（@∀@）┳<｀∀´;;>┳<｀∀´> ┳（ ｀ハ´ 　 ）┓ 三 ←Here they are now
　　　　 ||　　　　　 　 ┏┗　　　　┗┗　 ┏3.6in┗　 　┏ ┗ 三
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣

>>1  GJ!!

★☆★ CHANGES IN REPORTS ABOUT WAR-TIME PROSTITUTES ★☆★

　　　　 _,,,,,＿ Get your ass over here!!
　　　 ⊥_o＿|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ∧＿∧
　　　 （Д´ #） ＿∧。・゜Aigoo　　　　　　　 （ @∀@）＜ Constituted authorities kidnapped girls.
　 　 　 |： 　ヽ,)´Д｀>し　　　　　　　　　　　(m9Asahiつ
　 　 　 |=== ）　　　ヽ　　　　　　　　　　　　　 人　　Ｙ　彡
　　　　 し｀ヽ,) ヽ　 _フフ ))＝＝＝zzzzzz　　レ' （＿）
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣


　　　　　　　Get your ass over here!!
　　　　 ∧_∧　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ∧＿∧
　　　 <Д´ﾒ > ＿∧。・゜Aigoo　　　　　　　 （ @∀@）＜ Whore brokers kidnapped girls.
　 　 　 |　　ヽ,)´Д｀>し　.　　　　　　　　　　(m9Asahiつ　（ broad coerced abduction ）
　 　 　 |=== ）　　　ヽ　　　　　　　　　　　　　 人　　Ｙ　彡
　　　　 し｀ヽ,) ヽ　 _フフ ))＝＝＝zzzzzz　　レ' （＿）
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣


　　　　 _,,,,,＿
　　 　⊥_o＿|　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ∧＿∧
　　　 （Д｀ ；）88888　Hey boy !　 　 　　　　（；∩Д∩＜ Nature of the issue is not whether
　 　 　 |：　ヽ,)∀´0゜> Stop by !　　　　　　　/ ノAsaノ　　　　or not they kidnapped girls.
　 　 　 |=== ）斤y斤ヽ　　　　　　　　　　　　 （＿,　) ）　　　　　　　　　　　　↑
　　　　 し｀ヽ,) ヽ　 _フフ ))＝＝＝zzzzzz　　　 しし'　　　　　　　　Here they are now.
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣

Korean people say,“Korean women were taken away to brothels by Japanese people.
There is the evidence. (1)” park6.wakwak.com/~photo/image/ianfu01.jpg
But it’s not true because they are mere advertisements saying “Wanted comfort women.
Salary of 300yen a month, and you can borrow 3000yen.”
By the way let's think about the value of yen in 1944.
www8.plala.or.jp/shinozaki/s19-1944.pdf
A policeman’s salary was around 45 yen a month then.
A policeman’s salary is around 200,000 yen a month today.
www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.jp/saiyou/keisatsu/keisatu.htm
200000÷45=about4444
In short the rate of price increase is 4444 times.
300yen×4444=1333200yen…
It’s amazing! A comfort woman’s salary was 1330,000yen in current value.
And she was allowed to borrow 13,300,000yen.
Assuming 1yen=10won, “Salary of 13,300,000won! You can borrow 133,000,000won!”
Whoever read this knows that they wanted to be hookers.
Can this be expressed as “TAKEN AWAY” ?
(1) Reference “Korean Government HP”(It has already been deleted)
www.hermuseum.go.kr/eng/exp/Experience01_2.asp

THOSE LAWS OF THAT KOREA

《 ABSOLUTE LAWS 》
THE FIRST　　LAW　In the range from an individual to a company and even a nation, who ally with Koreans will lose for certain.
THE SECOND LAW　Regarding THE FIRST LAW, when Koreans go off by themselves, only Koreans will lose.
THE THIRD　　LAW　Regarding THE FIRST LAW, who come to be hated by Koreans should be able to avoid the law,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　where the rate of possibility you can avoid it, corresponds with the level how you are hated.
THE FORTH　 LAW　Regarding THE FIRST LAW, who once break off with Koreans should be able to defeat the law.
THE FIFTH　　LAW　Regarding THE FIRST LAW, it will not be invoked on those who do business with the unilateral approach
　　　　　　　　　　　　　against Koreans.
THE SIXTH　　LAW　Regarding THE THIRD and THE FORTH LAW, who once break off with Koreans should be able to expect
　　　　　　　　　　　　　rapid recovery or uptrend in all aspects including the fortune and the achievement and so on.

《 GENERAL LAWS 》
THE FIRST　　　LAW　Everything invented or popular in Japan will be insisted as Korean or invented by Korean in some ten
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　years or even some hundred years.
THE SECOND　 LAW　Those who are popular or talented in Japan are for certain insisted as Korean residents in Japan.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　However if Koreans hate one of them, the person should be able to avoid this law for sure.
THE THIRD　　　LAW　The more Korea is featured in a Japanese TV program, the more people stop watching it.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　In other words how often Korea is on TV is in inverse proportion to popularity of a TV program.

THE FORTH　　 LAW　Those who call themselves Japanese domestically or overseas though nobody asks their nationalities,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　are not likly real Japanese.
THE FIFTH　　　LAW　 All unfavorable events for Korea are shifted blame onto other countries.
THE SIXTH　　　LAW　 A Korean president: policymaker, when end of the term is close, is likely to be involved in a political
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　disorder and end up in misery.
THE SEVENTH　LAW　A Japanese in power who makes contact with Korea will be ruined within two generations.
THE EIGHTH　　 LAW　Power of those laws tends to be strengthened drastically in every sixty years.
THE NINTH　　　 LAW　Those laws are invoked even on Koreans if they have the Japanese mind.
THE TENTH　　　LAW　Those laws never be invoked even on Japanese if they have the Korean mind.
THE ELEVENTH LAW　Those who get deeply involved to that country or get symbolic as being for sort of a poster child
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　and so on, themselves become the law invokers and invoke them directly or indirectly on people who
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　contact with them.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　As those kind of invokers come for us regardless of our wills, we are unable to avoid them in most cases.
THE TWELFTH　LAW　UN and ICJ never be affected and ruled by those laws.
THE THIRTEENTH LAW　Japanese prime minister, members of the ruling coalition and their families are not ruled by those laws
　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　even if they lose themselves in Korea.

　　　　　　　　Korean Problem Solving Flowchart by a Canadian

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Start Here
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＼Korea invented／　　　　　 ./　　Is it a　　i,　　　　　ヽ　　　 Can you　　　 ／
　 ＼　　　it　　 ／　　　y 　　　|　　 good 　　 |　　n 　　　＼　　blame an　 ／
　　　＼　　　／　＜―――― .'i,　　thing ?　./─┐　　　　 .＼ inferior ?／
　　　　 ＼／　　　　　　　　　　 　＼＿＿＿／　　└──＞　　＼　 　 ／
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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＼　　Problem　　／　　￣.　　　　　|
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ＼.　solved　／.　　　　　　　　　　| n
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　＼　　　／　　　　　.　　　　　　 |
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ＼／　　　　.　　　　　　　　ヽ|/
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣＼
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　|　　　　Did it happen　　　 |
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　|　　　　before 1945 ?　　　|
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　y　　／　＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿／
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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　￣　　　　　　　　　 　ヽ|/
　　　　　　　　　　　　／￣￣￣￣￣￣＼　　　.　　|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣＼
　　　　　　　　　　　　|It's Japan's fault !|　.　　　　| It's America's fault ! |
　　　　　　　　　　　　＼＿＿＿＿＿＿／　　　　　.|＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿／

■Korean Residents in Japan Time Line
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Introduction of zainichi Koreans' historical trail and related cases
ttp://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Apricot/9959/nenpyou.html
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・1865　Japan pried open closed Korea at that time.
・1894〜1895　Japan fought Japanese-Sino war to stop Qing from taking Korea for a tributary
　　　　　　　　　　and from interfering in Korea, and won.
・1904〜1905　Japan fought Japanese-Russo war because Russia asked to vacate the area at
　　　　　　　　　　a latitude of 39 degrees and upper north, and won.
・1909　Hirobumi Ito was assassinated by a Korean.
・1910　Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty conclusion. Since this year about one million Koreans
　　　　　had come to Japan for jobs until 1939. The treaty lasted until 1945.
・1920　Population of widely resident Koreans in Japan grew rapidly and they caused a lot of
　　　　　troubles with their neighbors. → "Travel restriction of Koreans" was implemented.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾

・1939　World War II outbreak
　　　　　About 200 illegal Korean immigrants a month kept being arrested in only Fukuoka pref.
　　　　　　　　　　　 ＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾
　　　　　At this point about one million Korean residents in Japan.
・1944　1944/9〜1945/3　Period of recruitment of Korean soldiers and labors under national
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　mobilization law and national recruitment low, that is so called
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　compulsive recruitment by Koreans. Very short period and amount
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　of recruited Koreans is small. This had already been applied to
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Japanese as far as 1939.
　　　　　1944/12〜1948/8/15　"Travel restriction of Koreans" was abolished and a massive
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　amount of Koreans flooded into Japan.
・1945　World War II termination; About two million Korean residents in Japan
　　　　　Number of Koreans that had increased since 1939 was 700 thousand and they came
　　　　　personally with their own wills for jobs. Rest 300 thousand were recruited for Japanese
　　　　　industries or engineering enterprises.
・1945/8〜1946/3　After the war 1.4 million Koreans who desired to go back to Korea, were
　　　　　　　　　　　　　sent back by Japanese government.
　　　　　　610 thousand Koreans refused to to back and stayed with their own will.
　　　　　　They were the root of current Korean residents; only 245 among them were
　　　　　　recruited by government or companies.

◇Free Diversified Aspects　　Masayuki Takayama　Professor, Teikyo Uiversity
▼Negligence
Mr.Kun-Tsan Tsai, author of 'Taiwanese and Japanese spirit', was an army
special volunteer. He was in the deep mountain in Kyoto at the end of the
World War II.
He wrote the chaos from the end of the war to the end of that year when he
returned to Taiwan.
They became the "victory nation" overnight and were offered superfluity of food.
He made grilled rice balls for starved children.
He sometimes went "all the way to Kyoto station" to hand them out to children.
"At one time he saw the people handing out the naval thermal vests to children.
Then he talked to them and found they were Taiwanese volunteers as he was."
However Koreans, who had been in the force he had belonged, "in a group broke
into and robbed food and clothe warehouses."
"They were domineering to beat dispirited Japanese while saying they were the
victory nation."
Japanese prepared the special trains for the victory nation.
An entire vehicle was provided for even a few passengers.
They the victory nation called a stationmaster or a person in charge when
they found blunders by Japanese, then assaulted them by beating and kicking.
Sadanori Shimoyama, a director of the traveler bureau, was one of those were
gang bashed by them and he was seriously injured to the testicle explosion.
The repatriation program for this victory nation was done on the order of GHQ.
F.Roosevelt who had died four months before the end of the war left the will
saying "confine all Japanese in four islands and destroy them".
As they wanted to destroy only Japanese, unrelated people as Koreans etc. had
to be banished.

- 2/3 -
At this time all Koreans who had come to Japan by so called "requisition" were
supposed to return to their country. However in fact all of them did not return.
Ho-Gyu Lim wrote how they were in those days in 'The third country poeple's
commercial code'.
"The third country people is a term referring to Koreans in Japan during the prewar
and the postwar days. Most of them dreamed the success in Japan and came across
the sea during the period of confusion before and after the World War II."
Their occupations were "such that they were able to get the cash, as a rag collector,
a pachinko parlor or a sex parlor etc."
Another important cash business was a crime syndicate.
The story of N.Zapetti who ruled the dark world of the postwar days and started selling
chewing gums is described in 'Tokyo under world'.
In this story, Japanese rejected chewing gums which were not their preferences.
He tied up with a crime syndicate and made them threaten storekeepers to sell
gums. Therefore the chewing gum culture was established in Japan.
This crime syndicate was Toseikai that grew up rapidly after the war and its all
members were Koreans.
There are about 500,000 Korean residents now in Japan.
1650 among them are in prison. This number follows to that of Chinese in prison,
which is 2000 among total 250,000 people.
The rate of Koreans receiving public assistance is 48 per 1000 people.
Compared with the rate of Japanese that is 12 per 1000 people, it's as much as
four times higher.
They came to Japan with success dreams but are now nothing but trouble.
To deal with the increasing crimes by foreigners, the Ministry of Justice issues
a "residence card" in which a person's name and address etc. are written in
an IC. However, according to the report from Asahi Shinbun, "Koreans are not
included" in those "foreigners".

- 3/3 -
I get an impression as "Ploughing the field and forgetting the seeds" from
that fact. Koreans in Japan receive shameless preferential treatments any other
foreigners don't.
For instance, if foreigners except Koreans are arrested for prostitutions, drugs
or crimes that lead to one or more years of penal servitude, they will be
immediately expatriated.
Only they will not be expatriated as long as they commit crimes that lead to
the seven or more years of penal servitude as homicide.
They explain the reason for this is their history.
In plain words, Japan owes them because they are descendants of abducted people.
Thus they take this preferential treatment for granted.
However, the abduction by army is a fabrication made up by Kyung-Sik Park.
They are the descendants of people who came to Japan before and after the war,
and squatted as Ho-Gyu Lim described.
There is no reason that they are distinguished from other foreigners and receive
preferential treatment at all.
But sensible Japanese did not say anything small-minded.
I compromise only Koreans who received the penalty of seven or more years of
penal servitude must be expatriated.
Then how many Koreans have been expatriated since the age Toseikai was active
behind the scenes ?
We have often seen, in newspapers, Korean names following "John Doe whose
real name is".
Expecting large number of criminals have been expatriated, I asked the Ministry
of Justice of the exact number.
However the answer was, "The number of expatriated Koreans since soon after
the war until now is zero because the minister has never stamped for approval."
Though it's well known that Seiken Sugiura refused the signatures for executions,
I didn't know any Justice Ministers had not expatriated Korean felons.
Isn't this the bigger security concern in Japan than to refuse executions ?

　　 　　,,.---v―--､＿　　　　　　　We Japanese help each other when we have problems.
　　　,.イ"　|　/ / ／　／~`'''ー-､ 　If enemies apologize, we will forgive them because
　　/／~`ヾ､;;;;ソ'''''''ヾ､　　　,.ヽ　ヽ they have apologized. We get along by doing so.
　/:,:'　　　　　　　...　　ゞ　彡　彡､ﾉ）
　!/　　~`ー'",..- ...　　　〉　　　　　!(　But "THAT RACE" is different from us.
i　　￣~`　　　　　　　　!　　彡　　|ノ　Once we apologize, they exploit our feelings
,i　,.- ､　ゝ " '"　~ ~`　 ヾ　,,--､ |　　and we are going to wind up apologizing forever.
/　　　　　　　　　＿　　　　ヾ"ｒ∂|;!　But they take it for granted.
ヾ` '⌒` ;::　　　"~　~`　彡　　r ﾉ/　 To apologize to avoid troubles should be done
i　　　　ノ　　　　　　　　　　　_,,.:'　　　to only Japanese, or "THAT RACE" will exploit
ヽ　ノ"( ､_,..:ｰ'"ヽ､ : : :　　 ,i /　　　　our feelings and force us,
　ヽ、　,.　::　::　　ヽ　 　 　 ノ:|ﾗ:)`ヽ、"Give him an inch and he'll take a yard".
　　 ヽ、`''''"""''''" '　 ,,..-'" ／/　　 ＼At last our Japan will be overthrown.

They have not changed for more than 200 years.
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　　　+　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Π　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Π　　　+　　　　　　..┃
.　　　　　　　　∧＿∧　　+.　　⊂二⊃ Waehahaha+　∧＿∧∩⊂＝⊃　　　　..∧＿∧∩
Get me that（； ´Д｀）　　 　 <｀∀´ヽ> rｧ　　　　　　..（　´Д｀）<｀∀´‖>　　⊂（´∀｀　）/
chiken back.（つ　　つ 　　　 （つ　　つ' {　　　　　　　（つ　　ノ⊂i　⊂i　）x　　 　＼　　　）
.　　　　+　　　（　ヽノ　　　　　 （　ヽノ <彡}　　　　+　　（　ヽノ　　ﾉ____ﾉi／　　+ 　　（　（　〈
　　　　　　　　し（＿）　　　　　 レ（＿フ,i,i,'　　　　　　　し（＿）　<＿<_＿〉　　 　　　　し（＿）
　　　 ∧＿∧
と⌒^つ´д｀）つ

Members of Korean embassy who stole chikens and fought townspeople
"RECORD OF KOREAN TRIBUTE EMBASSY" in the possession of Kyoto University

ttp://photoimg.enjoyjapan.naver.com/view/enjoybbs/viewphoto/thistory/1777000/20061024116167740943042600.jpg

Rain for blaming, wind for cursing
Even snow and summer heat for envying
With strong square chin, desire is neverending
Never shutting up, loudly always shouting
Four bowls of sorghum, a lot of kimchi, a bit of gochujang a day
Money minded on everything around trying not to pay
Feeling understanding with halfway experience, in a second memory disappears
In that peninsula, by the bare mountain, from small thatched shack it appears
Finding out Takeshima in east sea, it's there to thrust a flag acting big ugly
To master in west, it's there to pay respects willingly
To dying Viet Cong in south, it's there with a gun to tell not to be scared and kill them with smiling face
To brother in north with drought and famine, it's there with modesty to pass them Japanese rice
Ordering apology for drought and reparation for summer cold
All over the world, skunk zombie is what it's called
Got no praise ever
Got no respect ever
Just like that, I've already been ever

　 　 　 　　∧__∧ 　 ________　
　　　　 　<丶｀Д´>/￣/￣/　
　　　　　 （ 二二二つ /　と）　
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　 ＿＿　 | 　 　 ￣|￣￣　　　
　 ＼　 ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣＼　　
　　||＼　　　　　　　　　　 　 ＼
　　||＼||￣￣￣￣￣￣￣||￣
　　||　 ||￣￣￣￣￣￣￣||
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Thanks for keeping the thread alive sage-san. even if it's w/ a sage.

Side-stepping the strange propoganda,...


how is everyone?

Let us make ぬーやるバーガー with this spam!

Maybe have some herb-grilled troll fillet after that?

keira! how go the essay?
may we read when it finished?

>>22
Neopets just released their latest story plot, it looks like a puzzle-based one.

nepets?

keira! keira!
keira gone?

>>26
Neopets. http://neopets.com/ They got a new layout a few days ago. It's freakishly ugly.

>>23
What do you mean by 'ぬーやるバーガー' ?
It sounds funny ! wwwwww
'ぬーやる' 'ぬーやる' 'ぬーやる'

>>29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C5%AByaru_burger

ttp://images.google.com/images?q=%E3%81%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%84%E3%82%8B%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

ttp://www.google.co.jp/images?q=%E3%81%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%84%E3%82%8B%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

>>30
Wooo that was real ! And it's made with SPAM and here are spams.
Nice joke !!! wwwwwww
Now I know it's one of those formidable Ryukyuan cultures.

Keira!!! I found you! How are you?
*waveeeeee*

Thanks for keeping the thread alive! someone!^^

996 ：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 ：2007/05/01(火) 18:52:47
>>995
Yep, that's my man!
Did you say you are more passionate than him?
Boy, oh boy.
Boy George

Boy George
Yesss I am mor passionate! why #83 after #81...O_O"??

keira kiss me please

i love you

>why #83 after #81...O_O"??

Because English board residents are so dumb that we cannot count
over 10.

>>24
ehhh? Why would you want to read something as boring as my essay? xD

>>34
Hi there! yeah...the other board disappeared, so I'm glad we have this one now. I try to bump it if I can. n_n

>>38
Whoops, I meant thread, not borad. xD

Dear lord, I am the typo-queen today... >_>

oh well. here thread, have another bump.

>>38
What do you mean by "bump" in 38 and 40.
I know "bump into" means to see someone unexpectedly but seems like your
usage of bump there are different...

"bump" as in to bump the thread to the top of the list.
Same meaning as "age".

>>42
Oh! Now I know what it means.
Thanks a lot! Then I'll give this thread another bump. hehe

I hope I use it the right way.

>>40
Did you go shopping to buy your cosplay costume you wear in Harajuku?

I don't give this thread a bump this time for it not to have a bump
on its head.

oh Keira, I see you're learning Japanese now beyond katakana.
一緒に勉強しましょう！ ok maybe not, but anyways がんばって！

>>45
You really are a cruel girl.
Don't bomp this thread for a while.
It's face has swolloen like a melon.

keria

where did you know about 2ch

i heard you are in u,s

I am a crybaby.

>>47
2ch is well known among gaijin otakus.
Those otakus talk about 2ch or post 2ch links on game/anime/manga
forums, IRC, etc.

That's how I found out about 2ch (I'm Canadian).

>>49
Oh, Canadian, I see.
West coast or east coast?

>>49
I am not 47 but let me ask you something.
How do you read posts in those threads on 2ch? Using translation software?

What's IRC by the way?

IRC
http://irc.nahi.to/

>>50
West coast.

>>51
Yeah translation software (ie. babelfish.altavista.com)

IRC = Internet Relay Chat.
It's a way for large groups of people to chat at the pace of
instant messanging.

>>52
Thank you for the link. I'll check it later.

>>53
Thank you for the response. It's amazing otaku overseas love Japanese
anime (rather, they are called otaku cause they love Japanese anime)
and they even talk about 2ch threads.

>>43
Yes, you're using it the right way. Sorry, I guess I'm using some terms that you guys don't know. n_n;;

>>44
Costume to wear? No, I'm going to completely be myself while in Harajuku. I heard that young people in harajuku like to look at other's fashion and scout around for new fashion ideas, so maybe they'll pick something up from me.
But then again...I'm a little boring, so maybe not. haha.

>>45
ありがとう！　がんばりましょう、名無しさん。

>>47, >>48
Yes, I'm American, but I found it randomly somehow. I was looking for a japanese forum to post in, and I don't remember whether I found 2ch on google or if someone gave me a link...
And then later I found out that 2ch is pretty popular, and some otaku people online knew of it. But when i asked them about it, they thought I was talking about 2chan/futaba. I guess it's a common mistake.
Canada is awesome. I've been to the BC coast. n_n
Are you a fan of anime or call yourself an otaku?

