Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 93

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( ´･ω･) Let's have some Darjeeling tea and chat!
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と＿)＿)　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦

Hey!!! you, NEETS, nerds, Akihabara maid-cafe frequent visitors,
Youtube-link spammers, pedophilias, neo-Nazis, Yukorin enthusiasts,
here is the place to have a ball!

By the way, I have two balls.

Previous thread:
Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 92
http://academy6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1189719363/

About time! I was wondering when the new thread would kick off.

>>1
Thanks! Was worried that it had been forgotten about!

>>1
Thank you, thank you for setting up the new thread!
You forgot internet addicts, or maybe we all fall into that
category, since we're here...

One face was missing from the initial mob scene. Starting pitcher Kei Igawa had
somehow managed to slip into the shower room unnoticed, but it didn't last for long.
His catcher, Jorge Posada, crept up to the bathroom door, hollered his name and
made sure Igawa got a good taste of what was taking place in the clubhouse.


Excuse　me but , would you translate ↑into Japanese?

>>1
Regarding Darjeeling, would it be too 2005 of me to make a "Benoist!"
reference?

Gloved hitwoman mania was forgot again

>>1
Do you REALLY have two balls?
Because I heard you don't.

>>4
Stupid me!!!

I forgot to add Internet addicted housewife...LOL

And sorry for forgetting adding the previous thread's >>2 request.
Forgot adding hitwomen mania, too.

To compensate for my vital mistakes, I'll go and hang myself.... See you in Hell, you morons!

>>4
米人さん
I've not heard your personal encounter with neo-nazis from you!
I've been waiting. It's a reminder.

>>9
Don't hit my new ceiling fan while you swing from the rafters...I don't
want any dents in it.

>>9
make sure you'll do in the next thread.
You don't have to die.

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( ´･ω･) Let's have some Darjeeling tea and chat!
( つ旦O　∫　∫　∫　∫　∫　∫　∫
と＿)＿)　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦

Hey!!! you, NEETS, nerds, Akihabara maid-cafe frequent visitors,
Youtube-link spammers, pedophilias, neo-Nazis, Yukorin enthusiasts,
hitwomen mania, Internet addicted housewife,
here is the place to have a ball!

By the way, I have two balls.

Previous thread:
Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 93
http://academy6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1190907067/
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I've made a template in advance.

As for the previous thread's talk about "acting too Japanese making Japanese
people uncomfortable", you've hit upon my favourite pasttime. : )
There's nothing more fun that learning cultural norms, perfecting your
accent, and then watching people look very uncomfortable when you fail to
live down to their expectations.

I have a question
The grammar of this thread is correct?

I studied English reading this

Are good Japanese-speaking foreigners that rare?

I would think people would get used to it if they live in a big city like Tokyo.

>>15 Most of it I think, although it's casual internet banter, and so sometimes
omits the right punctuation or finer points of grammar, and there are spelling mistakes
here and there.

it are all correct
i know cause i from english

>>16
I can only speak for my area. I live in Nagoya, which is a bit of a conversative
town. My interaction is also limited to students at my evil eikaiwa branch,
my girlfriend's friends, and my otaku friends.

With exceptions (of course), I find that a lot of Japanese people aren't
surprised at foreigners who can speak Japanese, but they react more
positively to Japanese-speaking foreigners who speak poorly and make lots
of mistakes. If your Japanese is too smooth sounding, some people seem
a little uncomfortable.

It reminds me of the "uncanny valley" theory of robotics...similarity up
to a point it greeted positively, but somewhere before native perfection
there's a degree of near-similarity that makes people uncomfortable.

wait... you have a girlfriend, but you're an otaku?
uh-oh, my brain is malfunctioning... there's an error...
cannot compute...

>>19

That's unfortunate, in America, we're not at all bothered by foreigners
speaking perfect English. In fact we expect them to. I guess it's because
Americans rule the world, or something, and because they have many immigrants
that there not a novelty, but commonplace.

>>20
He is one of charisma men.

>>14
That sounds fun in a cruel way. =P
I'd like to think I'm relatively informed on the cultural norms... and
I've been told my accent is pretty good on numerous occasions, both by
native speakers and not. However, I still don't know enough Japanese to
have very interactive conversations, so I'm limited to small talk and
basic topics thereof.

Is there any situations I should pretend I don't speak Japanese in?
I wonder.

In an unrelated comment, I'm hoping staying in Japan for a while will
improve my Japanese.

It's becoming law here in Australia, lol. You have to take an
English profeciency test. I think it's to keep out the damn
scots and irish, coming here, stealing our jobs and their strange
culture.

>>19 So do you think if a foreigner spoke flawless native-quality Japanese
it would freak people out as much as if his Japanese was almost perfect but a
little foreign sounding?

Oh, I feel I should also mention, supposing this all goes through
and I'm there this summer, this will be my first time in another
country. This is definitely going to be a new experience for me.

It will also be my first time living alone for an extended period
of time. Almost a scary thought, but I think I'll do fine.

>>19
I'm japanese.
I think
when foreigners speak perfect japanese, japanese would
treat them like japanese with less respect and modesty.
japanese get more frank, I guess.

>>26 Wow, that's exiting. I've traveled in Europe so it's a bit different.
But Japan should be an even bigger change!

I find it's the little things that really strike me as distinctive, like the
sounds the birds/insects make, the smells, and the shape of the light switches.

Foreigners with less japanese skill would be treated
tenderly.
But If they can speak only English, there is another problem.
japanese would escape from them. lol Many japanese including me
are not confident in speaking English.

But you may be talked to by Japanese with good english skill who love to volunteer
to talk in english.

>>6
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean....
>>8
I have a tiny bat and two little balls. Wanna try?
Uho
>>11
I decided that I'll put my head into it instead of hanging myself, giving you a warm blood shower.
>>12
What a hearwarming comment. I decided not to die. Instead, I decided to fart.
Thanks for saving my life.

>>28
Yeah, I imagine it will be a big culture shock. I'm looking forward
to it!

>>29
Yeah I know what you mean. I have Japanese friends that I couldn't
get to talk to me in English for a loong time. They're so shy about
it; even when their English isn't too bad!

I think I can speak enough Japanese to get around if things aren't
also available in English...

...I hope...

Awwww, I want to go an adventure too... ;;

>>21
x there
o they're

Many native speakers make this mistake.

>>33 oops! didn't even notice that!

How embarassing.

pronuciatons of both there and they're the same?

>Is there any situations I should pretend I don't speak Japanese in?

When you accidentally screw your dick in a cute Japanese girl on the street,
all you have to say to the police is "Sorry, that was because I don't understand
Japanese." You sure won't end up behind bar.

Hope this helps.

I think it's to keep out the damn
scots and irish, coming here, stealing our jobs and their strange
culture.

I don't get it. Can they speak English? Foreigners with English ability
are disadvantageous in Australia?
And it's surprising that Australia are still getting white immigrants from
the western Europe.
Irish and Scotts are better than Italian or Greek, aren't they. They have
the same skin colour as you and similar culture.

When speaking quickly and slurring it a bit, yes, but