>>53
Ah! babelfish is terrible! may I reccomend:
http://language.tiu.ac.jp/tools_e.html

Although this just helps with some tango/vocab. It expects you to know how to understand sentence structures by yourself

>>54
It really is a growing community. and more and more americans are catching onto the otaku way. xD
I like anime, but otakus have a bit of a bad reputation. Although, I try not to stereotype.>.>;;

keira is so kind that she respond to everybody

>>55
You don't need to use easy English expression here in my opinion.
We English learners learn a lot from native speakers' posts and
if we don't know a particular word or expression, we'll ask.

I'm looking forward to seeing you in Harajuku having mohican hairdo and
wearing furry rabbit bikini and tatoos on your arms!

>>57
Maybe she's trying to keep this thread alive and busy and kicking.

>>57
I'm not particularly kind, I just think it's the decent thing to do, especially if I have an answer.

>>58
Haha, I will. Well, at least in my heart I will. xD

>>55
>they thought I was talking about 2chan/futaba. I guess it's a
common mistake.

I don't understand what you mean. 2ch and 2chan/futaba is two
different things?

>Yes, I'm American, but I found it randomly somehow.

What do you mean by this? I have vague idea. You mean, in daily life
you aren't concious of being American?

>>61
yes. o_o

we are here:
http://2ch.net/

2chan is here:
http://www.2chan.net/

now i learn the meaning of "desent"from you

thank you

>>59
Only partially. I really do enjoy talking with people here. n_n

>>62
I mean that I found 2ch by accident.

>>55
hehe thanks, yes BC is awesome, I'm sort of new to here myself.
I moved from the east coast.

I'm a fan of anime. It's kind of like the
difference between an alcoholic and a casual drinker - I watch anime
mostly with friends, rarely discuss it, and I don't collect
anime paraphernalia. It's a small part of my day.

>>56
Thanks! Yes babelfish is terrible, it's only useful to get the gist of a big article.
I've been using wwwjdic to help decipher manga and study kanji:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi

Similarly, only useful if you know grammatical structure and verb conjugations.

>>64
I'm glad I could teach you the word 'decent'. It's not really a common word though.xD
What would the japanese equivalance be? れいぎ　ただしい？

>>66
Oh, so you're from the eastern coast of Canada? Does that mean you know a bit of french?
I've only been to Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, and Vancouver Island.

And I'm the same as you. But some of my friends don't watch anime anymore, so I talk about it online. I don't really talk about the fandom outside of the internet though.

Thanks for the link! now I have a new link in my bookmarks. n_n

見苦しくない, 上品な; 相当な身分の; かなり（りっぱ）な; 寛大な, 親切な
is written in the goo dictionary,

>>63
Wow! thanks for the link. these two seem to have similar (or the same)
bulliten board system except that 2ch has far more boards.

>>62
>I mean that I found 2ch by accident.

Ahh. Now I understand. Stupid me. o..rz

>>68
hehe, yes I studied french from first grade to high school, it's compulsory.
Despite that, I've retained very little of it ^^;

and now unfortunately when I try to talk Japanese, french comes to mind first
and distracts me.

Merde, lol~~

I happened to find this forum the other day and I am not a member
there. Just peeping a few times.

ttp://www.japanforum.com/index.php

If you guys are interested in it, joining it might be a good idea
to exchange information about Japan. I don't know how frequently posts
are made and how fun it is to join, though.

>>71
Quel domage >.<

Of couse,it is nonsense to compare students,who are so eager to study , with students,who just got into college without any special pur.

PUR
【略-1】 ＝procurement request

>>70
yep, no problem!

>>71
ah, i see. That must be hard then. xD
I took 2 years of spanish in middleschool, but I don't remember it at all.
Good luck w/ japanese! how many years of japanes ehave you taken?

>>73
Thanks for the link! I think I'll just look at the pictures though. I don't think I'll sign up

Based on the pictures there, there was a huge halloween parade in harajuku...so Japan is now starting to celebrate Halloween?

hey,i had a problen right n0w...
can you help me??

>>78
Kind of.
There is a big toy shop called "Kiddy Land," who started Halloween about 20 years ago to take advantage
of it so that they can sell costumes and toys.
We commercialize western religious events, such as Christmas, Halloween, valentine's day, but
egg producers have never commercialized Easter, lol

>>78
Halloween is less widely-known than Christmas but it's sure that it's
getting be known to everybody, especially among younger generation.

Like Christmas, it's commmercialism driven and don't have original
meaning here. Average Japanese don't even know what it orginates from.
Some shops decorate them with Jack'o lantern.

There's no trick or treating here in Japan.

>>77
I've never taken Japanese courses. I want a tutor though.
I got started with a teach yourself book, then moved onto manga
and found some Japanese friends to chat with on MSN.

>>80
Interesting. It's the chocolate producers who do stuff
for Easter over here.

>>80
Ah, I see. Thanks.
It's too bad that it's so commercialized. Those holidays are around not only for religious reasons, but because it lets people have a good time and enjoy their family.
but then again, I guess America has commercialized them too.

>>79
maybe

>>81
Japanese equivalent for "Trick or Treat" rhyming would be
"Itazura or Zura" Ho Ho Ho

>>81
Ah, no trick or treating? well, I guess that's better for kids' teeth. xD
And I guess since not everyone has adapted to it, not many people would have candy to hand out.

>>82
I see. Teaching yourself is very hard, but as long as you are using it socially with other people, it'll be easier. n_n

>>83
Christmas over here (for non-Christians) is for lovers.
They usually go to nice restaurants and exchange presents.
New Year's eve and New Year's Day are for family.

I would say, how-widely-known scale in Japan would be like,

Christmas＞＞＞Haloween>＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞thanksgiving＞＞Easter＞＞＞＞＞
＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞
＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞my birthday

>>87
Happy Birth Day to you from me!!

>>86
Really? That's interesting.
Christmas for christians alsways involves family. That's true for some non christians too, but the non christians that I know who celebrate christmas spend it with friends.

New years eve is a friend's holiday here.

>>81
That's too bad, Halloween and trick or treating is amazing fun as
a kid, I used to always look forward to it.

>>86
Here Christmas is for family, and New Year's is for family/friends.

>>87
hahaha, at least you have a sense of humor about it. xD

>>88
Thanks! but it's in November! ^O~

>>92
Save this thread until then, lol

It's Golden Week right now in Japan right?

The Japan forum seems to be exteremly rich in Photos.
Do you guys have your favorite fashion in Haraju photo section?

ttp://www.japanforum.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2

I'm not into fashion but there are some cute girls there =)

>>93
lol

Don't forget to get your face pierced like this, keira. lol
ttp://www.japanforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=506&cat=2&limit=views

>>94
Exactly.
But strictly speaking, May 1 and 2 are not holidays, so
many people have been to work today.

>>95
Yes, the gallary is great. n_n
I don't know if I have a favorite. In general, I think that all the different ypes are wonderful. But I think decora is the really cute sometimes. x3

>>98
oh that's too bad. My Japanese friend somehow managed to get
the whole week off. Maybe he took vacation days?

Canadian, is lacrosse popular over there. it origin is Canadian
Indian.

I didn't know there's a team sports like that until I entered college.
In college in big cities, they have lacrosse teams.

Do Canadian girls fall in love with me when I go to Canada?
I am a computer nerd and lolicon.

>>101
Lacrosse isn't popular, we do play variations of it in school though.
Hockey is extremely popular, also a Canadian-made sport.

>>97

xD

I don't know if the spirit of harajuku will inspire me that much.
I wonder how she'll get a job with those piercings...

>>100
yeah, many people do use paid holidays to make the Golden Week
a long chunk.
Some others work during the Golden Week and take a week-off or so
to avoid traffic jam.

>>104
I'd assume she will get a job at a piercing shop, lol

>>102
No, girls here won't care about you =(
Unless you are muscular and tall, girls here will not fall for you.

>>103
My family loves hockey. My mom will yell at the TV while it's on. It's even worse now that it's playoffs. xD
I also heard thay "ho-kee" is the native-canadian word for "ouch", and that's why they named hockey that. Is this a lie that my brother made up? xD

>>106
xD!
I think that'd be the only job to accept her.

>>107
Is that your own experience, lol?

>>103
Oh I see. NHL and all that.

>>104
I don't understand why they want to get their body pierced.
I heard that's kind of addictive. One more there, another there..

>>108
hehe never heard that one. I actually don't know where "hockey" comes from.

That's really cool your family is into hockey, I thought americans didn't
care about hockey (and they keep winning the damn stanley cup).

My local team (Vancouver) just lost a big game tonight =(
It's fun when they win, cars honking and people yelling in the streets.
Good atmosphere at the bars.

Canadian,

I'm not >>102 but Micheal J-fox is not tall but he is popular right?
I know he is Alzheimer desease. I hope the progress of the desease
go slow.

>>113
He is suffering from Parkinson's desease.

>>110
yes haha

There's amateur ice hocky league in Japan and one player went over to
Canada to join NHL. He is a goalie. I don't know he is a regular or
subordinate.

X subordinate

I mean, substitute

>>113
You need to have a great talent to compensate for your shortcomings.
Look at Danny DeVito (the brother of Arnold in the movie Twins),
he is also very short but very popular, lol

>>114
Oh, that's it.

>>118
Yeah.

But you have to take it into account that being popular as an actor
and being popular among girls as a sexy man are two different things.

>>116
oh interesting, I found him - Yutaka Fukufuji.
Apparently he's the first Japanese native NHL player.
I've never seen him in action.

>>112
There are a lot of hockey fans here, it just depends on the city or state. In general, California (where I am) doesn't care much about hockey, but in San Jose(where there is a hockey Team) there are some wild fans.
I know someone from vancouver and they're his fav team too. xD

That's good to hear about celebrating fans. I don't get that much here, since in my city there is just basketball. But by the coast, football is popular, and sometimes riots break out. >_<
Glad I don't have to deal with that.

>>121
Oh yeah?

I've heard that if Japanese player can be successful in ice hockey,
his position should be goalie. Maybe Japanese player lacks speed and
not superior at skating techniques.

>>122
whoa yeah there's celebration here but no riots thankfully.

>>123
There are other Japanese NHL players, but they are
Canadian/American born. It's just a question of upbringing really.

>>123
I think being a goalie takes a lot of skill as well.


Well, I'm going to sleep. Oyasumi! n___n ZzZzZz

>>126
nite Keira

>>126
Thanx very much for a lot of contributions!
Sweet dreams!

>>125
>It's just a question of upbringing really.

Very nice comment. I liked it!!

>>125
Oh,other Japanese players. That's new to me and you are right about
that. Upbringing is the factor...

I like her the most by the way.

ttp://www.japanforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=452&limit=views

I wish she looked at camera in the shot.

I found keira, here.

ttp://www.japanforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=472&cat=500&ppuser=1544

>>131
hot

>>132
keep dreaming

Sorry I was wrong.

Keira is here.

ttp://www.uncyclopedia.org/images/4/41/Nov03-01.jpg

Sorry it took so much time but I found canadian here, too. LOL

ttp://image-search.yahoo.co.jp/detail?p=costume+otaku&ei=&vt=&b=2&ib=19

>>134
lol yes that looks more like a typical otaku

>>135
oh my that's a disgrace to my country =(

I have to go, I'll be back later. また

>>137
I was just kidding.

またね！

How polite of you, I would have just told myself to get the fuck out.

Goodbye Japan!

I CAN'T READ JAPANESE OH GOD WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THIS WOEFUL LAND OF RECURRING QUESTION MARKS

I study English to talk with a Magi
Because I support you, update blog steadily.

この英語大丈夫？
マギと話す為に英語勉強するよ
応援するので、どんどんブログ更新してね！

って伝えたいんだけど。

>>141
That is good enough to convey your message to her.

I would translate that like,

I'll study English to be able to communicate with you in English.
Keep in mind that I am always rooting for you. I'm looking forward to
see your blog updated frequently.

I hope this helps. I wonder if she really comes to Japan to have audition.

>>142
thank you desu
eigo muzukasii

>>141
I'm going to study hard just to talk to you, Magi.
I will always support you, so please update your blog everyday, alright?

konnanndewa?

>>144
fuck you

>>142
I am looking forward to seeING your blog updated frequently.
see -->seeing

>>145
why "fuck you"...you are rude.

An online economic newspaper e-today reported on the 25th that single South Korean men
performed 'Naked body check' on women while they chose their brides in Vietnam and the
men's behaviors were taken up as a big issue in the locale.
According to an English version of a local newspaper "Young people" issued on that day,
some of South Korean men who had arrived at Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam met 66 young
Vietnamese women with a view to marriage in the middle of this month.
These women were introduced to men by a local marriage broker.
At this time South Korean men surprisingly performed so called roguish 'Naked body check'
on Vietnamese women. Though there were the cases local unlawful marriage brokers received
the high referral fee and set up "Group meeting for marriage" for single men from oversea
and troubles were caused, this is the first time the disgraceful behavior like this 'Naked body
check' was discovered. The Vietnamese police reportedly arrested two South Koreans on the
site in relation to the case. As such a case was reported through media, local people are
violently repulsing it and the newspapers wrote that depending on circumstances even the
damage on the national image would be concerned.
Earlier at the beginning of this month, South Korean men were arrested in Ho Chi Minh City
while choosing brides out of 118 Vietnamese women at an illegal marriage meeting, and were
sentenced to a fine. However there are still shameless people committing such a crime as before.
【Hankook Ilbo】　04/27/2007

what is todays dinner

this evening i wll eat okonomiyaki alone

I am very nervous.

>>149
Today's side dish is Leah Dizon .
It is Sakashita　chiriko yesterday.

>>149
I'll eat with you.

>>152
Me too!

>>149
Osaka version or Hiroshima version?

And do you make it for yourself or you just get at a convenient store
or something?

>>149
osaka version

i dont like hiroshima version due to udon and soba

i will go to the lestran

making okonomiyaki alone is sad

beacause most of the peaple come with thier family or friend

>>155
>making okonomiyaki alone is sad

I understand, but I actually did it 2 days ago, and staff at the
restaurant was curiously looking at me, lol
But doing it alone right in the middle of the golden week may be
tougher, good luck, and please report how it went!

>>142
Is Magibon planning to come to Japan to audition?
If it's true, it'll be so nice.
I will definitely support her!

>>38
keira! we may not see essay?
why? please?

>>157
She said so in her blog and her thread in youtube board.
What is tough about it is that she has to burden teavel cost on her own.
Model? agency doesnt't pay the cost.

I said audition but it's more like camera test or something like that.
If I remember correctly, they shoot her photos and put them on
a magazine and if the response from readers is good, they make a deal with
her.

Anyway, if the agency is convinced of her success in Japanese show
business, they pay for the travel cost, right? So it's not that magibon
has rose colored future, I think. I hope that's not fraud.

>>156
Do you have to make kansai Okonomiyaki on your own at resaurant?

I just watched some of Magi's youtube videos, she's pretty and seems
intelligent, but also strange.
She's supposedly 20, but I think she looks and acts about 14.

Because her role model is Japanese teen idol.

ah that would explain it

>>159
Thanx very much for the info.
I really hope she will make it in Japan, because through conversation with her
in the previous threads, we've found her very intelligent and at the same
time her video clips show that she has a great sense of humor, too.
She also speaks Japanese, and that should work as great advantage
for her.
As you mentioned, I also hope that the agency she will be dealing with
is a proper one.

>>163
>>162 is right.
In fact, she said that the '-bon' in 'Magi-bon' was taken from 'Ai-bon'(=Kago Ai).

I like her Kikkoman video.

www.teleport-city.com/spirits/2006/03/charbay-green-tea-vodka.html
Green tea vodka! I need to try it.

>>160
Yes, Okonomi-yaki restaurant that I go to makes customers make
their own Okonomi-yaki.
So I was alone surrounded by other customers with families and friends,
making my own Okonomi-yaki.
It tasted great!

>>166
uhmmmmm, yum~~

>>164
>She also speaks Japanese,

Hmmmm... I don't think she speaks Japanese. I know she knows some
Japanese words but she relies heavily on translation software
when she posts in 2ch and youtube. Plus, the way she talks in Japanese
sound like a robot talking. I don't meant to be hard on her but that's
my impression on her.

>>167
Good to hear you enjoyed dinner.

>>161
I think this is a problem with foreigners who watch too much anime or read too much manga while learning Japanese.
During the process, they try to copy the tones and mannerisms. Also, people who try learning the language alone do not have much conversation experience, so might sound robotic, as >>169 says.
I am saying this as a foreigner myself - I'm English.

>>171
Do you have any opinions about Prince Henry's breakup?
I read somewhere his ex-girlfriend's mother's wording is part of
the cause of breakup.

I've never been to UK but are the social classes so obvious in
daily life?

>>169
You are right.
I hope she will find a good Japanese manager (gotta be a woman!!), so that
she can practice natural Japanese.

>>171
Hello, Englishman!
I was just listening to 'Englishman in NY' on Youtube.

>>172
To most people here, nobody really cares about Prince Harry's breakup. What we are told, is the breakup resulted from his ex-girlfriend's family's background, because they come from a coal mining family.
The lower classes in Britain seem to care more about what happens with the higher classes (such as the breakup), and the lower class newspapers report more on them.
I suppose there is an obvious divide between social classes here, but mainly between the low classes and middle classes.

Haha, you just alerted me to another thing about social classes. You call him Prince Henry - because that is his name - but most people here call him Prince Harry which is a more familiar form of Henry.
I suppose this is a way for the lower classes to attempt not to feel of a different class. Maybe, though, it is because Prince Harry has come under some trouble lately and we feel he is more our class.

>>175
So are you saying that you consider yourself belonging to one of the
lower classes?
If I may ask, what makes you think that way?

>>176
I would say I belong to the middle class. The lower class usually relies on the state for housing and benefits.
Most lower class cannot afford housing so are provided a home to live in by the local council. A lot of them refuse to work
and are given money to support themselves while they 'look' for work. Money is also given if they have children, so the lower
classes usually have a lot of children. Though a lot of lower class people are good and kind, a lot also just take advantage
of benefits and are lazy, which is why they are looked down upon.

>>174
You are a Sting fan? My favourite Sting song is 'Fields of Gold'!

>>177
>You are a Sting fan?
Yes I Am!!!!
I really think he is a genious!!!

'Fields of Gold' is GREAT!! The melody and lyrics blend so well together,
and you can't help imagining the fields of gold in your mind.

I also like 'Desert Rose,' 'Shape of My Heart,' 'Englishman in NY,'
'Fragile,' and 'Until.'
Have you heard 'Unil'? It was used in a movie starring Meg Ryan and
famous handsome English actor.
In case you don't know, I paste the Youtube URL here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY4Zl8TeP8g

Beautiful song!!!

I don't drink coffee, I take tea my dear ♪
I like my toast done on the side ♪

>>177
Thanx so much for such a easy-to-understand explanation and I'm sorry
I asked if you consider yourself lower class.

It sounds like the behavior of the lower class people have a great resemblance
to those we call NEET.
Maybe the difference is that our NEETs are usually single and possibly live
with their parents, so that they never have the pressing need to look for a job.
(Come to think of it though, if I remember correctly, the word 'NEET' was
invented in Great Britain???)

>Money is also given if they have children, so the lower
classes usually have a lot of children.

LOL!! This is really new info. for me.
I've thought all along that lower class people have lots of kids because
they dispatch kids to work part-time to compensate for the low salaries
the parents are getting, therefore, the more children, the better.
But then, you have to feed them...........so I thought vicious circle.
But your explanation made it very clear.
Thank you very much!

>>179
Isn't it supposed to be "toast done on one side?"

巷間、実しやかに流布されている俗説によるとオトコには播種本能（つまり自分の子孫を残したいために
あちらこちらに自分の種をばら撒きたいという衝動）があるために浮気性が高いと言われているが真偽の程
は定かでない。性と愛は峻別して論じた方が事の本質が掴みやすいと思うのだがこれがなかなか一筋縄では
行かない厄介さを孕んでいる。分ち難く結びついていて人の思考を凌駕しているからだ。つまり人が｢愛して
いる」という言葉を発する場合、普通にはその中に性も包含されていると考えた方が自然だ。問題はあなたの彼が
あなたを｢愛している｣という場合、｢愛」と｢性」の比率がどうなっているかということが重要だ。
もし、あなたの彼があなたの中に他の誰によっても購えないものを見出しているなら(愛の本質）、如何程かの
紆余曲折がこの先待ち構えていようと彼はあなたの元を去らないであろう。
だが、彼があなたを性の対象とでしか思っていない場合は悲惨な結果を招来する可能性が高い。

　　　　　　　　　　　　９６４番さんへ

>>180
There is no need to apologise!

I have heard some mention of the term "NEET", but have not really heard it used.
I guess I was NEET when I was at college... it helped a lot though. In the UK, NEET
is used for people between the ages of 15 and 18 who do not contribute to society but
also are not eligible for labour welfare.

Also you have a point about money! I suppose in addition to being given money, they also
receive more rent and payments from them when they are older. However, this leads to another
problem: lower class girls often have children at a very young age, such as 13 onwards. They
leave school because they have to take care of the children and so receive very little education.

>>178
Kate & Leopold, yes, I know that movie. I agree also, he has a very soulful voice. I had not seen the video,
so thank you for posting that!

Arakawa Sigeko = hellcat

Go to hell.

congress shall make no law!!!!!!!!!!!!!

↑
Don't be a bitch!

>>186
Arakawa Sigeko

>>183
Actually, I don't think students are considered NEET at least in Japan, because
NEET stands for No Education, Employment or Training.
So as you mentioned, those who don't contribute to the society at all are
NEETs, i.e. recluse, and students are preparing for future contribution.

In the U.K., is it very expensive to go to private colleges such as Oxford and Cambridge?
We hear that private universities in the U.S. are extreamely expensive, but I was wondering
if that's also the case for U.K.
In Japan, private universities are more expensive than public (such as national) universities,
but I think tuitions are in the affordable range, unless you go to
medical universities. Their tuitions seem to be very high.

>>188
Ah, you are correct, I misunderstood it as "Not Engaged in Employment or Training" and
forgot about the Education part.

Hmm... as far as I am aware, the only private university in the UK is Buckingham - all
others are state funded. This means that generally, the normal fees for a year in undergraduate
studies is around £1,225 (~293,000 Yen). However, recent government legislation has allowed some
universities to raise the fee to up to around £3,000 (~717,775 Yen) per year. But Oxford and Cambridge
are thought to be expensive because, again, they are linked to the class system. Only the highest qualifying
students are allowed into these universities, and entry is also thought to be dependant on class (though this
is in a legal 'grey area').

However, in Scotland, tuition for Scottish students (even though they're part of the UK) is mainly free, since
Scotland also has its own parliament. This applies even to more prestigious universities such as Dundee.

Once the tuition is for degrees such as Masters, however, the tuition is up to the universities themselves. For
example, a fully accredited MBA through Open Univserity costs around £9,000 (2.15 million Yen), but an MBA through
London Business College costs around £37,000 (8.85 million Yen)!

>>182
HAHAHAHA

Oh~~ wow!!!! I just stopped by...and found your post^^
You are splendid! Totally agree with you. I guess he's seeing me
as sort of his mother (he's grown up without mom).haha so I am not
only his sex object..(although I don't have sex with him exactly...errr..
hehe...>.<) Arigato for your great review!^^

>>189
Wow, I knew hotels were rather expensive in G.B., but education is also
getting expensive over there, I see.
I did a quick check on the situation in Japan and found that the tuition for
national universities is \535,800 per year, and for one of the prestigious private
university, Waseda, there is a range depending on the department and the lowest is \737,000
(for Dept. of Education) and the highest is \1,076,000 (for Dept. of
Science & Engineering), but then for private universities, students also need to pay
facility fees etc., the total payment per year is \1,186,500 and \1,707,500, respectively.

Ox-bridge seems to be somewhat similar to Gakushuin in Japan.
All the children from the imperial family go to Gakushuin by default, actually
they have the escalator system from kindargarten all the way up to
university.
I had a chance to work with a man who was an Oxford-graduate, and he was sooooo
proud of himself, lol
I think, normally, people don't talk so much about which uni. one went to when
doing business, but this guy kept on telling us he graduated from Oxford and
thus he has a prestigeous Oxford-accent.
But you know what? Noone in the meeting, including me, could tell the difference
between Oxford accent and Cambride accent, so we just smiled and nodded to be polite, lol~~
BTW, is the English accent of Hue Grant considered typical & good English
accent, say, a foreign English-learners should try to immitate?

Sorry about rambling on again.

>>189
There used to be a uni. student from Scotland on this thread, and he was
so eager for Scotland to become independent from Great Britain!
Ireland is divided into 2......
Great Britain is interesting.

>>191
Wow, and I thought our tuition fees were high... I don't think many British
people could attend universities without accumulating a (n even more) considerable
debt if the costs were as high as in Japan! It is estimated the average university
graduate in the UK leaves with a £12,000 (\2.9 million) debt to repay.

You are absolutely right as well - students who go to these universities usually seem
to have a higher opinion of themselves. However, this may also be a class issue as the
upper classes are very rarely humble. I have a friend who got straight A grades in her
A-level exams (sort of like a higher level entrance exam, lasting two years), yet she
was denied entry into Oxford - she is from a lower-middle class family.

And yet at Cambridge, some students take part in an event call 'bridge jumping', where
they simply jump from an old stone bridge into the river. However, a couple years ago,
there was a drought and the river level was much lower. I think six 'elite' mathematics
students broke their legs or ankles...

If you ask a normal British person if they can tell the difference between an Oxford and
Cambridge accent, I think 95% of us would not be able to tell either!
It is hard to decide what a 'typical' English accent is. Hugh Grant's accent IS good English,
I agree, but would not really say it's typical. After a little searching on YouTube, I would
say that (before 00:40 at least - his imitations of other parts of England are terrible!)
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m3EuYaPszQ is a very typical accent.

Again, there is no need to apologise - I am here to try and help, after all.

>>192
I'm not surprised! There is often a lot of tension between Scotland and England
dating back from the 13th century. Our elections are coming up soon, and it looks
like the British and Scottish governments are to become even more differerent now.
I think the past is never forgotten mainly because of rivalry in sports such as rugby
and football here.

Ireland has calmed down a lot lately, but there is still religious tension, dating
back from the 17th century. Of course, Northern Ireland is still part of Britain,
but I think most British people would be happy to let Ireland take it back as long
as it stops the violence. However, the people who live in Northern Ireland do not
think so...

>>193
I heard schools with dormitory(public school? Private school?)
where kids live apart from parents from very early age
such as Rugby or Eaton school don't produce students with excellent academic
grades anymore. Not many students from these schools can't enter
Prestagious uni such as Cambridge or Oxford. Is that the case these
days?

>>194
Over here, there is always tension between Japan and Korea
(and China, somewhat) due to what Japan did to them during the imperialism era.
Korean people especially seem to have maintained their old grude against Japan
and show strong rivalry to us on a daily basis.
Although we recognize that the part of it comes from the governments
propaganda, in that they can divert peoples' attention from domestic
problems to the overseas 'enemy,' the tactics US is always using by creating
virtual enemies, and also they can receive a huge amount compensation by not
forgiving us forever.
But in any case, I think our prim minister should NOT go to Yasukuni shrine,
where A-class criminals are worshiped, because it only nagatively stimulate
Koreann and Chinese people and give their governments to ask for more money.

So the rivalry between England and Scotland is more like a sibling rivalry now?
Such as, which is the stronger big brother of the two, kind of?
I'd assume English and Scotts have different opinions on this, too.lol~~

If my understanding is correct, the majority of Northern-Ireland people are
Protestant and they want to stay with G.B.
And the minority Catholics are represented by IRA and demanding ablishment of
discrimination against them, is this correct?
Then why not move all the Catholics to Ireland and keep the Protestants in G.B,?

>196
many spelling/grammatical mistakes, especially
X ablishment
O abolishment

>>193
I know students have a gap year in UK before entering college.
Did you take a whole year off to do something, say, volunteering?
What do they typically do for a gap year?

>>193
I see.
Although the problem of 'social disparity' has been widely discussed these days,
our situation seems to be much more fair than the U.K. simply because
the criteria of 'class' doesn't exist in Japan.
I feel extremely sorry for your straight-A friend. Such situation never
happens in Japan.
But at the same time, these days, upbringing mostly decides how good you can do
academically, I mean, it has been substantiated by the facts and data that
those who pass the entrance exams for good universites are mostly from
rich families.
If the parents are well-off, the children can go to good private elementary school
and onwards, get good education and will eventually acquire the ability to
pass difficult exams.
So such a myth that a child, whose parents are poor farmers, worked his
butt-off in the farm to help his parents and study extremely hard to
enter a good university........seems to be no longer valid.

The 'bridge jumping' reminds me of 'snow jumping' at Hokkaido University.
As you know, Hokkaido is the northernmost island in Japan,
and the uni. has the even in Feburary where students jump off of their
school building onto snow, some stark-naked, some with amine-character costumes, etc.
I don't know but due to global warming, they might wanna watch out for
snow shortage, lol

>>193
It's so good to hear that even most of the native British people have difficulty
distinguishing between Oxford and Cambridge accents.

I think English spoken in the U.K. has much more varieties than the one
spoken in the U.S.
Because in the U.S., although there is a regional difference, especially
for north and south, there is no 'class' element to it.
But in the U.K. you have the combination of 4 (?) different regions with different accents and
the class difference.
I recognize that David Beckham has very different accents from Hue Grant, lol

I don't think there's any point in talking about deifferneces between
regional accents in UK, or differences between UK and American accents.

Japanese learners of English who are eager to talk about them tend
to think they are smarter if they can tell those differences, which
they aren't at all. LOL

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(・∀・)ｲｲ!!

(`･ω･´) ｼｬｷｰﾝ

(´ー｀)y─┛~~

>>195
Hmmm... it may be that other schools are just producing better grade students.
However, the schools you mentioned are prestigious schools also, and it tends
to be students from them who receive first choice when it comes to choosing the
older universities, such as Oxford or Cambridge.

>>196
I have heard much about the tension between Japan and Korea, especially about the Yasukuni Shrine;
the BBC has covered it extensively on the news. This seems to be more like the tension between the
UK and Ireland of past years.
You are right though, it is more of a sibling rivalry between England and Scotland that is drawing
then a little further away from the UK. As for who is stronger... well... that is hard to say! One
of Scotland's stereotypes is their heavy consuming of alcohol and therefore a view that they are all
crazy madmen (like they really were 800 years ago)! But England has the greater political power,
though Scotland's own parliament is growing by each election.

You are correct also when you say that most of Northern Ireland are protestant and wish to stay part
of Britain, and there's a minority of Catholics who wish to be part of Ireland. The IRA 'fight for'
re-unification of the countries, but the Northern Irish UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force, their equivalent)
fight to keep it separate. It would be easier is the Catholics accepted it was separate and relocated
to  Ireland itself, but there are strong family ties to their land and they will not move.

>>198
This Gap year is an optional break after the A-Level exams and before entry into the successfully chosen
university. Many students work for the whole year to raise money for university so there is little or no
debt, but most students who take it do not have this foresight and spend their money on travelling, as
they are now at least 18 years old and have a year of freedom which they have never had before.
Most students go straight from A-Level exams into university though.

>>199
Ahh yes, you have entrance exams, I almost forgot. Aside from the A-level examinations, entry to a university
is almost like applying for a new job - you have to write some sort of personal statement and mention other
qualifications. It is like a background check, which is very unfair.

Haha, I have seen the amount of ice Hokkaido gets in the winter, so I can believe there is enough snow to
jump into! I guess almost every university has their strange traditions.

>>200
Hmm... 4 divisions? I'll have to think about that. Once, I drew a map for a friend showing 'boundaries' of
different accents in the UK. Of course, Scotland and (Northern) Ireland have many different accents between
them - Scotland's hardest to understand dialect and accent is from Glasgow. There was an older BBC comedy
featuring a lower-class man from Glasgow, I'll try and find a clip.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41y5k4wXC0 - it is very hard for most British people to completely understand
what is being said.
The North of England is very different from that of the South also, and is more associated with the working class.
However, there are many different accents and dialects within the North - Just half an hour's drive north of where
I live, the local speech is almost as unrecognisable as in Glasgow! This is the 'Geordie' dialect of Newcastle.
A little to the south, there's the Yorkshire accent, to the west, there's Liverpool (Scouser dialect) and Manchester.
In the south of England, people from Birmingham have a distinct accent and in London itself, there are at least two.
People often make fun of accents from other areas, such as people from Liverpool are often mocked. And I have not even
mentioned Wales yet!

Whoa, extensive replies!!!!!
Thank you sooo much for the time you put in for us!!!!

>>208
*OMG*
The video clip, geeeeee, it doesn't even sound like English.......!
And it's not subtitled....amazing.
I only understood probably about 10% of it, oh well,
I'll be careful not to meet people from Glasgow, lol~~

>>207
Sounds like in the UK, it is more common for students themselves to earn and pay university tuition,
is it correct?
Because in Japan, although there are people who go to universities on
public scholarship, I think usually, parents save up money over 18 years or so
to pay tuition for their children, which means a lot of us are
more spoiled than people in the UK.

>>206-207
Thank you for your explanation about gap year and Rugby school.
These two were questions from me.

I will be happy!

>>202-205
Hell-guy, are you showing off?

>>211
In the UK, scholarships are hardly heard of. However, many parents in richer families
do put money towards their children's university education, and middle class families
often contribute a few thousand pounds towards it also.

I wouldn't say you're more spoiled. From what I have read and heard, Japanese university
students are more academic than students here, who often spend a lot of time and money
drinking alcohol, or spending their tuition fees on useless things; a recent survey indicated
that each week, on average, students spend:
? £20.32 (\4,860) on alcohol
? £17.90 (\4,280) on entertainment
? £11.66 (\2,790) on clothes
? £7.43 (\1,777) on CDs, phones, etc.
? £5.65 (\1,352) on books
So £3273 (\783,055) per year extra in total, not including accommodation or tuition.

>>210
Haha, I'd say I understood *maybe* 60% of it! I think one factor that made it so popular
was that hardly anyone could understand what they were saying, and only make out one or
two words every sentence (if they were lucky).

I was unko.

>>208
It is very interesing that in England, it seems like people intentionally
preserve, and are probably proud of, their dialects and accents.
In Japan it's the opposite, I think only some people from western part of Japan use their
Kansai accent, but otherwise, people usually try to hide their accents,
because they don't want to be judged as uncool country people.
Actually I used to know some people who almost refused to open their mouth, so as not to
reveal their accents.

As far as I know, one of the hardest dialects to understand in Japan is that from Okinawa.
As you probably know, a long time ago, Okinawa had its own kingdom called 'Ryukyu' and the
Ryukyu dialect is almost incomprehensible, maybe only 10% I can understand.
But then, only old people can properly speak it, so some Okinawans are making a effort to preserve it.
Situation seems to be more severe in Hokkaido, where Ainu people are trying to
preserve their exticting language.

>>215
>Japanese university students are more academic than students here,

Thanx very much for the compliment, but

>who often spend a lot of time and money
drinking alcohol, or spending their tuition fees on useless things

this is exactly what we say about Japanese university students, lol

I think it is quite famous that in Japan, students study very hard to enter
a good university because then, they can get a good job and their well-off life will be
guaranteed.
So 'name' of university is very important, but as soon as one successfully enters
a good university, they start to go wild as if they try to recupe what they missed so far.
But of course, there are diligent and serious-minded students, especially those who
are in the science & engineering department, they need to do a lot of time-consuming experiments
and research work, so they spend long hours at uni.

We see on the news that Finland has a very good education system and
students have high academic motivation, not because they want good salaries
but simply because they find it fun to learn.
This maybe something missing in japan.

this tread is very hard internet isnt it

Thanx very much for a whole bunch of interesting replies.
TTFN ^-^

>>217
In England, there is a very stereotypical 'country' accent often associated with farmers.
It is strange though, because farmers in both the north and the south often DO speak in
this accent. I don't know if it's real, or if they just do it because it is expected of
them... Anyway, country people here tend to be very conservative and will hardly ever try
to change their accents. In fact, if people visit small villages, local people are sometimes
very suspicious and unfriendly.

I had heard very little about Ryukyu... I don't think I have ever heard anyone from Okinawa.
When I think of 'Ainu', I think of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien where the Ainur (Ainu singular)
were the first creations of Ilúvatar (God). Haha, sorry for going off-topic. I have read about
the Ainu people of Hokkaido, and they do have an interesting and unique cultural background.

Gaelic is a dying (but historical) language used in parts of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. In Wales,
however, it is mainly the northerners who speak it. Though they know English, they are sometimes hostile
to the English by pretending they don't understand, speaking only Gaelic while English people can hear.

>>218
Haha, I was not aware of this! Our view of Japanese students are ever-diligent workers
who do nothing but work, work, work at the sacrifice of fun.

It is our view that all Finnish people are crazy. It would not surprise me that people
who *enjoy* rolling in snow naked and then whipped with sticks afterwards could find *anything*
fun! But that aside, the Finns I know are fun people (even though they have a very high suicide
rate...). Maybe the way teaching is done in Finland is different from either of our countries.

>>219
Sorry for making it hard to understand for some people! Maybe I am making it a bit one-topic...
Recently, I saw a movie called 'Persona' (Kamen Gakuen), and did not enjoy it... also watched
a few movies by 'Fukasaku Kenta' and they were all terrible! There are quite a few Japanese
movies I have enjoyed... so... could anyone make any recommendations?

are you native speakers

>>>222
I loved your observation about the Finns!
But you know what, Japan's suicide rate is higher than that of Finland.
Russia is #1 by a large margin, and surprisingly or not, we are #2!!!
Recent survey showed our suicide rate is 30,000 persons/year.

>>223
Yes, I am English, living in England. By blood, though, I am half Canadian.

>>224
I had no idea! All I know is that Finland's is one of the highest in Europe,
and scientists say it is because of its latitude - there are some parts of
Finland that never see the sun for 6 months of the year, and relate this to
depression.
I have heard that the forest at the base of Mount Fuji is a popular place for
suicide...

>>223
no, I'm not.
Are you?

>>225
>the forest at the base of Mount Fuji is a popular place for
suicide...

That's right. They say it's like a maze, so once you are in, you can never
find a way out.
Suicides committed by children are a big problem now in japan.
The cause is bullying at school. Kids these days are very brutal.

BTW, how come you know so much about Japan?
Please ignore this question if you don't feel like answering it.

>>227
Bullying is quite a problem here too, but the government is trying to encourage
schools to put in more measures to prevent it. I have no idea how successful it
has been so far.

I don't really know that much about Japan, but have always been interested in travel
and other countries. Before settling in England, I have lived in Canada, Singapore,
Ethiopia and Germany, but that was mainly during my childhood and growing up. My father
was a diplomat, and it was always more interesting talking to Japanese diplomats rather
than English ones who always boasted about how well off they were and how noble their
family was.

>>226
no im not

let talk with you and i

Grandfather death from such a thing a little while ago...

I am a boy whose cock is still covered with skin.
some people tell me you are a phimosis

>>225
we had スコットランド人(scotish) in this thread.
we haven't seen him for a while though.

he was an anglophobia patriot. how do you think about him(scotish)?
he wanted to depart from england and be independant.
he said he had only met one scotish who wanted continuing existence of united kingdom.

i also want to know general english sentiments toward scotish.

personally i think scotish might be more aggresive,independent-minded than another
celtic people.it might be annoying to english people,doesn't it?

>>228
bbc document program on bullying was just on air,yesterday night.

English ones who always boasted about how well off they were and how noble their
family was

japan is the same,maybe worse.noblesse oblige is the past thing
in england? we japanese still have illusion of english gentlemen.

i am a cynic among japanese.a minority.
i wonder how they can be gentle, ruling over seven seas,

>>232
I covered a little on this subject back in post >>206 but to elaborate further, there
are a lot of people from the 'Celtic' countries who still resent English conquest from
many centuries ago, which I could compare to rivalry between Japan and Korea, or parts
of China. I do not think such 'patriotic' Scottish people realise that Scotland and England
sort of merged in 1603, when a James I (a Scottish king) also became King of England.

I don't think Scotland would be successful apart from the United Kingdom, as their only real
exports are whiskey and fish. I do not think the Scottish would be so patriotic if they had
to pay significantly higher taxes. You are right - sometimes these sentiments are annoying, but
we see Scotland as harmless.

>>234
I think noblesse oblige died out at the beginning of the 20th century in England. Military commanders
during the first world war were idiots and had no sense of obligation for the soldiers who had to
fight and die, while the generals were sat behind desks several miles away. Winston Churchill was
probably one of the last gentlemen, and people here still hold him in high regard. Out stereotype of
the British politician in this era is a man who constantly lies, or an upper-class politician who was
born into the role, but has no idea what they are supposed to do.

>>234
I just remembered Sir John Roy Major's father was a trapeze artist, or
atleast he belonged to a circus company, right?
Very interesting.

Many years ago, we had a prime minister named Kakuei Tanaka, who only
graduated from elementary school because his family was very poor,
but otherwise, I cannot think of any prim minister with unique background.
We now have a large number of second-generation or even third-generation
politicialns from politician families.

>>228
Did you get to meet Bob Geldof and Bono (U2) while you were in Ethiopia?

>>222
The following film has been selected to be presented during the "Directors' Week" of
Cannes Film Festival, starting on May 16.
It hasn't been shown in Japan yet, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be great!
Personally I prefer Matsumoto to Takeshi Kitano in terms of sense of humor,
so I'm looking forward to seeing it.

"Matsumoto's first film "Dai Nipponjin" (literally "Great Japanese") is supposed be a comedy,
with Matsumoto wearing 4 hats as planner, screenwriter, director and main actor.
But other details, including other cast, plot or even a genre, has been strictly kept secret.

Hitoshi Matsumoto is a big name multi-talented celebrity who marked an epoc as a comedian after
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano did so, and he seems to be chasing Kitano in the next stage - film making."

This thread has a lot of replies! And some interesting comments. Especially about accents.xD

I'm also glad to know that English people have a hard time understanding other accents from their region. That's one thing I'm afraid of if I ever visit the UK, because I wouldn't know how to respond to someone that I didn't understand.
Many Americans find English accents sexy, but that's usually the James Bond kind of accent. xD

And I'm sorry to hear about bullying problems. O_o
Every kid gets picked on or beat up on sometimes, but kids here would never actually abuse another kid continuously, unless it's a rare case.
However, school fights are common in middleschool and highschool. But they are usually one-time scuffles, and noone in particular is targetted for something. At least that's how it's been in my schools.

...sorry for interuption of useless commentary. Please proceed. >.>

...sorry for the*

keira!
What do you think about Jude Law's English?
I think it's very sexy!!

>>239
keira, if you have time,
could you give your comment on this video clip the Englishman >>208 found for us?
He said he understood about 60% of it.
I wonder how it sounds for American people.
(F.Y.I., I understood only 10% of it, lol)

>Scotland's hardest to understand dialect and accent is from Glasgow. There was an older BBC comedy
featuring a lower-class man from Glasgow, I'll try and find a clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41y5k4wXC0 - it is very hard for most British people to completely understand
what is being said.

>242
"60%".....I'm sure he was being modest about it^-^.

>>235
thanks for the long post!! he said that union had been based on
mutual agreement,but in reality somewhat compulsory.

he is an anti-racist,libertarian,anti-war,stil don't like english .
it is interesting for me.

>as their only real exports are whiskey and fish.
i don't know much about scotland. but he won't agree with this.

>>222
A movie called "Tokyo tower" directed by Joji Matsuoka is a good movie
if you are interested in the sentiment of Japanese people during the
Showa era.
Since this was released in April this year, it probably has not been
translated into English yet, but here is some information:

http://www.tokyotower-movie.jp/images/top01.jpg

>>241
He has a very nice voice indeed.<3

>>242
haha. Well, I think I also got about 60%-70% of it. But I could understand enough of it to laugh at some of the jokes.
I'm not used to hearing that type of accent, but i live in a very diverse area, where many people have lots of different types of accents. So I guess I'm a little bit used to having to decipher english. xD

>>246
Impressive!
Thank you very much for taking the time.

I haven't seen here for a few months because I am job hunting to quit slave warehouse labour.
But its result is worse than the reality. Not a single of company is much reluctant to hire me because they are stupid.
I feel depressed. Emma Watson is THE only angel who cure my fatigue and hurted heart. I want to marry her.
That's my recent months activity.

Level A of TOEIC score ranking is not perfectly useless when a man of not having workin' career seeks a job.

>>248
IT's not that they are stubid but it's that you don't have decent job
history nor you look attarctive as a person.

>>250
But It's noy suitable for me to work at an IT company.
I hate computer itself. I want to only enjoy a computer for brwosering some online sites or chatting with you so as to improve my English.

>>251
What kind of job would you rather do then?

>>236
I had no idea that John Major's father was a circus performer! Haha, this is new but interesting information
for me, thanks. Kakuei Tanaka, I had heard of him, but most of the things, unfortunately, were bad, about bribary.
His daughter's doing quite well in politics now though, isn't she?

>>237
Unfortunately not - I was there a few years too early for that. But I have heard that Bono isn't really a social person...

>>238
I miss Takeshi Kitano's films! The last I saw was his remake of Zatoichi, and though it was exciting, it didn't really *feel*
like a Kitano movie. I think 菊次郎の夏 and HANA-BI are his movies that I enjoyed most, and had the biggest effect on me.
I will be sure to check out Matsumoto, thank you for the recommendation!

>>293
Fortunately - as diverse as it is - there doesn't seem to be much in the way of American accents that we cannot understand,
although sometimes the accent accredited to New Orleans and parts of Louisiana gives that certain "huh?" factor...
Don't be sorry about your commentary! It's not useless, that's what this thread is kinda for, after all, isn't it?

And just on the subject of America again... it is amusing how over the Internet, there is often aggression between
Americans and British (I'm not saying there is here!), but when Americans visit Britain or British visit America, the people
are always friendlier and more open to them than they usually are to people of their own country.

>>244
I still have mixed feelings about this - although I am English, seven generations ago, my family were largely Scottish.

>>245
Thanks! I am really interested in the economic boom and what brought it on, before its collapse in about 1993. But mainly,
I have a soft spot for sentimental movies, and judging from the front page of that website, it looks like that movie just might
be one!

>>253
People are just more hostile in general on the Internet. Plus, it's common to see people
from other countries on the Internet, but not so common in real life, so it's more special
when you get to meet one in person.

>>253
Plz excuse my very rudimentary question, but in
'But I have heard that Bono isn't really a social person...,'
does 'a social person' mean 'social-minded person' or 'sociable person'?
I assume the former, but am I right?

Another very rudimentary question, not related to anything on
this thread, about a word 'caucasian.'
Which is more polite, 'He is white' or 'He is caucasian'?

Thank you very much in advance.

>>253
>I miss Takeshi Kitano's films! The last I saw was his remake of Zatoichi, and though it was exciting, it didn't really *feel*
like a Kitano movie.

I watched Zatoichi, too. There are lots of comedy factors dotted in
the movie, like all of a sudden caharacters starts dancing together.
Tap dancing, that is, which Kitano is good at himself. Those comedy
factors seen in the Kitano's Zatoich is what makes it different from
the original Zatoichi.

You don't feel like it was Kitano movie. Yeah, his other films are
serious ones. But as you might know, he is originally a comedian and
not a film maker, so when I watched Zatoichi, I felt like it was
Kitano movie, if you know what I mean. I have seen one or two movies of
him besides Zatoichi, and Zatoichi is the most entertaining and fun to me.
The other two was boring to me. I like Kitano as a comedian.

(con)
He started as a comedian with his partner in exotic dancers's club.
He played a role of funny man and the other played a role of straight
man. They did manzai, which is kind of like a standup comedy done
by two people. His carrer started at an exotic dancers's club, which
used to be common to comedians before they got popular. Nobody wanted
to see comedians talk in the extic dancers's club. After all people
who go to exotic dancers's club go to see naked girls not comedians
talikng. That's when he took up tap dancing. People didn't listen to
comedian's talk in this kind of club, but as for tap dancing, they
enjoyed watching.

They began get popular, and started to make appearnce on TV.
After they broke up, Kitano's popularity stayed the same,
or increased. He doesn't do manzai anymore but his comments
in his program is funny. He sure is a bigwig Japanese comedy
arena and entertainment business. I'll look for kitano's
manzai in youtube.

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>>253
Kakuei Tanaka's very outspoken daughter 'Makiko' was on extremely good
terms with Koizumi and she got the post of foreign minister, however,
her outspokenness went far beyond the bounds, and started creating
problems both domestically and diplomatically.
So her ex-buddy Koizumi sacked her only after 9 months, and since then,
she has been keeping rather a low profile.
But I'm almost certain, she is has some tactics in her mind as a politician.
In fact, I kinda miss her quick-witted and right-to-the-point comments!

>>254
This is true, though there is a lot of racial diversity in the UK and in the USA. Most of the foreigners
who visit my town, however, are from Nepal.

>>255
Sorry for the confusion, you are right - I did mean insociable. Nobody really minds how
he is though, because he has done a lot for aid in third-world countries.

As for your other question, I suppose 'caucasian' is more politically correct, but on things
such as census forms or job applications, the term 'white' is still mainly used. I am not really
sure which is considered more polite, but we are more used to 'white', as 'caucasian' is very
rarely used in conversation.

>>256
You make a good point. It did have those Kitano-esque parts dotted around. I completely forgot about
the tap dancing at the end, and did not know of Kitano's history with tap dancing, so thank you for
explaining about that. Now I recollect such scenes as the farmers, hoeing the field in rhythm, and
the strange scene where the idiot runs around the house a few times.

On British TV, channel 20, they show Takeshi's Castle (風雲!たけし城) every weekday for an hour at 6pm.
Ah... a question about that! I have seen many, many episodes of this, but have only ever seen one or two
people succeed. But it never mentions what the prize was...

>>253
Kitano's manzai (his partner in this video is not the one I mentioned
in >>257. ) He wears wig and outfit to look funny.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4DwiDKsbg

This is kind of shoking video at a press conference after he got out
of hospital. Kitano injured himself in a bike accident. His face
deformed and looked like a differnet person.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgwaDlrFPfI

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKKiw6MFtQ
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYQ0FrXvUNQ&mode=related&search=

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrMEGeBOck&mode=related&search=

This character he played is calld Take-chan-man and became extremely
popular. He was young back then.

>>260
Thanx very much for the explanations on the words.

welcome

>>260
*OMG*
You get to watch Takeshi's Castle (風雲!たけし城) in England @.@!!!

I was not a heavy watcher of that show, but if I remember collectly, I think the prize was 1 million yen in cash,
and for especially funny blooper-type actions, they awarded 100,000 yen.

>265
X collectly
O correctly

>>260
It's amazing 風雲たけし城 is aired in UK!
I don't remember what the prize for a winner of Takeshi's Castle, either.

Yeah, I remember farmers hoeing the field in rhythm and the idiot
running around the house. In Zatoichi and his other films he uses
his disciples for characters, probably to prevent budget from
getting large. The idiot running around the house is one of his
disciple, too.

>>261, >>262
Thank you very much for your examples of Kitano's comedy. I have only really been
exposes, previously, to manzai duos such Downtown, Tunnels and Ninety-nine. In the first
video, his partner is Shimada Yousichi, who dresses as an American Indian in the surfboard
game? He looks familiar. There other two videos are sort of what I expected of Kitano! I'll
have to look for more, but thank you for the start! I have not seen him perform with Kaneko
Kiyoshi, but know of the Two Beats.

As for his motorcycle accident, I had heard about that, but have also heard rumours that it
may not have entirely been accidental.

>>263
You are very welcome!

Yeah, and one of his former disciples, Sonomanma-Higashi
is Governor of Miyazaki prefecture now, lol~~

>>268 - Sorry, 'exposed'!

>>265
Ah, a million yen! I think I would give those games a try even for that amount. I'd even
be happy to embarrass myself for 100,000! Thank you for the answer!

>>267
I always remember seeing other actors from 'Office Kitano' throughout his movies. I always
seem to remember Terajima Susumu more than others though. He plays a fantastic psychopath!

>>268
Shimada Yousichi was one of the manzai duo named "B&B," which was very
popular around early 80's.
Now his second boom came with the book he wrote about his very unique grandmother,
titled "Saga no Gabai Bachan"(literal translation would be "Super Gramma of Saga,"
which has sold 4 million copies so far, and it has made into a movie and also a
TV drama.
I've heard him saying this on TV that Takeshi Kitano and he are very good friends,
and Takeshi was the one strongly recommended that the gramma's stories to be
published.
Both are so talented.

>>270
Terajima Susumu does have the piercing look in his eyes, doesn't he?
I've seen him on one of the variety shows Tunnels has, and noticed that
his true colors seem to have a lot in common with the eccentric characters he plays,lol

>>268
You seem to know very much about Japanese show business than I thought.
Yeah, That's Shimada Yoshichi. And as >>271 explained, he wrote a
book and sold a lot. It's about heartwarming interaction between
his granma and him. It might be a good idea to add the movie to
your list.

You even know Beat Kiyoshi. I looked for the video of Two Beats
but all I can find is this. ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxMvmZKeMY
Backgorund song is by Takeshi.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2z7bmE0Ew8
Here you can see Kiyoshi was in Takeshi's program about 15 years ago.
They are not doing manzai, though.

>>268
>Shimada Yousichi, who dresses as an American Indian in the surfboard
game?

I don't know what game it is. American indian.....
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ekqyh-gr1g
Around the end of this video, a comedian whose name is Shimazaki
Toshiro appears. This comedy chatacter he used to play is called
Adamo-chan. Maybe you are talking about him? If so he is not
Shimada Yoshichi.

i heard takeshijo went off the air beacause left education group claimed
it was encouraging militarizm.
ridiculous. japanese tv stations are vulnerable to the
atack of noisy minorities ,easily yield to them.

>>271, 273
Thank you!! I'll have a look for the drama or the movie. I had not heard of B&B before, either,
and will have a look for them.

It's very hard for me to imagine Beat Takeshi looking so young, and took a minute to realise
who was who! I'm also surprised at a song like that coming from him. I know his daughter, Shoko,
is in music, but have never heard her before (is she any good? I collect a lot of music)... and a while ago, came across a performance by...
something along the lines of 'The Kitano Family' which I think was to do with him.

Thank you for the introduction to these people!

>>274
Sorry, I forgot to mention what show the game was in! I meant to say it was in たけし城. I'll
take a photo when it's on tonight (in about two and a half hours).
The clip with Shimazaki Toshiro was bizarre!

>>260
iranians and saudi arabian,pakistani,and so on are caucasian academically,but you don't necessarily regard them
as "whites".

sometimes it's hard to distinguish middle easterners from south europeans.
but if they are european ,mostly christian,they are whites.

we have iranian looking napoli born talent, girolamo.
he is just a mediocre brown skinned caucasian. but he is italian.
so he becomes celeb,hand-some middle age,little bad daddy(チョイ悪オヤジ）
in japan.

we despise iranians.on the other hand, we admire anything italia and italians
.
even though we don't hear many good news about iranians living in japan,
there is another factor.

for me,they are the same brown skinned looking caucasians.

>>276
Shimada Yoshichi announced in April that he would quit his agency
in coming August. I don't know what his partner will do. Maybe B&B will
break up. You can see their manzai here at ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=AYYeHN7vQT4
Accroding Japanese version of wikipedia, the reason why he will quit
the agency is that he and his agency had a conflict over
the benefits his novel produced. Its about money, maybe about how much
he get. The agency is notorious for stingy.

By the way the agency is called Yoshimoto Kogyo where Ninty-nine,
Down town and other famous comedians belong.

If my momory serves right, Kitano's daughter didn't release many songs.
Maybe one or two? I don't know. Then, she maybe went to US.
Now she is back in Japan and got married and pregnant I think
she is mother already. If I am right she quit show business.
As for her singing, she was a good singer. IMO she got media attention
first because she was a/the daughter of Kitano but she noticed
that that's not enough to live this dog-eat-dog competition show business
world and quit after realising one or two songs.

I did a quick search and found her singing. Yeah!
ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=Wjmqwyk0jz0
Do you konw X-Japan, which was popular. The leader of the band, Yoshiki
made this song.

What's up Japan how you doing? Americans here from America

>>277
You are correct - 'caucasian' and 'white' are only really synonymous (has the same meaning) in the USA.
However, the main definition of caucasian as a race is really anyone native to Europe, western Asia, south
Asia or parts of north Africa. Though not exclusively white-skinned, the skin tone can vary to a large degree.
As you say, both Iranians and Italians are caucasian, but they also have differing skin tones.

>>278
I do not really know much about showbusiness agencies in Japan, because showbusiness in the UK is very different.
An agent here may have one or two acts, but the comedians have most of the control and the better known ones usually
make a lot of money. This is not so with music agencies here, however, where I think they are very similar to in Japan.
A lot of these agencies have been known to be quite stingy...

It seems that there are quite a lot of musical artists in Japan who don't really have much musical talent, but seem to
rely more on their image. I'm not saying that your singers are talentless though - there are a lot whose music I really
enjoy, including X-Japan (I prefer their slower ballads more; Forever Love, Endless Rain, Tears etc.). I do enjoy other
performances such as Hitoto Yo, Kiroro, Ai Otsuka, B'z, Speena, Nanamusica, etc. Sakamoto Kyu even made number 2 in the
UK music charts in 1965, and number 1 in the US charts. Having heard his voice before ever seeing him, it was surprising
to see he was so young too. He sounded a lot older.

I just checked the link (thanks for finding it!), and she wasn't really very good, although she is pretty.

>>253
ahaha, really? I think people in general are hostile over the internet. >.>
I don't think that many Americans have any problem with the british, except for maybe nationalists or something.

Natively, The US accents are pretty easy to understand usually, but in the city I live in (which is considered the most diverse city in the nation), there are people from all over the world.
Usually Asian or Middle Eastern places, but it's very common to hear people speaking other languages on the streets and on my college campus.
Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic I think are the most common to hear.
America is made from Immigrants. That's what I meant by having to decipher through accents. xD
But I love learning about other cultures, so I enjoy the diversity.

>>279
Welcome. What part of the US are you from?

keira sounds sexy to me.
i can imagine how you look.

>>282
...er, thank you? xD

although making nice assuptions over the internet might set you up for dissappointment anonymous-san xD

http://images.google.co.jp/images?sourceid=navclient&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-38,GGLG:ja&q=keira&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

oh, keira knightly?

she's very beautiful.

But her name is pronounced "kee-ra"
while my katakana name is "keh-ii-ra"

She was great in Pirates of the Carribean. Do you also like that movie?

i just searched keira on google. i happened to
find her.
i didn't know her.
but keira sounds sexyname.and it corresponds with the results.

in japan there is an image of first name.
for example,hanako sounds old,somewhat ugly.

i thoght keira had atmosphere of sexiness.
how do you think?

Keira is only my katakana name.
My real name is Kayla, as some other regulars in this thread might remember.
It's Irish. xD

But I guess it is a little true that a first name does sort of create an image.
Like "Beth" sounds very plain and old fashioned for a girl's name.
And "John" is very common, but also considered boring.

Unfortunatly, all the other people named Kayla that I have met were very girly and obsessed with MySpace. O_o
For some reason i can't seem to get along with other people who have the same name as me.

How about you anonymous-san? You don't have to tell me your name, but does it bother you if you meet someone with the same name?

is KYLA the same to kayla?

my first name is not rare.
but i've never had acquaintance who have the same first name.
for one reason,it might be because i don't have many friends....
anyway, it would be annoying to call another people "my first name"
it would be annoying if i had friend or colleague who has the same first name.

by the way, my kanji name is not the most frequently found one.
maybe,second or third.

隆　高志　孝　貴(takashi)　they are pronounced the same. they are not my name.

The Scottish National Party just won the Scottish elections.

Scotland will become seperate from the UK in 2010.

I'm celebrating tonight!

How about my name? Does it sound boring? Or too stimulating?
Somebody on this board said I'm too weired because I think the
name is cool :)

what a timely news and what a timely reappereance　ｗｗｗｗ

The Scottish National Party and The British National Party.
The names resemble.But They are opposite each other.
Interesting.
A splinter group from BNP also claim the country for English.
They don't have to fight for their cause any more? Scotland will
voluntarily separate from U.K.

>>274
This is who I meant:
ttp://idolatry.jp/imagedump/shimada.jpg

>>275
I'd heard a rumour it was due to violence, but later found out it was Ultra Quiz the rumour was about.
To some minority groups, it may seem that way, but to most people it just looks like a lot of fun. The
BBC is similar and sometimes changes things despite only a few complaints.

>>281
The way Britain is now, we're almost made up of immigrants! It's not unusual to hear people
speaking in Hindi, Urdu, Punjab, Cantonese, Mandarin, Gujerati, Gurkhali (Nepalese) or Turkish.
You're right, also, that it is interesting to live in such diverse communities, though there are
quite a few cases of racism, mainly from the natives here (they generally call it nationalism,
trying to hide what it is behind a harmless word). It's a shame that there is so much ignorance
in society sometimes.

>>289
Might I ask which part of Scotland you're from?

>>292
The British National Party is a very right-wing and racist political party. Britain would be ruined if
they ever came into power.
They want to outlaw all immigration into Britain of non-whites and ethnic minorities, and to send back
those who already live here. National service (compulsory time in the military) would be introduced, with
voting rights denied if service is not taken. Foreign aid would cease, and they would withdraw the UK from
the European Union.

Also, Scottish separation is not 100% certain. The movement would have to go through the Scottish electorate
to see how much support there would be. The future, I think, is very uncertain, since it really could go either way.

>>288
kyla is not the same, but similar. I think the katakana for kyla would be 'kai-ra', so you can see how it's different.

I thought Takashi was a popular japanese name, but you haven't met someone with your name? I guess it's only a matter of time. :)

>>281
Yes, I've heard that Britain is becoming more diverse. :D
I think it's very useless to be racist in a diverse area. We are all living on the same planet and under the same sky anyways. Being racist would only help make a person angry when they could be happy instead.

>>290
Sorry, I can;t read all of the kanji in your name. n_n;

It says "One Medical Student."

>>297
Nah, It means, "One medical doctor."
I've changed my name because I just graduated from medical school.
I passed the national exam and now I'm a doctor.
(Some call me I'm still a resident tho LOL)

I didn't notice that.

Wait, 医学者 means "medical scientist," doesn't it?
医者 and 医学者 are different terms.

>>300
yep, to be exact, what you say is correct.
I'm a doctor rather than a scientist now.
I'm far from being a scientist, because my main duties are like
taking blood, giving a drip, and moving patients' beds. LMAO

HEAL THYSELF.

>>293
he has his own web site. i can't present url though.
he is a university student.
glasgow or edinburgh.

>>295
nonono. takashi is a example to show how the same pronuciation name
has different kanjis.

my name is not takashi.

you are right. takashi is very familiar name.

>>303
Haha, my bets are on Glasgow! Thanks.

>>295
Are you a fan of John Lennon ?

He won't agree with you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32Zc1jJuLs

>>277, 280
Thanx very much for clearing up the meaning of the word.
I guess I'll just stick to "whites" when I refer to someone with white skin
for simplicity, ^-^

>>305
Heh, you guessed right.
I'm studying at Glasgow University.
Where in England are you from?

>>280
I like Hitoto Yo, too, especially 'Morai-naki' and 'Hanamizuki.'
If you like her, you'll probably like this too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWgzHZvIj0
This is by a music duo called 'Kobukuro' and the title the tune is
'Tsubomi (flower buds).
This tune implicitly sings about the profound love of mother, and was used in
the drama version of 'Tokyo Tower,' which also features deep love of mother.
The climax of this tune is very good, I think.

>>308
There you are!
Long time no see!
Did you know we were talking about you a couple days ago when we were
discussing independence of Scotland?
BTW, do you still have your MySpace?
If so, could you paste the URL here, I seem to have lost it, thanks!

>>308
Since you mention that you live in Glasgow, I have a question for you.
How much of this video can you understand?
100% no problem?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41y5k4wXC0

We've been doing a little survey and the Englishman said he understood
about 60% (must be more, I'm sure) and Keira, who is American, said
60-70% (also probably more), and I (Japanese) said 10% ^-^v

>>310
Hi again. (^^)
I haven't been around much lately.
I've been busy with studying and stuff.

Here's my Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/davedim

I have to admit that I don't really maintain
it much anymore though.

>>308
Only really half English, but living in Darlington, up north. Well... north relative to England, anyway.

>>309
'もらい泣き' is also my favourite song by her.
As for Tokyo Towers, I have almost finished watching the first episode of the drama, and was wondering
about the music used, because I do like it. I have heard of Kobukuro, but would not have known them just
by listening. Thank you very much for your explanations!

>>311
I understood 100%.(≧ω≦)ｂ

My accent is sort of similar to that actually...
but probably not quite as hard to understand.

>>314
*OMG*
100%!!!!!!??????
That's really impressive!!!!!
I'll study harder, so someday, I might be able to understand
what is funny about the video clip, lol~~
Thanx very much for your time ^-^

>>310
Thank you very much for the URL.
I liked the music!

>>315
Well, I live around people who speak like
that, lol.

I had trouble understanding some
Japanese dialects when I first
started studying it.

Especially 山形弁… it has some strange words.

>>316
No problem. (^^)
"Scots Wha Hae" is the party song of the SNP actually.

>>317
You are right about 山形弁.
We say 東北弁, which is spoken by people living in the northern
part of Japan including 山形, is difficult to understand, because sometimes they use
words different from standard Japanese, and they tend to mumble because
they don't want to inhale cold air, lol
But then, 鹿児島弁 is also very difficult to understand, let alone 沖縄 dialect,
even the air is very warm in those places.........
But usually, most Japanese can speak standard Japanese, so when speaking
to someone outside of their region, they automatically switch to standard Japanese.
Whereas in U.K., I get the impression that you stick to your own accent because it
is part of your identity, and not so much care about 'standard' English, whatever
that is, maybe??
Although it is very difficult for non-native speakers of English,
it is also fun because it's like deciphering secret codes!

>>318
I think that you're right about
us sticking to our own accents.
I'm not so sure that there is such
a thing as "standard English" to be honest, lol.

I have a question for you guys...

Are there any Japanese magazines about
movies and drama that you would recommend?

I'd like reading Japanese publications as practice
and I like Japanese drama and stuff and so I'm
thinking of importing some magazines.

The only Japanese magazine available where I
live is Newtype and I don't really watch anime
that much.

My grammar in that second paragraph was
terrible, sorry.

I've been drinking... lol.

>>320
All I could think of off the top of my head are;
ザ・テレビジョン and TVガイド (both have a web-version) which
provide some information about dramas and movies shown on TV, but
I guess you are referring to something more profound, right?
Then I'm sorry I don't know.

btw, are you drinking scotch whisky?

As speak for magazine,"Jump" is the most well known in Japan.
It has serialized many masterpieces,such as
Dragon Ball,Slam Dunk,yu-yu-hakusyo,makibao-,Rurounikenshin
and so on.
If you have a chance,try it.

>>323
......but 'Jump' is a comic book, isn't it?
No offense, but スコットランド人 says he likes drama and stuff but doesn't really watch anime
that much, so I'm not sure if he was referring to comic books.......

>>320
'プレミア' may be one possibility.
They also have an Internet version of it.
As the name suggests, プレミア is the Japanese version of Premiere,
so there are more info. on foreign movies than Japanese movies,
but sometimes they have extensive coverage on Japanese movies.
At the very least, you could read about foreign (non-Japanese) movies
in Japanese, so you could practice Japanese language to a certain extent.

Golden Week

When I see posts written by natives or good speakers,I'm reluctant to post my poor English.

>>327
dont be ashamed of your poor sentence.
take part in our conversation.
you would be soon used to be in here.

>>328
you are the living example. is it true you got A level in toeic test?

>>327
yeah, please keep on posting.
The more people, the merrier!

If you were a pretty young virgin teenage girl, you would have the biggest chance to be mine.

Oh, pretty girl, don't need to be afraid or shy. I am very kind.
Let's enjoy more than romance, shalln't we?
Age gap never becomes obstacle between us.

>>329
it is difficult for me to understand what you say.
i haven't been interested in toeic or something like that :(

You should ignore him. He is a "test freak",so anything he say is about that.

I want a young girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a lolicon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

one day remaining to finish this golden week.
how are you going to spend the last day?

sorry i mistook you for >>249

Hum...It's a mystery you mistook 328 for 249.
If possible,I want you tell us the reason why.

>>327
There is no need to be embarrassed. The whole point of this thread is to try and improve communication
in English, after all. It is human nature to be reluctant though, but you must overcome it! I get really
embarrassed when I try to speak to my friend in Japanese, but it does improve (I hope!).

because they don't use capitalization. i can see some
grammatical fallacies in thier sentences. still >>249
got high score in toeic.

that's why i thought they were the same.

>>339
Approx. how many Kanji characters can you read?
Just curious.

>>340
but how do you know if 249 is telling the truth?

>>341
Still very few - maybe only about 500. Most of my knowledge comes from romanised text
in conversational textbooks. There is not a wide range of Japanese language books available
here. I do not have enough time to take formal classes, as I am a business management
student, working full time to fund my education.

>>328>>330>>339
Thank you so much!
I'm very surprised to see that not a few people encouraged me to join this thread.
It was just impression when I saw the privous posts written by others.

>>342
just a guess.

while toeic level A holedr seems less likely to make these errors.
toeic level A includes wide range of score, level A is
just a standard for japanese. not as good as it is said to be.
what is more ,we tend to make errors
more in writing test than in reading test.
a guy without signigicant ability,except english is very real.

you can say that i don't use capital letter and my english is not good,either.
yes,but i know i am not 249 and 328. possibility of me
being 249 and 328 is automatically excluded ｗｗｗ probably worse than
them!

Almost Indian people who speak English don't understand that raining cats and dogs.
Is there anybody who knows the reason?

>>346
Probably there are no cats or dogs in India, lol

>>343
Thank you.
Actually, I have no idea how many English words I know, lol

>>345
Is there any particular reason why you don't use capital letters?

>>349
it's troublesome
i am lazy.
i know i should use them.

I think, indian people did't have experiences of hard rain because of their arid land.

>>344
no worries.

>>349
suck my cock if you wanna know the reason.

>>350
I see.
Thank you.

>>353
No thank you.

>>354
why do you reject my offer? you should suck my penis and i teach you the reason i hate to use any capital letters in my sentence.

>>347

No!No! in India, dogs have good relation with cats.

>>355

I'm not a gay.

>>293
I can't tell if he is Shimada Yoshichi or not from that pic.
Well, but I've seen him wearing such a funny costume as if he was
a girl, so maybe that could be him. Maybe you can judge.

>>354
What a stupid person you are to think that both sucking your cock
and knowing the reason why you hate to use any capital letters are
equivalent in value!

only sucking my penis gives you useful acknowledgement which i hate to use capital letters.

>>348
A lot more than I know Kanji characters!

>>346
Because in India, it doesn't rain cats or dogs - it rains FISH!
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raining_animals
(I don't know any real reason, sorry!)

>>358
I did a little bit of research, and apparently it is him. He also does a game where
he has to count with his back to the contestants. The contestants walk slowly (burdened
with a silly costume) up a hill, and when he turns around, they must freeze. If caught
still moving, they are out of the game. The contestants who make it to the top continue
through to the next round.

someone said "raining cats and dogs" is an old expression.
it may be for writing only(?)

>>362
Here in the UK, it is mainly used by the older generations (when used at all). Nobody really knows the
origin of this phrase, but there are a few stories. And it is used in both speech and writing.

- In the 16th century, many people lived in tiny houses with thatched roofs. The warmest place in these
houses would have been beneath the thatching, so dogs, cats, mice and other animals sat on the roof supports.
When it rained, water leaked through, making the platforms slippery and so the animals could slip off and fall
to the ground. (This is nonsense, but the most widely told origin of the phrase.)

- In London's past, the streets were narrow and very unclean. Sometimes when the rain was very heavy, it would run
down these streets and carry away the dirt, which may include the corpses of animals.

But it's more likely that it's just a made-up, nonsense phrase, made to describe the occasion of heavy rain.

Have you heard about Emily?
She's famous on YouTube.

emiri is robot

Is anyone here?

no.

>>366
Maybe...

Is Tony Blair English?
I know he was born in Scotland.

>>369
You are right, he was born in Edinburgh, but his parents were Irish and English. I guess
this could be a bit confusing... a person can be born into one nationality, but grow up
as another - he grew up about 10 miles from where I live.
If you asked him, he'd probably just say "I am British".

Do you know anything about the U.K?
I'm a bit interested in British empiricism.
I can pick up a few exponents of it,for example,Francis Bacon,John Locke and David Hume.

Sorry,I'm kidding you! lol
I'm just curious about your educational background.

Space!

>>371
Haha, I'm glad you're kidding, because I really would not have been able to answer you properly,
sorry! I only know *very* little about David Hume, and even less about John Locke! Francis bacon is
the most well known of the three though.

MY educational background!? Well... I'll try and explain this one.
My youngest memories, even though I am English, were at Winchester School, in Singapore. However,
being the age I was, all I remember was being completely embarrassed by dressing up as a pig in
a farmyard themed musical and having to sing.

My most junior education was at an American school in Addis Ababa, during the civil war from 1988-1990.
This was where I learned my most basic of numbers, but had been reading since about the age of two from
home, taught by my family. Haha, I know this isn't what you had in mind, but I'll continue telling you
anyway.
The middle of my primary education was at a private school in Germany, part of the British government. It
was well organised and clean, and the first fun I'd ever had at an educational institution. This is where
I advanced my reading and numeracy, as well as the start to learning music.

(cont.)

After moving to my mother's hometown in England, I ended my primary education at a religious (Roman Catholic)
school, where religious learning and taking part in ceremonies was compulsory. This continued into my secondary
education, which in the British system was made up of compulsory subjects such as English, Mathematics, Biology,
Physics, Chemistry, Technologies (food, textiles, wood, electronics), Information Technology, a foreign European
language (such as French, German or Spanish - I took French), History, Geography and Physical Education. Perhaps
I missed one or two from the list, but it was a while ago, so please excuse me. Once we reach the age of 16, we
take compulsory subjects (English Literature, English Language, Mathematics, the Sciences, a foreign European
language, a technology, and three options - mine were French, Electronics, History, Office Applications and...
something else) for two years, then take GCSE exams. Students then either leave and take up employment, or
enrol into college (not to be mistaken for the American term for university).

In college, we specialise in 3 or 4 subjects for two years, then take A-Level examinations. I took General Studies
(comprised on politics mixed in with sociology), Modern History (mainly covering the rise and fall of German economy
during the Weimar period), Computing (covering programming languages, office software, etc.), Physics and Mechanical
Mathematics.

(cont.)

Depending on the results of these examinations, your choice of university either accepts or rejects you. I had a complete
change of mind about what I wanted and applied for a course in 3D modelling and animation. Because of my lack of art background,
I was rejected, but accepted a couple weeks after showing them a portfolio. After three years of this, I learned the mistake of
turning a hobby into a job, and changed direction again. I am now on the first year of studying for an MBA, without having chosen
a specialisation yet.

But in reply to the part about British empiricism, I do not really wish to study into this too hard, because I do not wish to disprove
my belief of an external world once the human body ceases to function (I say this with *extremely* limited knowledge on the subject).

>>343
Wow, you know a lot mor kanji than I do! I'm still struggling to memorize 210... u////u;;
A bit embarassing.

and thank you for the log posts throughout the thread!


today I read an article on wikipedia about Spontanious Human Combustion.
For those who don't know the english term, It's when a person happens to explode into fire out of nowhere! Some people think it's an urban legend, but I believe in it. >_<

てｓｔ

The last king og scotland,it was a suck movie.

Sup, guys.

I'm from Dallas. Any questions?

>>379
Is everything bigger in texas? Sorry, had to ask. xD

A girl who is appearing on a drama, Sexy voice and robo.is very pretty.
I want to know her profile. According to her looks, I think she is under 15.
It seems ver delicious.

>>380
Don't worry, I get asked that question all the time.

To an extent, yes, things are bigger here. Dallas and Houston are two big cities with big buildings and bigger businesses. The average man's height in my area is about 6 foot or higher; I'm considered on the short side at 5' 6".

In short, some things are bigger. Everything else is about on par with the rest of the US.

I think Hilary Duff is also from Texas.
She is famous there? Does she love me?

No, she doesn't.

>>382
oh, alright. When I tell people I'm from California, people always ask me if I live by the beach and have a tan.
Actually, I'm quite pale and I haven't been to a California beach in years. Too much kelp all over the place. xD
Northern Cali is a LOT more different than southern Cali.

Were the hockey fans going nuts before Dallas didn't move onto playoffs?
Dallas is my mom's favorite NHL team.
I think I'll go to Texas someday, but I'll travel the US when I'm old. While I'm still young I'm traveling the world!

>>376
I didn't konw the urban legends exist all over the world untill
you mentioned it.
We have tons of those in Japan, too.
The one I kind of like is that after you pierce you ears, you sometimes
get thread-like substance coming out of the holes.
When you pull the thread, it keeps on coming out, and eventually,
all of a sudden, your eye-balls turn inside-out, and you'll go blind!!

I hope you guys liked it~~

>>385
Do you shave your legs fiercely??
Because that's a kind of image that some of us have for
Calif. girls, lol

>>386
Gross! That's awesome. xD

There is one here about Bloody Mary.
you go into a room that has a large mirror, like a bathroom, near midnight,and turn off the lights.
If you say "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary!" then Bloody Mary will show up in the mirror, with her clothes stained in blood, and she reached through the mirrir and tries to strangle you!

>>388
Hehe, superb!

I don't think I'll be able to look into the mirror tonight!

>>387
Hahaha, are you serious? what kind of weird image is that? xD

>>389
Haha, oh there are a lot of urban legends, I just need to think of some left over from middle school...
Do you have any more?

>>375
Thank you for such an extensive C.V.!!
So is it the 3D modelling and animation where you started interested in
Japan?

>>390
Fiercely shaved, well-tanned, shiny legs are the image we have!

>>385
Meh. I don't really keep up with the Stars, but from what I heard they weren't doing so hot anyway. Most people in Dallas are more preoccupied with the Mavs anyway.

So, are there as many border jumpers in NorCal as there are in the DFW area?

>>392
Maybe girls who spend a lot of time on the beach have legs like that, but mine aren't tan and shiny. xD
Because of my genes, I don't get tan. I just get sunburned. u_u

There are a lot of stereotypical california girls that I have met, but they all live in Southern California. I live in Northern, so there are valleys and mountains up here.

I don't really think there is a stereotype for japanese people. except maybe the overworked bussines men who fall asleep on trains. xD

>>393
Ahhh, The Mavs.
I used to be really into basketball, but the Kings have changed around players way too much, so I don't keep track anymore.

border jumpers? hahahaha. maybe not so much in NorCal, but deffinatly in SoCal.
Ah, today is Cinco De Mayo huh?

>>390
'Kuchi sake onna (口裂女）,' a woman with her mouth ripped open until
her ears, is probably the most famous urban legend in Japan.
Since the rumor was so convicing, school children got very scared and some schools
even mandated their children to go home in groups.
Quite recently, this 口裂女 legend was tunrned into a movie;
http://www.kuchisake.com/
After a few seconds, if you press 予告編 on the right-most part of the
screen, you will be able to see the trailer, and at the very end of
the trailer, you'll see the 口裂女.

口裂女 appears in front of a school kid when he/she is heading home,
and asks him "Am I beautiful?"
If the kid says, "No," the kid will be killed right there with the big
sickle she has.

<Continued>

<口裂女>

If the kid answers "Yes," then the woman takes off her mask, shows her
mouth ripped-open until her ears, and asks "Even like this?"
In this case, the woman follows the kid until he reaches home, then
kill him with her bg sickle.

The legend has it that the woman can run 100m (yards) with 3 seconds even
taking over police motor bikes, so you can nver run away from her.

It is saidd that her weak point is Pomade (hair oil), so if the kid says
Pomade, Pomade, Pomade, 3 times, he may be able to run away.
Another weak point is Bekko-ame (a kind of candy), so the kid can also
say Bekko-ame 3times, and run.

But the best solution seems to be to answer the question "Am I beautiful"
with "So-so."
Then the woman get confused and starts to ponder, so while she is
pondering, the kid can run away.

End

>>396
oh! I've heard of this story!
Thanks for the link!

Yeah. My cock is erecting now.

>>394
Yeah, commuting time is a very valuable sleeping time because we usually
cannot afford to live very near the office, so 1h to 1.5h commuting time is
probably average.

Stereotype for Japanese girls (including some older women) could be that
they say "Kawaii(cute)" or "Sugoi(awsome)" for almost everything they see.
So when you come to Japan, if you add these two "magic words"
to your vocab. list, you'll be able to get by with no problem.

But if you are a male and use these words, you will definitely be
considered gay, lol

>>400
what about the other version of Sugoi, " Sugee~"

My brother watched japanese drifting shows, and they say 'sugeeee' a lot. :)

>>401
Sugee is for men, or for extremely manish women.
So Sugoi is much normally used by girls and women.

>>400-402
すげェ。。。

>>402
hahaha, manish women? xD

I always wondered about gender differences in the japanese language. It's a weird concept.
I always want to say "boku" instead of "watashi". "atashi" is way too girly for me, and "watashi" is boring, so would using "boku" be too manly?
"ore" is sopposedly the most harsh way of saying "I" right? Do you use "ore" anonymous san? :]

>>404
Some time ago (I don't remember how long ago), it was kind of fashionable
for teen-age girls to call themselves 'boku,' but I think the trend is over.
Only when singers such as 'Hamasaki Ayumi' or 'Utada Hikaru' write their
lyrics, they intentionally use 'boku' when they want to express their feelings,
because the use of 'Atashi' or 'Watashi' makes the song too personal, (or something)
according to Hamasaki Ayumi.

So anyway, I recommend 'Watashi (more polite)' for you, and as you probably know already,
'Watashi' or 'Watakushi'is also used by men at formal occasions, e.g. company meetings
for politeness.

'Boku' is very widely accepted in every day situation, and 'Ore' is probably
used by men who want to emphersize his masculine element because it sounds
a bit wild, lol

X 'Watashi (more polite)
O 'Watakushi (more polite)

I recommend 'Watashi' for you. 'Watakushi' is too polite.
Sorry for the confusion.

Do Japanese nerds (such as 2ch denizens) use net speak in real life? If so, how would you say 'w' in casual conversation? I wouldn't imagine it would be as easy as saying 'lol' (pronounced in real life as 'lawl') or 'rofl' (pronounced 'roffle').

In short,
'Atashi' is probably suitable for the Sothern Calif. girls with the
well-shaved, tanned, shiny legs,
and
'Watashi' is suitable for more decdent girls and women.
No offense, ^-^

>>407
Do you mean, people actually pronounce 'lol' in real life conversation?

Well, in Japan, we don't pronounce 'w' but just smile or laugh.
When we write in Japanese, we write (笑）as you probably have already seen.

You can't pronunce "W" because it has a meaning but don't have the sound.
"W" is derived from the initial letter of a Japanese word "笑う（warau)".

>>405
>>408
Thanks for the responses guys. n_n
I'm very tempted to use Boku, but I'm still not sure...hm. I guess watashi will due for now...

>>407
Not many people actually pronounce it in real life conversation. It's usually considered a nerdy thing to do (no offense to 407-san if he/she uses it)
I say "lawl" sometimes, but that's only when I'm with my other close friends who use the internet as much as I do. xD

>>411
Thanx for the info. on rofle and lol.

>>411
When there's a chance where I hear a girl call herself boku, I would
think she is cute, pretending to be manish.
So if you call yourself boku, I think you are cute but if someone
hear you call yourself boku, I think they correct you.
I mean, they would take it that you as a learner of Japanese,
are ignorant enough to call yourself that way .

I have returned from another period of not-being-around-here-ness. I have exams coming up, just about to graduate - so I've been busy. How's everyone been?

>>414
As you can see, this thread's been busy these days.
Sometimes posts in this thread is few and far between, sometimes
just posts with cuss words, and sometimes unbelievably busy like
this, which is rare.

You turn on your PC at home every day right, just keep track of this
thread and keep updated.

>>414
Congrats on your graduation!!!
Was that you who was planning to reject offers from good universities
including Stanford due to family reasons?
I hope you've found a good path into the future, whatever that may be.
Peace, ^-^v

>>386
Do many people actually believe in things such as videotapes which can kill, or dead
girls who live in wells? Sorry, I have to ask on the subject of urban legends even though
this is quite recent.

Just how popular are horror movies over there? Most of the Japanese movies me have released
here are of the horror genre, though sometimes we get movies like 'Survive Style 5+',
'たそがれ清兵衛' and '壬生義士伝'.

>>391
The 3D modelling and animation was just an extension of my hobby when I was in my early teens,
as well as drawing and a little painting.
However, interest in Japan probably started when I was five and my family visited (my father had
to go there for a while because of work).

>>409, >>411
I've come across two or three people who sometimes actually say "lol" in conversation too. It's really
weird because usually they say it with a straight face and aren't laughing at all... doesn't that defeat
the entire purpose of it?

>>417
Elementary school or junior high school kids probably believe urban
legends, much more so than adults obviously.
Another popular legend in Japan is "Toire no Hanako-san (トイレの花子さん）" and
there are different stories of Hanako-san who does scary things to
students who go to a school restroom.
(You know, a school restroom can be a scary place for kids.)

Personally, I've never heard of videotapes which can kill, or dead
girls who live in wells, but I'll google them later.

>>417
>418
>videotapes which can kill

I see now, you were referring to "Ring", right?
I got it.

>>418
I never, ever, visited the restroom while at school. But it was scary because every time
I passed by it, I felt a bit like I needed to vomit. The smell was horrible!
But there was a 'rumour' that at school, one of the restrooms, as well as a staircase,
were haunted. Someone was supposed to have hanged themselves there.

>>419
Right on. Just mentioned that because sometimes movie subject matter becomes urban legend,
or sometimes it is based on existing urban legend.

>>420
Where did you pee, then?

>>421
I didn't!

>>421
What?
How many hours per day do kids spend at school?

>423 was for >>422.

>>423
School was generally from 8.50am - 3.35pm, not including extracurricular activites.

>>417
I think what kind of movie one likes is just the matter of preference,
but my wildest guess for why most of the Japanese movies released
in the U.K. are of the horror genre would be because they are easier
to be understood by people who cannot understand Japanese.
Whereas comedies, for example, are very difficult to be translated
without losing the funny flavor of the original movie.
I think the same goes for translating English comedies into Japanese.
So, I would assume translation could be one element, but then,
there may also be other things such as copy rights issues etc.

>>425
Watch out for uremia, lol

>>426

I don't wanna go to work tomorrow...
Soooo depressed...

Oops... pressed 'Enter' in the wrong place, sorry!

>>426
It is a matter of preference, you are right, but I was just wondering how widespread that
preference was.

You make a good point about Japanese comedy, also. I haven't seen many Japanese comedies at
all released here, aside from movies such as Survive Style 5+ (I wonder if that would have
been released if Vinnie Jones wasn't in it), or カタクリ家の幸福 (三池 崇史 is one of Japan's
more well known directors over here - 殺し屋１ did very well in sales).

Fortunately, it isn't so hard to get hold of foreign movies.

If I may ask, what preference of movies do you have?

>>429
Watch this and cheer you up!!
Good luck!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlOYWIoZbDA

>>429
Here is another one very suitable for Sunday evening.
By a band called Boomtown Rats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os

Enjoy!

>>432
I've know this song for a long time, but this is the first time
I've seen its music video.
Awesome!!!

test

>>430
I'm not so keen on Japanese movies, and my favorites so far are
rather old, but I think they are very good;
・The knack and how to get it (from 1965, but very cool)
・Lock stock & two smoking barrels
・The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain
(based on a real story from Wales)

>>431-432

Thank you for your kind response. ^^
The first song is cute and catchy! It make me smile.
The second one was intersted. Yeah, I don't like Mondays too!

>>436
LOL~~

>>435

>The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain

I like this movie too!
Wow, I wasn't expecting someone in 2ch knows this movie!

>>438
yeah, I don't remember how I came across this movie because I don't
think this was a big hit in japan.
But everytime I see this movie (I have a DVD), it makes me feel like
actually visiting Wales to check the "mountain" or "hill."

Woooo! I know what you mean!
I've felt the same way. ^ ^

>408
O_O

>In short,
'Atashi' is probably suitable for the Sothern Calif. girls with the
well-shaved, tanned, shiny legs,

well-shaved legs?
atashi? O_O *freeze*

Keira has beautiful legs for sure haha...but those
detailed description makes me feel...eww...*zozo*

Wow! it has been so interesting in this thread lately^^
I have a lot to learn! ^^

>>441
>I have a lot to learn! ^^
About shaving legs?

It seems like everyone ever knows Hugh Grant...

>>442
Nope. Many things except shaving blabla stuff lah =_="
kimosugi...

Seems like people are back from their outing.
人大杉 is the proof of it, lol

>>435
I love 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'! xD
If you like that movie, you might like 'Snatch' too.

>>441
Yes, it's a very awkward thing to talk about, isn't it? xD

>>446
I haven't seen "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".
Is it any good?
I've seen "Layer Cake".
I'm Australian, and it's disturbing how many of the jokes we get in
British movies, even the ones about eastenders. ^^;

>>417
I say 'lol' when I find something amusing but not laugh-out-loud funny. It's used (at least, in my case) in an ironic context. Also, I can't be arsed to actually laugh, so it's easier for me.

I'm watching "Love Actually" now.
I also watched "The life without me","Babe" in this GW.
At first I watch with Japanese subtitle and after that with English one.

Hello, peoples.

Just stopping through from /b/. lol moonspeak.

>>415
I randomly come and go from this thread, but yeah, I'm online daily.


>>416
Yeah, that would be me. It's a little more complicated than just what was said there, but that's the general idea.

Some times I think,wish I could go back to the past..there were so many things I left without doing anything.I just ignored them,didnt care of them..

>>452
I think everyone has those kind of regrets at one time or another. Just remember: nobody is a virgin, life fucks us all.

>>446
Thanx very much for the recommendation. I'll check that out!

>>447
Yeah, it's real COOOOOOL!!
Directed by Guy Ritchie (is he still married to Madonna?),
casts are Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Mick Moran, Jason Statham,
Steven Mackintosh, Vininnie Jones and even STING!!!
The movie is cool and at the same very funny, especially towards the very
end.....................but I won't tell you now, lol

I'll check "Layer Cake." Thanx very much for the recommendation.
Daniel Craig's James Bond received very good reputation in Japan.
btw, are you the Australian recluse who visited here a while ago?
If so, good to here from you again, if not, sorry for the mistake!

>>449
I like "Babe," too!
It's such a cute and heartwarming movie, isn't it?
I especially like that part where he says "Baaaaaa Laaaaam Youuuuuu"
If you like those movies you listed, you might also like "Alfie" starring Jude Law.
Have you seen it already?

>>448
You actually say 'lol'? LOL!!
In any case, I like English 'lol' much better than Japanese (笑), because
(笑) is like the artificial laughter you superimpose on sit-coms etc.
When people use it, usually it's not because one finds something amusing, but
because he wants the reader to laugh because what he wrote is suppose to be
funny, which usually is not the case.
I don't know if I'm making any sense here, but just one observation!

>>451
Hey, good to hear from you again!

>>444
Do you mean you don't shave you legs at all?
Are you walking with your leg-hair swinging in the wind??

That's right.
She leaves her hair of every part of her body as it naturally grows.
For example,her armpit's hair is growing down to her navel now. lol

>>459
So you mean she is catholic?
I've heard that catholics women don't shave their hair due to some
religious teaching.

Oh,please don't ask such a serious question. I'm just kidding her.
In such cases, I'm often at a loss for an answer because I'm not ready-witted.

>>458
That's not what she was talking about

>>460
Not true.
I was raised Cathlic. And honestly, everyone thinks catholics are so uptight about religion, but I haven't met any who really care.
1/2 of the catholics I know don't even bother to go to church except for religious holidays. xD
This isn't to say that ALL catholics are like this, but there are a lot of misconceptions about them.

I'm reading World War Z ( WWZ )
It's about a zombie epidemic.

What are you anonymous-sans reading?

I read Things Fall Apart recently. It's about a man who was a member of
a tribe in Nigeria in the early 1900s and how his tribe's traditions were
subdued by European colonialism.

Oh,you're too late to answer her question.
May be it's about time that Keira went to bed.

Yes. I realized that after I made my post. She can read it when she comes back though.

>>464
What motivated you to read such a difficult book?
School assignment?

>>462
I was raised as a Catholic too, and went through 8 years of Catholic primary and secondary
schooling. I still think that religion should be kept apart from education and government
though, as it feels like indoctrination when you're forced to learn, say the entirity of
Mark's Gospel, as well as having to write theological papers about parables, explaining the
significance of the Prodigal Son, or the phrase "It is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God". Just to name a few...

However, it seems to be the protestants who are the most uptight about their religion - especially
the Anglicans (and of course, there's a Church of Latter Day Saints here. The basement of the Baptist
church was recently raided by the police, too). Most of the Catholics I know are just like anyone else,
though there are a couple who try to impose their religion on other people, which I do not agree with.

These days though, I am a 'pagan'. I lost my Christian faith when I (finally) realised that God isn't
as 'all-loving' and gentle as He's made out to be.

>>460
There were (and still are) Christian groups like that around, but not necessarily Catholic. A group such
as Puritans, or Quakers, had religious beliefs that said that things such as dancing, drinking, or owning
luxuries (anything that was not necessary for living) was an evil, as well as singing when it was not in God's
name. I think all that happened is you got "Christian" and "Catholic" mixed up.
It is widely believed that Puritanism started in my town, and, even now, our local football (soccer) team are
nicknamed "The Quakers".

>>454
I only know that the same director made Layer Cake and Lock Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels, or something like that.

Layer Cake wasn't terribly funny. It was a so-so movie. I've never
really gotten British gangster movies...
My favourite movie this season was "Hot Fuzz". That was hilarious.

Yeah, I think I'm that recluse you were talking about.

>>460
Thank you for the explanation.
I'd assume then, the Puritans and Quakers didn't allow wearing make-up either......?
Since I'm non-religious, I have no idea.

btw, do like Quakers oat meal?

>>468
I also went to a Catholic school. One thing to remember is that no matter
how staunchly Catholic kids go in, they all come out their final year
of high school not caring about religion (usually). I know I don't!

Why did they raid the basement of the Baptist church? Was it full of
kiddie porn?

I hated the Prodigal son parable. The brother who didn't do anything
wrong got ripped off.
That's why heaven is no place people like me. You have to share eternity with
uptight faggots who are always feeling guilty and want to spend eternity
singing and praying to God about how great it is to sing and pray to God.

Come to hell. People there are more interesting anyway, and the music is heaps
better.

>>470
This is absolutely correct. Quakers these days may use a tiny bit of makeup,
but before about 30 years ago, they believed that women who wore makeup were
whores, trying to corrupt men and lead them into ungodly ways.

Quaker oats! Um... I was going to post their slogan, but couldn't find it... oh well.
I've never tried their oatmeal (because I very rarely have breakfast, or cook anything
with oatmeal), but I do like their snack bars!

Mormon missionaries in Japan were known for wearing a grayish suit and riding
a bicycle, lol

>>471
Half the people at my school were chavs anyway, and are most likely going to end up
smashing up cars, using the stolen radios to fund their underage cider-drinking habits
and their 15 kids. There were some crazy religious fanatics though.

The raid? Not sure, but I heard something along the lines of a big drugs bust-up, so that
wouldn't surprise me.

As for hell, it sounds a lot like Middlesbrough, where the people are too lazy to have anything
to do with society, aside from degenerate it. Where when you're sitting for ten minutes waiting
for the next train, you're approached by druggies wanting "20p for tha' next train, mate", and
where the teenagers try to run you down on a (someone's now-missing) bicycle.

Unless you mean the *other* hell, in which case - see you there!

japan is trendy in the world

>>472
If there was nothing else left to eat on the earth, I'd probably try
oat meal for the second time, but otherwise, not for me.
But then, it's just that I may be cooking it wrong, because I have a
friend who loves oat meal.

>>474
Most of the kids at my school were binge drinkers, and they end up at
the casino every Saturday night. I don't have that kind of money.

Middlesbrough sounds like Penrith. Goddamn Westies asking for goddamn
lights for their "ciggies". Their fat ugly teenage girls (the only time
being fat and ugly is a problem is when you act like you're not) can afford
mobile phones and wear mini-skirts (they could possibly be normal skirts
under the strain of their fat pork legs). And they binge drink. I can't
think of any other way the fat sows have 20 feral kids by the time they're
18. We should start a campaign for the building of some sort of city-wide
wall, or an enclosure at least.

>>477
Is that why you have been reclusing maybe until hell freezes over??

>>471
>and the music is heaps better.

I've heard the expression 'heaps better' for the first time!
Cool!
I'll use it when I get a chance.

>>478
Doing stuff costs too much money. The internet has heaps of free stuff.
And yeah westies on trains and buses are annoying as hell.

I will be happy.

>>480
Do you live in the Second Life as well?
It seems like there are HEAPS of opportunities there for
making money with zero investment.

>>482
Second Life?
I was talking about porn and music...

>>483
I'm sure there are porn and music in the Second Life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

>>484
ugh, it's an mmorpg. It's strange... even though I don't really do much,
I don't feel like I have time for an mmorpg. Maybe there's still hope?

I'm in a room full of people, and yet I feel like I'm all alone...

>>469
What do you mean by recluse?
You don't have any real social life?

You sort of live only on internet?

I don't speak English conversation well.
Would you tell me how to studying English conversation?

congress shall make no law!!!!!!!!!1

>>488
first,you'd better delete "ing" from studying.

>>464
Sounds like an interesting but sad book. ;_;

>>468
>>471
haha, yeah catholic school was weird now that I think of it. We didn't even have a science class. It was replaced with a Religion Class. >_>
But then i went to public school in 4th grade. I was a year ahead of all my peers, but at least I got to learn science. And now I love the Science/Discovery Channel. xD

>>474
Oh god, I've heard stories of Chavs. Sound like gangsters and trailer trash to me, except chavs sound worse.
At my highschool, everyone wanted to be "emo" or "scene". I honestly don't know why people want to segregate themselves with labels. They are giving themselves a sterotype instead of a personality.

>>488
just try your best! and practice a lot!
and don't be embarassed if you mess up. You'll understand soon enough. n__n

>_> does it describe your perky big tits? wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's obvious that it doesn't mean tits and it's obvious that
you are pervert.

http://ex20.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/skate/1176190534/

>>485
I was just curious since you guys are Internet experts, I thought
some of you might have already joined.
In Japan, there were relatively extensive media coverage on this, and
they said that some real life chain stores have alread joined so as
not to miss the opportunity.

>>487
That's his nickname in this thread.

>>495
We have had quite a bit of coverage of Second Life on the BBC in the UK; stories
ranging from the growth of Internet communcation, to the selling of virtual properies
for a large amount of money.

However, despite having heard about it, a lot of us do not really have time to commit
to such a thing. Haha, I say that and then continue posting on 2ch... maybe I will go
have a look after all.

>>493
What's wrong with being a pervert?

What does it mean when you feel hollow on the inside? I feel like that right now. I feel like I should feel something, but I don't.

>>496
I see.
In Japan, the media says that Second Life maybe a breakthrough in the
Internet world after Google.

I am particularly interested in the fact that their Linden dollars
can actually be converted into real-life US dollars.
But then, I'm sure there are same types of risks there as in the real world,
so, since I'm no expert of Internet, I'll probably just wait and see
how it will evolve.

I'm not insinuating or anything, but people with artistic talents with
technical knowledge may become successful in there.

>>480
are you a NEET?

it can't say with Yes and No either.
Because I don't get care for money.

From it,give me fool talk with you.
otherwise, I talk to me.

no, I am NEAT.

>>500
I'm not a NEET. I go to uni. I hate it, but I go anyway. That's why I'm
a recluse. I'm poor and can't work because I'm trying to do uni studies.
I'm Forfeiting Employment and Trying University Studies. I'm a fetus.
lol acronym.

>>491
lol, emos. My personal hell would be being locked in a small room with two emos.
One is listening to faggy emo music on their iPod loudly so you have
to hear it, and the other is writing shitty emo poetry about being
a faggot or just bitching about how their parents suck and how life
sucks and emo shit like that. There is a computer in the corner, but
you can only visit MySpace, which is the emofag nest.

>>503
I hated my university course. My biggest (and most expensive) mistake was to try and turn a
hobby into a job. Dropped the course after 3 years (switched courses after the first year, so
started again in effect) and then got a job. Then decided to take distance qualifications for
something to do, and to maybe try and get better pay. I do enjoy money. Just wish I had more
of it.

>>491, >>503
Fortunately, this whole 'emo' thing started hitting it off after I left college. There's this
really dumb looking (haha, more than average, anyway) one who walks down my street. It's like
a really twisted version ofthe Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz.

>>491
No science class at Catholic school!? Okay, now that surprised me. Even mine taught physics,
chemistry and biology, and we did learn the evolution route, rather than the creationism one.

>>499
Hmm... never really took the whole virtual to real economy thing that seriously. But maybe now
I'll have a look and see if it's possible. Thank you for the insight.

>>503
What's your major?

Is this site good for English study?

ttp://www.figarospeech.com/it-figures/2007/5/7/cannibalism-in-the-bible.html
cannibalism in bible...

>>506
As sole source: hardly; as a complement and a play ground: sure!
Please remember to also visit US/UK native chatrooms.

ttp://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-become-a-creative-genius.html
i must apply to myself. i will be genious.

Negro Beast

el tulipán negro.

i am lonely.

Avril Lavigne does not look like french.

I may be a crybaby.

>>513
she looks very french to me.

Avril Lavigne is the beautifulest person I ever seen.
If I could see her smile, I would die.

Is she supposed to be French in the first place?

She is supposed to be an angel, so natinality means nothing.

>>517
She is Canadian.

>>519
That's what I thought.

I wonder what will happen to Northern Ireland next.
Will it become an independent country eventually?
It's difficult to understand what 'autonomous government' means
while it's still a part of UK.

I think NOrthern Ireland is shit and I don't care.
The most important thing is who explodes in the end and whether Ando survives the explosion.
Ando should be right beside Hiro.

>>516
yes, avril is very pretty, but I, like many people, don't like the way she approached the "punk" scene.
I'm not sure what she is doing now, but I hope she matured. has she released any tracks recently?

I just got The Pillow's newest album on my computer. n___n
And I'm currently enjoying it.<3

I wonder how Paris Hilton is doing now, lol

Paris Hilton is going to jail pretty soon for breaking her drunk-driving probation. o_o

Will she be able to order caviar and champaign from jail?

I bet she would try >_>

Have you heard about the fire in Griffith Park, keira? I hope that not too much is destroyed.

I hope Avril will have a happy life for the rest of her life despite her senseless bashers.

Do you her new single "Girlfriend"? I don't like it very much. I like "Keep Holding On", though.

I meant "do you like".

I love every single song sung by her.
I just can't help loving her songs because her voice is angelic and she is the beautifulest person in the world.

>>528
No, I hadn't. o_o
Brushfires are very common though. lots of grass starts dieing out in the summer. All it takes is for one person to flick a cigarette out of their car window to start a fire. D:
Although it seems this was Arson. (from what I've just read in online articles)

>>532
Isn't that biased? What if she was really ugly? would you still like her music? xD

I have astigma, so I cannot tell if she is more beautiful than
everybody else.

>>533
How can that be biased??
I love her for who she is , her songs for what they are.
You can't just take away one element of whatever and ask "What if S V? Would you still love S?"
You don't love things that way. Love is more than that.

>>535
So you love her to the extent that you get bald, don't you?

Love is bald.

Nozomi Tsuji is two-month pregnant! And guess what!
Rumor says that her agency tried to force her to have an abortion, which means killing the baby.
Of course, she refused, rightously as a human being.
Now she is on the verge of getting fired for that!
What a bunch of outrageous pigs the Japanese entertainment industory is full of!!

who's from UK?

I agree that any entertainment industry is full of pigs,
but I feel Tsuji-chan is very irresponsible.
She had a leading role in a play and she just formed a new group just
a couple of days ago, but now she is withdrawing from both of them
due to her pregnancy.
Although she is only 19 years old, she has been in the industry for
7 years or so??
I think she should have been resposible enough to consider what consequence
her deeds would have.

>>539
イギリス人 and スコットランド人 are from UK.

>>538
Mozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago are both just punks, anyway.
Ai Kato was spotted and suspended for under-aged smoking,
then again spotted for smoking during suspension, and kicked out
of the entertainment industry.
Not worth the sympathy.

Kato->Kago

What will happen to UK?
Will it only consist of England and Wales?

If you are from US or in the know about Paris Hilton, let me know
your opinion.

There's a question I have always in my mind.
As far as I know she has had bad press, right, showing off how rich
she is. She has something to do with classy hotel chains, Hilton hotel
right?

I don't like her and I would never book Hilton hotel. My question is
why don't Hilton hotel go bankrupcy because of negative images she makes?
Do Americans take her bad press and the hotel chains business differently?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Hilton

>>541
i don't want your bloody disortion.
i heard someone from UK comes here for a chat so i asked that.

or let me ask again "is anyone talking in this thread from UK?"

Yes.

>>547
He wasn't trying to be smart with you. There are people with those names in this thread.

Can Paris get out of jail order if she pays ?

Dunno.
And I don't understand why she is so popular.
I know her father is filthy rich, but she is just a spoiled brat,
isnt's she?
I'd much prefer spoiled Borat to spoiled brat, lol~~

well you got to admit that she is reasonably hot,
and being a doughter of mr hilton. it will pick up peoples attention right?
dont forget that she is hard out party girl as wel

by the way borat funny as shit i have ever seen when way beyon the jackass

>>553
Your English is very difficult for me to understand........

sorry then mr perfect english speaker man

no worries man
we're cool aren't we man?

im cool u arent tho. how urgry can u be

I LOVE　ME.

good for you

>>521
I still think that Northern Ireland should be given back to the Republic of Ireland.

>>547
Sorry, he wasn't being sarcastic. I am English (and therefore from the UK).

>>538
Sorry, but I have to agree with >>540. She should have been more responsible about her actions.
She has inconvenienced other members of her agency and should not have agreed to be in that new
group. A lot of money that has gone into promotion will have been wasted. Even though having a
baby is a basic human right, she should have terminated her contract properly, instead of breaching
it. That way, the agency would have had more control, and both she and the agency would receive
less negative press.

>>560
i've just been to the central south of england and stayed there for a couple of months. whereabouts in uk are you from then?

>>561
I am not >>560 but he said where he is from a couple of times.
Read >>1-559 and check for yourself dude.

>>561
Were you based in a city?

I'm from the north of England - a town called Darlington.
The train was invented here. And there is absolutely nothing to do.

>>563
it wasnt quite a city but a tiny little town called Yateley i stayed in with my friend lol
it sounds quite similar in things to do except that something important was invented in your place. lucky you mate!

oh sorry if i offended you with a bit of PDA here, but Yateley created some wonderful girl called Rowan for me..

>>545
She is the heiress of the Hilton Hotels.

She has lots of bad publicity, but that just seems to make her fans love her more.
Most people think she's an idiot though, and want to pretend she isn't there.
She does many outrageous things, but she's rich and beautiful, so she can get away with it.
but even I will still stay at a Hilton hotel. They are really nice hotels, and they are all over the world. >_>

My friends and I don't like celebrity gossip, so we don't talk about Paris Hilton. And we don't like her either.
She should follow Angelina Jolie's example and give some of her money to people who actually need it, instead of buying $500 purses for her dog to travel in or whatever.

there's absolutely one thing to do in Yateley anyway tho. that is to be discriminated by calling me Chinese or throwing things to me when i walk on the street.
i never expected much discrimination there, but is it true in the country it's worse?
sometime before in the tube some interracial couple(latina and black) stared at me and my gf showing off their tight hug and kiss to us.
discrimination is one of the big problems of the coutry i guess. it's openly done even in public.

You still have a long way to go!

>>564, >>566
I'm happy for you that you found someone there!

Unfortunately, though, there is a lot of racism like that in the UK, though I don't really
know why. Also, you're right about the country, but in many small villages, the people don't
trust any outsiders, even of the same nationality. As for people throwing things at you while
you're walking on the street, that happens to many other people too. There is a growing problem
with delinquents who just take advantage of the government for welfare, and it is these people
who mainly discriminate against anyone who is not white British.

>>565
There's other classy hotel chains.
Let's boycot Hilton chains and make it go belly up.

The Waldorf Astoria Hotel is now a part of Hilton chains...
Nicole and Paris will end up inheriting this hotel someday.

Japanese NEETs are harmless,
whereas British NEETs seem to be violent, lol

Is Brooke Hogan becoming popular in US?
Her pro-wrestler father Hulk Hogan is very famous in Japan.

There have been lots of terrible incidents which involve with
peer to peer software here in Japan. The most popular P to P software
here is called WINNY. The problem is there are some virouses
designed for it. Lets say you downloaded some files from WINNY.
Among them there are exe. or scr. files. You click the file and your
PC get infected and files in your C drive get released to the WINNY's
network.

Police offcers, Self Diffence forces members, school teachers, doctors,
company employees, you name it, they released thier important files
to p to p network. They shouldn't do P to P with thier files for their
jobs in thier private PC. Files related to arrest histories, national
security, patients' names and address, company's top secrets has been
exposed to everybody by the virouses.

In most of cases men use p to p software to get adult contents.
One man got infected when he tried collecting adult movies on
p to p network. His files in his C drive are released to the WINNY
network. One horrible thing is that he had saved 1GB of movie files
where he and his girlfriend is having sex. His Excel files for his
job and another private files are released to the network.

His real name, his girlfriend's real name, his company's name, his parents
and siblings and friends' name are known to everybody! He had kept diary
on PC so his diary is exposed, too. His company's secrets, too. All
kinds of private informartion you can imagine about him is exposed.
I wonder if her girlfriend knows the fact her video where she has sex
with him are watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

I am sorry for rambling, but are tragidies like this happening in your
country or just the cases only in Japan? Please fill me in.

Additional info.

Now that he and his girlfriend's addresses are known to everybody,
some with vicious ideas go to their house and condo and take photos of their
place and uploaded to 2ch.

There is a board in 2ch where they exchange info about files released from
people's infected PC, and once sex photos or videos are found in
p tp p network, they make a thread about it in 2ch and talk about them.

Escape defecation. These guys is near the ...!

Could you laugh full?

Why English is uselessly long sentence?
Someone teaches, please.

Sorry, for twice submit.

Anyone here?

>>573
P2P applications such as WINNY and SHARE seem to be used almost exclusively
in Japan. We do use P2P software such as Soulseek, DC++, etc. but they are
nowhere near as large as WINNY or SHARE. Of course, there are some viruses
on the networks we use, but they are just the same as one might accidentally
download; nothing specifically made to for these applications.

Most people now use Torrents though, which are very hard to exploit.

>>578
There are no standout leaks from user's hard drive?
Here, as I worte in >>573, lots of confidential infos are drained to
the network such as Winny.

I miss MAS ◆GvVi8eGLZw and Urban Predator ◆Hell/6W/Cs
Lubosuka was entertaining too.

Lubosuka!! come back!!1 I mary you!!

I think the candidate for the next British prime minister
Mr. Brown, finance minister, looks like Terry Jones from
Monty Python.
Do I need new glasses??

>>582
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Brown_%28film_character%29

>>582
You need not any glasses, but you need to go to the hello-work for quitting neet.lol

How do you learn or study English?
I read NHK's English news and listen to with portable music player.
But I just read and listen, don't talk.

Is it useful for going to English school?

What do you mean by " going to English school"?

>>584
So you mean, you agree with me?
Then pal, let's go to the hello-work together and have a talk!

>>586
I mean English school as opposed to Indian school, which is gaining
popularity these days in Japan.

>>588
ok , i don't understand what you say, sorry.
I've never heard of English school, let alone Indian school in Japan.

no problem.

Do you know BBS where many people talk about ANIME in English？
PLEASE TELL ME！！！
I want to learn to speak ENGLISH there.

>>579
I haven't heard any reports of peoples' private documents being leaked out
unless they did it on purpose, with P2P applications over here.

>>582
Sorry about your eyesight!

>>589
I think he means an English school for conversation.

>>592
Here in Japan, leaked private documents is social problems.
I was surprised you even know Share software.

I didn't know Share until a coulple of months. Winny is the most famous.

Please help us. (>_<)
We thinking the English translation sentence.
However, good sentences cannot be hit on.

【BOINC/WCG/F@H】分散計算処理総合234【Team2ch/UD】
http://etc6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/entrance/1178715724/

>>594
ざっと読んでみたけど、なんに対するキャッチコピーかがさっぱりわからん。
なんのスレッドかもよくわからん。PCあるいはコンピュータについての
スレッドだとはわかったが。

I skimmed through the thread you linked but I have no idea about
what that English sentense is for. I also don't understand
what the thread is for except that I have vague idea that it must
have something to do with PC or computer.

>>594
Be more specific; thinking of translating...... which sentence (in japanese)??

Oops, >>595 beat me to it by 15 secs!

"まだ見ぬ誰かの笑顔の為に"

people of the thread are contributing to this activity.
ttp://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp?language=en_US

Another Cancer extermination project named "United device" was closed.
And, a new place was decided there.
They are considering the contents of a letter of the self introduction.

>>598
I would translate it like,

For smiles of people I have never met.
To bring smiles to people I have never met.

But I am neither sure if these two sound natural nor how these two sound like to
native English speakers.

>>599
I wish to express our gratitude to you.
I inform them of this translation sentence.

I'm sorry for my poor English.
Thank you very much for your kindness.

It seems like people in that thread are sticking too much to a phrase starting with
"For smiles ..."
I like the second suggestion by 599, "To bring smiles to ..." more than "For smiles ..."
but that's just my opinion.

I'm 599 and I give it another try.

What about this?

To bring smiles on faces of people I have never seen.

I know some family names represent profession they had long time ago.

Carpenter, Miller and such.

What about "Blackman?" Do you have any idea where the family name
comes from? Did they work at coalmine or something?

LOL

I wonder what occupation the ancestors of Mr. Wineburger (former US official)
had.
A restaurant?

>>603
This name is descriptive of appearance, rather than profession. It describes someone of dark complexion, so
an ancestor of someone with that name could have had dark skin or dark hair.

>>605
This is more a Jewish name, of German origin. It comes from 'Weinberger'. which would roughly translate to
"Wine hill". Someone who worked at or owned a vineyard, perhaps, and made wine.

>>606
Thank you.
Very interesting.

Your love was sucked and scraped by Ultra-man cosmos. She has already been pregnant.
You, idol nerds should be aware that idol must betray fans.lol

Until when can you keep your unilateral love for Yukorin?

Yukorin has mentioned a few times recently that the Korin planet
may be exploded by her manager.
That's when our love for Yukorin will become eternity!!

When do people name their selves?
I mean when Mr Blair named him "Tony" but not "Anthony".
If someone called him Anthony, would Tony get angry?

You want to study English more in particuler about nickname.

>>611
Usually parents are the ones who first use nicknames for their children.
Tony for Anthony, Larry for Laurence, Bill for William, etc. etc.
But when the parents shout at their children, they might use the
original name, ANTHONY Come Over Here!!!

But why do they do that?
Is it so hard to just say Anthony instead of Tony?
What lazy bastards! Just one more syllable!

Shut up!! No more arguments! You just should call him Tony!

Is yukorin still talking about korin planet stuff?
Doesn't she need some seriousnely to continue her career in entertainment?
Are her funs still dumb and stupid enough to buy her madness of korin planet stuff and cheer for her for it?

To me at least nicknames sound more friendly and quicker to pronounce.
For e.g., Beth or Liza are much shorter than Elizabeth.

Larry King' career in front of the mike is 50 years.
Yukorin's career on the back of Korin Planet will exceed 50 years.

Larry King seems to have interviewed virtually everybody that was anybody.
Yukorin seems to have fucked virtually everybody that was anybody.

>>616
Yukorin quite recently auctioned off the right for a part of Korin planet on the Internet.
The size of the land is about the same as that of Tokyo Dome, and
the one who win the bid will receive the right, Yukorin's photo book with her
autograph and 3 minitues phone conversation with her.
She said that she would like the right to be won by whoever will not
regret in the future.
The money Yukorin will receive will be donated to a charity organization.

................according to the press.

I've never heared nor seen Anthony Blair.
It must be Blair Witch conspiracy.

>>618
When did Larry King start wearing his suspenders and how may
does he have them?

I don't know but maybe he was born with suspenders on his shoulders and started interviewing his mother right away?

>>614
Actually, when you use the whole name it's more formal.
So if a parent usually uses a nickname for their child, they sound really serious and extra mad when they use the longer version of their name, like what >>613 said.
And if you're in a LOT of trouble, parents will use your first and middle name.xD

example:
If a kid who uses the nickname john gets in trouble with his parents, they'll say:
" How did this window break?! Jonathon Roberts, you've got some explaning to do! D:< "

The middle name is never used, so when it IS used, it's scary! lol xD

I always try to use nicknames for my friends. It makes us feel closer.

Then how often in a day do your parents call your middle name?
If so many times,that means ,you're.....lol

Hahaha, my mom hasn't had to use my middle name in a loooooooooong time.
I'm a good responsible kid. Well, technically I'm an adult.But it's easy to forget that fact sometimes.
x]

No one has ever called me by my middle name. My mom usually goes by her middle name rather
than her first name except on official documents, though.

>>627
Why does she go by her middle name instead of her first name?
Did she have the same first name as her mom, or something?

My middle name is CrimeFighter.

>>628
No. At school one year, several other students in the class had her same name,
so the teacher made her go by her middle name to distinguish herself, and she's
kept going by her muddle name ever since.

>>630
I see, that's very interesting.
I would have assumed in such cases, the teacher would have called
the students with their first name and last name to distinguish.

>>631
Well, in my case, in classes where other kids had the same name as me, the teacher just
called me by my first name and the first letter of my last name. I guess some teachers are different,
or it was just different years ago.

>>632
LOL! Interesting.
Such as Kenny G, isn't it??
That's a very good idea!

>>632
In Japan, we usually go by our last name, and there are some very common
last names such as Suzuki, Sato, Kato, Tanaka, etc.
If there are multiple students with the same last name, for distinguishing students, the teacher calls the students by the last name and the first
distinguishable sound of the first name.
E.g. to distinguish Suzuki Takeshi with Suzuki Masao,
the teacher will probably call the first student Suzuki-Taka
and the second one Suzuki-Masa.
So kind of opposite from the English speaking countries.

Good!

>>634
Well, some teachers in the US call their students by their last names,
or even some students by their first names and others by their last names.
It's really just a personal thing. A lot of teachers will ask if you have a
nickname you want to be called by at the beginning of the year, and
sometimes they make up their own nicknames for students.

>>606
Thanks for your explanation about Blackman.
One more thing. You are from UK and Blackman I know of is Lucy Blackman
who worked at a night club in Japan and was murdered.

She was complete caucasion. Do you mean her ancestors used to have
dark skin and through generation, skin colors changed because of
marriges with caucasions?

>>624
Is there a nickname for kayra? Kayra is relatively short so you don't have
a nickname? I mean, if your original name is short, it doesn't have a
nickname?

How about when you call your teachers?
Is it alwasy Mr. so and so, or Ms.(?) so and so?
Or do you ever call your teachers by their first names?
(I guess too friendly even in the US, but I wasn't sure).

>>637
Not directly related to your question, but some info. on caucasian.
>>280
'Caucasian' and 'white' are only really synonymous (has the same meaning) in the USA.
However, the main definition of caucasian as a race is really anyone native to Europe, western Asia, south
Asia or parts of north Africa. Though not exclusively white-skinned, the skin tone can vary to a large degree.
As you say, both Iranians and Italians are caucasian, but they also have differing skin tones.

>>638
We always call them by last name. It would be considered rude to use their first names.
One thing that's changed recently though is that kids used to call their friends' parents
by their last names, but nowadays they almost always use their first name.

>>640
Wow, the latter situation never happens in Japan.

>>639
Thanks for the link for reference.
I shouldn't use the word caucasion then.
Replace caucasion in >>637 with white then.

I guess some European people use Native American just for
someone was born US.

I think therefore I am.

white is not white
albinos are not white at all, but they come closest to real white and yellow
skin color name are foolish
just poor excuse to make a us vs them situation

But white people have a huge cock compared with yellow Asians.
That's just a fact.
You can't do anything about that.
Ones with small cocks envy huge cocks and people with huge cocks.
That's why there wont be a day when there is no conflict at all.

>>646
There are too many people fighting over cock sizes. Throughout history,
they just seem to get bigger and bigger. It'll keep being this way,
until one day there'll be a cock so large it'll destroy the world.

A survey by sexologists showed that many men who believed that their penis was of inadequate size actually had an average-sized penis. Most sexologists believe that worries about penis size come from some other sources of anxiety or perceived inadequacy.

Who cares about that stupid survey when you are going about your daily life.
The fact is the fact.
Asian = small dicks , Whites = huge dicks.
Whites are sperior.

The suggested link between penis size, foot size and height has been investigated by a relatively small number of groups.
Two of these studies have suggested a link between penis size and foot size, while the most recent report dismissed these findings.

The most recent investigation failed to find any evidence for a link between shoe size and stretched penis size.

 Given the large number of genes which control the development of the human body shape, and the effects of hormones during childhood and adolescence,
 it would seem unlikely that an accurate prediction of penis size could be made by measuring a different part of the human body.

>>649
Fact is based on science and studies,
dismissing them is invalidating your own statements.
GJ at shooting yourself in the foot.

>>648
How does one go about becoming a sexologist?
I'd love to become a school nurse specialising in that field.
My diagnosis... "not enough orgasms! No wonder your marks are so bad"

ther studies correlating the size of the human penis with other factors have given intriguing results.
 Notably one study analysing the self-reported Kinsey data set found that homosexual men had statistically larger penises than their heterosexual counterparts.
 One potential explanation given is a difference in the exposure to androgen hormones in the developing embryo.
 The study author's opinion is that evidence points towards both orientations being equally likely to exaggerate.

Surveys of women's actual preference have consistently shown that penis size is only a priority for a minority of women, and some women dislike large penises.

>>651
You are missing my point.
Small cock people envy huge cock people. You can't do anything about that with your stupid surveys.

>>653
i found you
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_penis_size

"A study published in BMC Women's Health,
 surveyed women's preferences concerning
 penis size and concluded that width rather
 than length is a more important factor of
 sexual stimulation."

Make cock fatter! wwww

Since when wars start based on facts???
People go to war because they think theirs are small and become paranoid.
Look at what has happend in Irap war.

If people look at facts and dicard religion of huge cocks, there won't be any war!
But people don't look at facts. They just go to war on the spur of the moment of a small cock.

>>658
As I said before, it's only a matter of time before some stupid dick
destroys us all.

It is a well known fact that the penis size is relative to the
size of nose.
Men are showing off the size of penis right in the middle of their faces, lol

>>655
And you are missing my point.
There is no point in having penis envy to whites
All do not  have larger penis than you.
You envy a fantasy. Not healthy
You might as well envy a mountain for it having glaciers
and you not. Neither are universially true,
it is folly to envy.
Be proud of your body, make it strong, dexterous
and deft. If you have skills, women will crawl at
your feet.

Ａｍｅｒｉｃａｎｓ　ａｒｅ　ｓｏ　ａｆｒａｉｄ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｏｗｎ　ｓｍａｌｌ　ｃｏｃｋｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｔｈｅｙ’ｖｅ　ｇｏｔ　ｎｕｃｌｅａｒ　ｗｅｏｐｏｎｓ instead．
Japanese people have huge cocks. They don't need proxy cocks.

>>660
This is urban legend, and false.

>>661
IF everybody can do what you are saying there, there won't be war of cocks, as I said.
I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about how the world works.
Your idealism is very good but not realistic.

Large penises were considered undesirable for men to possess and often depicted for comic effect in ancient Rome.

>>664
Everybody can aquire skill
Laziness is not worthy excuse
Even handicapped men can develop special skills.
A skilled man can please a woman again and again
without using his penis, and make her beg for
him to finally use it.

>>665
Don't insult the family of Biggus Dickus.

Americans are so afraid of their small cocks that they created NRA and never let go of guns.
I'm not saying their cocks are small, the imoportant thing is that they think they might have small cocks.
That creates anxietis and unstability in people's pyche.

Romans go home!

Silence! What is all this insolence? You will find yourself in gladiator school vewy quickly with wotten behaviour like that.

As long as I can pee, I'm happy.

Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this!

I will not have my fwiends widiculed by the common soldiewy. - - Anybody else feel like a little... giggle... when I mention my fwiend... Biggus...
 ... Dickus?

Jesus said those who with huge cocks go to heaven.

What about you? Do you find it... wisible... when I say the name... 'Biggus'...
 ... Dickus?

He wanks as high as any in Wome

He has a wife, you know. You know what she's called? She's called... 'Incontinentia'... Incontinentia Buttocks

Wow, a lot of activity since last night...

>>611
Using 'Tony' might also have been part of manipulating his image with the people. By
using a common, shortened form of Anthony, he might have been trying to get the people
to think of him more as an average person, just like themselves, in order to gain votes.
As I mentioned very early on in this thread, the class difference in the UK is very obvious
and most people (such as the lower and working classes) would vote for a man who seems more
similar to them.

>>624
Keira's right, using shortened forms of names (such as nicknames) is often a part of friendship
or affection. People do not tend to be formal with their friends. Linking this with my statement
above, it could be said that Tony Blair was trying to show he was a 'friend to the people'.

I had to think for a second to remember what my middle name was. :(

>>637
Very welcome. As for Lucy Blackman, in her ancestry, it may just have been something as simple
as having black hair, though as >>639 states, an ancestor may also just have had darker skin than
other people, but not necessarily very dark.

>>638
At school here, we always had to be formal and call our teachers, for example, 'Mr. Williams',
'Mrs. Richards' or 'Miss O'Neill' or whichever. However, it was also acceptable to refer to them
as just 'Miss' or 'Sir'. Such as during registration when our names were being called, we would
answer with 'Here, miss/sir', or when it was time to go, 'Please miss, may we go now?'. This is
how it is in England, anyway.

I've had enough of this wowdy webel sniggewing behaviour. Silence! Call yourselves Pwaetowian guards? You're not - Seize him! Seize him! Blow your noses and seize him!

People also invent and pick new  names, you  know.
A certain last name may be something quite new in the person's family tree.
I'm going to change my entire name in a year. I want something more noble and classic.

Ever since I saw the movie "The Queen" I really like Tony Blair.
I really envy British people to have a very right person like Tony as their prime minister.
If only Gore had won that election in 2000, and therefore there hadn't been that quagmire in Iraq,
Tony might have been far more popular ajhhg tye8r 0e90oe

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

I mean Bill Clinon's first name has anything to do with Bill.
It's William Jefferson Clinton or something.
What's going on there??

>>680
>I'm going to change my entire name in a year. I want something more noble and classic.

Are you seriously thinking about it?
In Japan, I think the only ways to change one's last name are to get married or to get
adopted.
As for the first name, one needs to go to the court and explain why he wants
to change his first name, and the reason needs to be very legitimate,
such as he has been using the invented name as his pen-name, and has been
known by that name in public for a long time, or something.

>>684
Yes, I've been wanting to do so for a decade, to be honest.
Some people feel selfconscious about their dick, I however
felt selfconscious about my name.
I finally decided I would, a few months ago. Now I just need
a good name!

I mean Saitoh Takashi of the LA Dodgers is called Sammy. WTF is going on?
Where the fuck does the nickname Sammy come from? He himself says he has absolutely no idea, just people started calling him that.

>>678
>638
Thanx very much for the explanation.
Very sorry for being persistent, but is it only either miss or sir in the situation of
'Here, miss/sir'?
Do you ever say 'Here, Ms/Mrs' for a (possibly) married female teacher?

WHY CAN'T THE ENGLISH TEACH THEIR CHILDREN HOW TO SPEAK

>>685
How about 'Dick'?
LOL

>>689
Richard is  a bit too stuck up for my taste.

>>690
Jim or Mike, then?

Time for me to leave, perhaps I shall visit this forum again.
Fare well, I enjoyed our little chat. Even thought it was a bit
too heavy on the penis discussions.

>>688
That's kind of self-contradictory, you know?
English teachers are those who teach their students how to speak in English.
So technically what you refer to as THE ENGLISH TEACHER is not it.

>>692
We aren't here to impress you.

>>694
You are mean!

>>695
Indeed I am, friend, indeed I am.

>>696
I'm not your friend!

(continued)

Once I went to college (before university, but after high school), the teachers there insisted
using their first names, so, for example, during my modern history class, if I had to leave, I
would say 'Can I go now, Gary?'. Actually... all teachers at my college encouraged this except
my mechanical mathematics teacher, who also coached the college rugby team...

>>642
You can use either, but most people just use 'white'.

>>643
We use Native American for the indigenous population of the USA; those people who are mostly
descended from the people who lived there before the Europeans settled.

>>683
'Bill' is a shortened form of 'William'. I don't know why though...

>>687
If the teacher is married, we would either call them, for example, 'Mrs. Williams' and include
the family name, or just 'Miss'. We would use Sir and Miss in the context of "Yes sir/miss",
"Here, sir/miss", "Please sir/miss, can I go to the bathroom?" etc.

Many decades ago, you would have called a working class housewife 'Misses', but it is very rare
these days.

Sorry for posting so slow. I got a 594 error.

It's funny!
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7shjGGYpg
by the way, the winner's song is a copycat of our Dancing Pongpokoring!
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m-ngE570qg&mode=related&search=

>>698
Robert -> Rob -> Bob
William -> Will -> Bill

these  are rhyme based

Richard was rick to dick? not sure.
These were explained in an old part
of this thread or english learning, here

>>698
Thank you very much for your explanation.
How about "Yes, ma'am"?
Can "Yes, miss" be replaced by it and still have the same nuance?

>>698
>the teachers there insisted using their first names

That's very interesting to know.
Thank you.

>>701
"Ma'am" is short for "madam", and is considered very polite, and in many
cases archaic and somewhat stilted.
Miss is used in a variety of ways. It is what students refer to their
female teachers, especially when they don't use their name (like saying
"sensei" I think). It also refers to an unmarried woman. It can also
be used politely, with that woman/girl's last name. In other circumstances
it can be used to just refer to any woman or girl, such as "Excuse miss"
when talking to a stranger in public.
It's a word that is heavily influenced by circumstance, but on the whole
you shouldn't use "yes miss" where you are *supposed* to say ma'am, but
don't always use ma'am in every situation, unless you want to come off as
overly formal.

>>703
Thanx very much for your very detailed explanation.
It seems like it's rather difficult for non-native English speakers
to decide when to use 'miss' and when to use 'ma'am' correctly.
Well, I'll read you explanation again and try to figure out a formula
for myself.
Thanx.

>>703
Btw, the word 'stilted' reminded me of 'Stilton' blue cheese,
and made me feel like drinking red wine, lol

>>700
That's interesting, and something I had not known before. Thank you.

>>701
"Yes ma'am" is used when talking to someone of higher social standing, but not really
used commonly these days. It also used to be used a lot by shopkeepers when serving female
customers. However, this isn't really used in schools. It can have the same nuance, yes, but
is not used in the same circumstances.

>>706
Thank you very much again for your explanation.
By combining the answers from >>703 and >>706,
'miss' seems to be the safer choice, and only in some special
occasions, I'll select 'ma'am.'
Thanx again and wish me luck, lol

>>707
Good luck! Are you going to be having to use these anytime soon?

>>708
Thanx!
No, not really, but I think it's really useful to know those types of
rules so that I can avoid unintentionally offending others.

I've gotta go now.
CU!

>>637
Some of my relatives call me "kay", but yes, since my name is already short I don't have much of a nickname.

In an earlier discussion about "blackman" coming from someone with either dark skin or dark hair,
If this person had some American grandparents, then it might even be a false last name.
It was very popular for immigrants coming into the US to change their last name for decades, but I think that now it's pretty much completely stoppped.

>>678
Thank you for your explanation about Blackman. Not only skin clolor
but color of hair is possibility... I never imagined.

>>711
Ah. Kay! The shorter version of Kayra never came up in my head.
And I never heard of the imigrants' custom. Talking about Kay,
There's a female R&B singer, Crystal Kay here. She is half Japanese
and half (African) American. I like her songs. She is bilingual
and she sings mostly in Japanese sometimes dotted English pharases
here and there.

You can listen to her songs here.
ttp://youtube.com/results?search_query=crystal%20kay&search=Search

This my favorate of hers.
ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=BEM6gPaLASA&mode=related&search=

Her interview
ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=BQjjcsCzUKc&mode=related&search=

She seems to say her mother is Korean.. If so her mother is not Japanese.
How you guys native English speakers feel about her Englsih?
She speaks perfect America English? I mean, accent or intonation-wise.

>>712
My name's Kayla actually. ;)
Oh! I think I have heard of her! She has a nice voice.
Yes, her english sounds genuine, but I personally think she needs more speech practice, since she says" like" so much in between what she's saying.
It's very common for people my age to say "like" and "um" a lot, and it's distracting and drives me crazy!
But, yes, she's fluent. xD

>>713
Sorry for making the mistake about your name, KayLa.
I accidentally showed the common mistake Japanese make, R and L.

Thank you for your feedback about her English. In the interview
video there's a footage where she is in a classroom with her classmates.
I am not sure but if my memory serves she went to school in Japan
where kids of military service's men go to.

Gotta go to sleep. I burned midnight oil.

beckham child is kidnapped?

I don't know who you are but I hope you escape this place.
I hope that the world turns and things get better and that
one day people have roses again.

I don't know who you are but I love you. I love you.

Are you NEET?

>>716
If you love me, please give me some money.
I'm always living from hand to mouth because I have little money.
Help me!

yes i am
im looking for a job but employer dont hire me

you too?

>>718
help me fist then ill give you money

>>720
Really? What can I do for you?

My Kenkyusya's dictionary says "Go to Halifax!" means "Go to hell".
It's a very strange expression for people in the UK.
Because they know hell is not in Halifax but in Natwest.

>>722
Haha! I'll write this one down, because it's funny.

ttp://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSSP33145520070511 bonsai

ttp://www.joeisjapanese.com/joe/
ha ha oh wow... An anime about a 35 year old halfie in Japan (Japanese-American guy).

凸(｀∩´)

I watched a TV drama ' maison Ikkoku' on the channel of Televison Asahi just now.

We will be happy!

Dead silence.

Quickies are good. What is your best record?
Mine's approx. 15 sec.

Rice betraryed Japan.

Do you know the jet coaster accident in Osaka on May 5, 2007 (Children day of Japan).

A girl aged 19 was the victim of this accident. She was died caused by the no-maintenanced machine.
Her head was separated hooked by the fence aside when the coaster off road.

Mr. Saburo Yamada who is the CEO of the company that caused this accident seems to be the really bad uncle.
He was the secretary of the representative in Osaka who has the big influence to decide the official affairs.
By using this connection, Mr. Yamada got the permission by the officer to do the entertainment business like Disney about 35 years ago.
This business is really advantageous one. For example, this land is not need the money to do the business.
The money to set the amusement equip and operating costs has been come from the government substantially by the name of the commission fee.
The total fee is about 90-95% of the budget of this land.
Yes, Mr,Yamada do not need the cash to operate, and get the big return.
And the foundation of the Ministry of finance has the land property rights in this amusement park, in this meaning, this land is held by the general Japanese people.
The foundation has been taken really almost no money from Mr.Yamada’s company and permits to do the business in the land in substantially.
And the foundation has been accepted a former high-ranking official.
Yes, the tax has been spent for this officer’s salary and the Yamada’s personal enterprises.
The people’s property has been used and taxes have been spent for the special persons without accusing.

Oh, and more, Mr. Yamada produce the amusement park in Beijing in China that is famous for the fake of the Disney characters and Japanese kitty characters.
http://www.osaka-minkoku.info/news/20070506-1147.htm

Hah! I found it!

i have tea, and now chat.
what did you find?

>>734
How are you?
Are you a neet? or an elite businessman?

im neet
fuckin employer dont hire me

why did american whites fail to tame negros?

>>736
you have toeic A level. have a confidence!!!

>>737
Stop being a racist!!!

>>738
how did you know that?

Morisako Ei chan is very sexy.
Do you know her?

>>741
No. post pictures of her. go on, I dare you

copy this 4 words 森迫永依 aand paste them on the yahoo or google.
you can get her image. you may fall in love with her.

>>743
Woah, she's just a little girl. So, what tricks does she do? I bet she
can't cook. I can't give my heart to a girl who can't give me a decent
dinner. She better not sing, either. All children sound screechy to me.

I think she is the most delicious dinner. she is pretty and sexy.

Well if you put it that way. Have you proposed to her yet?

She doesn't know me so far. I am older than her parent I bet.
Can she love me?

You might feel sin when you masuturbate with her pictures on magazines.
So I never do that. I think I am a moralist. Someday That'll be the strongest factor for her to choose me as her husband.
We will love each other.

If either of you wait any longer, she'll already be married.
Or probably just another teenager, all angst ridden and binge drinking.
If you wait, you lose.

Then What is the best way for me to marry her?
I cannot wait!

>>750
Kidnap her.
It is for love. She will understand.

>>751
She will not understand. She will be frightened and be filled with hate, not love.

>>752
Oh well. No matter how delicious you say she is, you must
remember that you can't have your cake and eat it too.

>>750
Keep stalking her.　Someday she'll give in...

>>754
By that time >>750 will have spent too much time in Jail, being too old
and weak. Prison-Bubba will have raped his genitals to withered old
bits. >>750 will not be able to marry her any more.

ttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prison+bubba

NOOOOO BUBBA NOOOOOO!

Called my name? What can I help you with?

pleaseohpleasedon'tbuttrapeme...

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ttp://www.4chan.org/blog/2007/05/13/things-i-learned-about-japan-which-were-sort-of-untrue-but-i-had-to-find-out-anyway/

HELP me!
I will take a TOEIC next month.I have yo get score of 720.
But I don't have a confidence.
I don't like STUDY ENGLISH.I am DQN.But my pronaunciation
is High level,so everybody call me KIKOKU-SHIJO.
IN fact, I was Pretend my resume. I was born in LA.
BY THE WAY! I must be OVER 720 score in next TOEIC TEST!

>>762
Would you record your English and upload it here so that we can hear it?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Grammar-Teaching:-Implicit-or-Explicit?&id=89342

toeic 720 is easy to get

if you cant get it your are lazy

I am a boy. I am 40 years old this Autumn.

>>517-520
Avril is french-canadian. she is 100% french in blood line.

>>766
mmm... i think you're not a boy any longer...

Long time no see!
How are you guys?

>>766
you're cute.

National Socializm will rise again in Europe!!!!!!!!
Zeig Heil!!!!!!!!!

>>768
Q: What's the difference between a boy and a man?

A: Virginity.

national socializm was for german and italian,respectively.

but new national socializm is for white european people.

>>772
So you are an eternal child, right?

Hi, people, I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack.*giggles*

Where's Kayla?

>>776
Studying mostly. xD

Sorry, It's finals week.

意義あり！！

>>777
Yeah, same here. I rarely have time to check back here.
Tomorrow I have my last final; I graduate on Friday.

■Song Ji-yeol : Korean, Serial rapist and robber, Tokyo
　He raped 19 women including housewives living around the Mejiro street.
　His crimes were so vicious as to stay at victims' rooms till next morning or threaten victims to
　keep their mouths shut, that widly reported on TV as the Mejiro street serial rape and robbery.
　He was arrested on Aug.21st 98.
■Ko Got-haeng : Korean resident, Serial rapist, Kanagawa
　In Sagamihara city, Apr.04, he dragged a highschool girl in his car and raped her.
　In Sagamihara city, Aug. same year, he threatened a highschool girl, forced her to get in his car
　and raped her in the mountains in Yamanashi prf. He was arrested on Aug.26th 05.
■Kim Yun-sik : Korean, Serial rapist, Osaka
　He came over to Japan in Sep.98 for getaway from Korea just before wanted for a rape case.
　In Osaka, he broke into only houses husbands had just left for works, and raped housewives.
　There were over 200 victims for two years. He was arrested on Aug.19th 00.
■Bae Seon-tae : Korean resident, Serial rapist, Kanagawa
　In Yokohama city, Mar.99, he threatened 14 primary school girls with a knife and raped them.
　He was arrested on Apr.17th 99.
■Lee Seung-il : Korean resident, Serial rapist, Tokyo
　He lied about his identity as a Fuji TV staff to deceive and rape 140 girls.
　He was arrested on Jan.25th 00.
■Lee Dong-il : Korean, Rapist, Tokyo
　He was a professor at Dankook University Korea. While his visit in Japan for a play viewing, he
　raped a Japanese female actor. He was arrested on Jul.25th 00. A Korean resident lawer had
　supported him but the victim dropped a lawsuit.
■Sim Ju-il : Korean resident, Serial rapist, Tottori, Osaka, Wakayama
　He sneaked into nine women's rooms from balconies and raped them. He was brought to a trial on
　Jul.25th 01.

■Jang Geum-jo : Korean resident, Rapist, Nagano
　He took out a forth grade primary school girl, telling her "I'm looking for something." and raped
　her. He was arrested on Aug.28th 01.
■Joi Ji-yeong : Korean resident, Rapist, Niigata
　He was a student at Chosun University. He injured two women taking a rest in a car and raped them.
　He was arrested on Sep.3rd 99.
■Kim Seung-sil : Korean resident, Rapist, Niigata
　He was a student at Chosun University. He was one of Joi Ji-yeong's accomplices. Another 19 year
　old accomplice, a Noth Korean resident was arrested.
■Obara Joji, Kim Sung-jong : Korean resident naturalized Japanese, Rapist and murderer, Kanagawa
　He made a british woman drink a drug and raped her. This is famous as the Lucy Blackman case.
　He was prosecuted for the other six rapes. He was arrested on Oct.9th 00.
■Kim Bo : Korean resident, Kyoto
　He was a Christian minister and sexually harassed or raped 35 Japanese school girls in his church.
　He was prosecuted for the rapes against seven of them. He was arrested Apr.6th 05.
■Kim Eui-so, Korean resident, Kyoto, Osaka
　He broke into houses pretending as if he had only wanted to go to bathrooms in Shimokyo-ku, Kyoto
　and Takatsuki city, Osaka etc. between mid-Apr. and Nov. in 04 and repeated 6 rapes against
　women in their 10's and 20's. He was arrested on Jan.1st 06.

>>779
Congrats!
Wow, already graduating...I'm just finishing up my first year.

Either is graduating from high school not uni, I suppose.

Keira's vist to Japan is two month away?
I wonder what suvenior she'll prepare for me. :D

>>783
Dream on, dream away, lol

>>782 >>783
Yeah; highschool, not uni.

>>785
Any plans after graduation?

Planning to do part-time job to earn money for university tuition?

By the way, do you guys play Secod Life of Linden labo?
Japanese versin of it is coming up. That's what I heard.
I don't know the differnese between Japanese version and exsiting
version. Is it just that Japanese version has software you
can use in exisiting Second Life?

I heard some Japanese live in the virtual world and do an interpretation
job and earn Linden Dollar.

It's just not for fun but big companies use it as a marketing tool.
I guess to play Second Life, your PC has fabulous CPU and memory,
graphic board and such...

I'm sleepy. I'll hit the sack. I woke up all night so my euylids are
as heavy as lead.

>>772
LOL i see!

>>785
ack!, of course, sorry for being an idiot.
It feels so liberating to get out of highschool.
On the last day, will you throw your papers all over? That's kind of a tradition at school around here, but the authorities get really pissed off. >_>

>>783
More like a month actually. xD
I'll probably be buying souveneirs at the 100\ stores. I'm pretty broke. haha >_>;;

"Teen turns up at police station with severed head, says he killed
mother"
What the fuck? I just saw this on the News Channel on Wii.
His last words to her were "Don't lose your head mum" lolololol

He really said so? How awful!
Does someone know he separated her head after she's dead or before?
If he separated her head while she was alive.................

日本語についての質問です。
He studied for an hour and 20 minutes.というのは日本語で何と言いますか？
「彼は１時２０分間勉強した。」でいいのですか？

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1時間20分

>>794
その言い方かとも思っていました。ありがとうございます。

dont mention it.

彼は一時、２０分間勉強した。
He studied for 20 minutes at one point.

>>772
Only a boy would think sticking his dick into some human is all that takes to make him a man.

If an 11 year old boy has sex with an older woman, is he suddenly a man, or still a child? Obviously, it makes very little difference.
 Time does not change that fact. A 30 year old that is like a child will not become a man by having sex.

Mental maturity can increase because of what you learn in a relationship, but sex alone is not good enough to make you a man.
A relationship alone is not enough to make you a real  man either.

i am sophomore in F-rank

so do I

>>800
What is F-rank?

>>786
Yeah, aside from grants and the like I'll need to get a job
to pay for tuition and books. I may have a paid internship
lined up already though; I hope I get it.

>>789
Nah, not a tradition here I suppose. Here there are generally
just parties after graduation.

>>803
Programming related job?

>>802
Probably he (or she) mentioned his university's T-score.

>>804
Yeah. Programming intern.

Yes! I am a 40 aged boy!

http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/images/hale.jpg
the man who does nazi salute,sitting on a chair with his feet on Israel flag,
inclining his head,
looks mighty(dumb).
is my english natural? please correct. you can choose
the word which follow "looks" anything you like.

>>808
I would say "looks like a bad actor".

>>806
I'm pretty interested on where you are living/working right now.

here comes another stalker.

>>811
Maybe my expression is unclear.
I would like to know the geometrical region / country that Ether works in.

>>812
He said over and over again that he lives in US.
East Coast

Specifically, Florida, IIRC.

>>810 >>813 >>814

Yes. Florida, USA. I'm not working yet; hence why I'm hoping to get
this internship.

One more info.

Ether is crazy about Britney Spears!

Who said Avril is 100% french, she's Canadian, and I don't think they speak french in her hometown.

I am going to post in this thread to ask questions that have been bothering me for a long time now.

1) Why do many Japanese people think any white person is from the USA? I'm Australian, this offends me so.
2) Why do many Japanese people assume I don't speak Japanese, and only speak English? I speak English and French fluently, and I'm able to converse a little in Japanese.
3) Why the stupid assumptions made by society here in Japan like above? I don't think Australian people all assume much of a "stereotype" of Japanese people.

I am going to post in this thread to ask questions that have been bothering me for a long time now.

1) Why do many Japanese people think any white person is from the USA? I'm Australian, this offends me so.
2) Why do many Japanese people assume I don't speak Japanese, and only speak English? I speak English and French fluently, and I'm able to converse a little in Japanese.
3) Why the stupid assumptions made by society here in Japan like above? I don't think Australian people all assume much of a "stereotype" of Japanese people.

1) Why do all honkies and niggers think any asian person is from China?
2) Why do all honkies and niggers think I don't speak English? In particular, why do all of them say to me "Me no speakee chineses"
3) Why do Australians suck so much? I mean, you guys used to be convicts, the least you could do is be cooler.

>>819
Shut the fuck up you motherfucking gay boy!!!!!!
You better go back to Australia right now, cause you hate Japan nearly to death!!!!!!

>>821
Please do not insult gays, you homophobe.

Oh! I forget to say, all the Japanese people never hate Australian people except you.
And all your question is just only your fancy^ ^

I second >>822

And one more to say, homosexuality should be forbade, according to the Pope.

>>819
eat whale meat
its delicious

>>825
Fuck the pope.

>>827
Don't make a fool of THE POPE!!!

>>828
The pope is just an ugly old man. I'll make a fool of him if I want to.

>>829
IT IS PROFANITY!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!

ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6501633.stm it says short men not more agressive than tall, did you know?

ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/asia_pac_turning_heads_in_china/html/1.stm
wow, isolated people acting art.

I am listening to a romantic music while imaging my angel Emma watson.
In its imagination world, she is my wife, I am her husband. I hug her every time. I kiss her.
She asks me to love her more.
How about you? Do you do such a thing? with Yukorin?

BaaaaKa!

This is an interesting clip which shows us how human being built the civilizations.

Korean Established Ancient Civilization ?
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSfCkJl8FwE

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　　　⊂⌒（ 　・ω・）　　Mmm-hmm. Got it. Yeah, I see.
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>>833
I hit a dead rat repeatedly with a shovel with classical music
playing in the background.
Am I just like you?

>>835
That is the most pathetic excuse for history I have ever seen. It makes
it even more sad that it comes from a Korean form of the History Channel.
I love how it says that Korean civilisation was the foundation of not
only the Chinese but of the Mesopotamian nations. lol wtf happened then.

I and my penis are larger, wiser, and tougher than you and yours.

>>817
she can't speak french. but her parents are both direct french immigrants.
her parents were pure french.
she is a second generation french canadian.

I will be happy.

a little correction. her father was french born. and her mother is french canadian.

>>835
i don't know. but
north korean students learn that human itself was born in korean pennisula.

why canadians speak english almost the same as americans?

they are heavily influenced by america.

maybe,it can be said that the root of two countries is the same .

I don't know who she is.>>840
Is it usual that a child can't speak their parent's language in Western world?

>>846
but canada is one exception.
french canadians prefer to speak french. they want to keep their
tradition. it is probable that they are becoming more angronized.

anglonize is a coined word by me. it has only several hits on google.

i learned that saxionze is relatively more common.
i don't know it is a normal form though.

>>816
Definitely not. :(

>>844 The similarity is such that a Canadian with a very mild accent
is almost indistinguishable from an American from the Midwest and Northwest.
>>847 The proper term is "Anglicize".

>>835 what's this bloody all about ? bloody iron's said to be first manufactured by bloody hittites.
bloody koreans always create, or rather koreate their own bloody history. simply bloody miserable......

I know this question sound stupid but actually it is a serious question.

If you read or hear, "Jack has a bat and two balls," do you imagine
Jack's penis and testicles, or do you imagine baseball?

I know contexst matters of course, but if you read or hear this sentense
alone, what comes up in your mind?

Do you know about a picture in which there are a rabbit and a duck.
Sometime you can see a rabbit, another time you can see a duck.
Do you understand what you mean?
Sorry for my poor English!

Oh,my god!
Do you understand what I mean?

Hologram?

853> you're talking about an optical illusion.

>> 856
I don't know such a difficult word but probably you're right.

By the way, I want you to teach me how you say "monojitai" in English,
which was derived from Immanuel Kant, a german philosopher.
Because If I ggt to know the word,I could explain to him much better.

>>857
I looked it up and apparently it's noumenon or thing-in-itself.
I've never heard of it before, though. lol

if you do an internet search for 'optical illusion', you'll find many interesting pictures.

I'm sorry I don't know very much about philisophy, but,
it says in the Encyclopedia Britannica (online)

noumenon -
in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, the thing-in-itself (das Ding an sich)
as opposed to what Kant called the phenomenon―the thing as it appears to an observer.
Though the noumenal holds the contents of the intelligible world,
Kant claimed that man's speculative reason can only know phenomena and can never penetrate to the noumenon.
Man, however, is not altogether excluded from the noumenal because practical reason―
i.e., the capacity for acting as a moral agent―makes no sense unless a noumenal world
is postulated in which freedom, God, and immortality abide.

>>858>>859
Wow! what a surprise! Thank you very much.
I never thought that there would be such a kind person like you who had trouble
looking it up instead of me.
Especially,when I read the explanation about noumenon,it made me so touched.

>>852
I think of the animal bat and two juggling balls.

i drink a black russian, tastes good.
what you drinking now?

What the hell is black russian?

>>863
A Cocktail, 2.5 parts Vodka to 1 part Coffee liqueur.
It's like a White Russian, but without cream.

Sounds like a very tempting and strong drink.

Kant..It's an another name of the impossible.
I can't tell kant or c**t.
We should say cannot instead of can't.

>>864
YOu can drink my cock(tail) if you want to.

Kanton houkei

w

if you look like a spic and act like a spic, you are spic!!!

>>870
By that logic, if a guy looks like a chick, and acts like a chick, he is a chick!!!
Transexuals would probably love your logic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Channon_Christian_accused_murderers.jpg
the beasts

good moring everyone

i could escape from neet

compamy hire me

>>873
Millions of congrats!!!
What kind of job are you going to be engaged in?

Please suck my dick!

i will work at accounting office

I will interview next week.
But my English level is TOEIC 300.otz

>>877
Good luck with that.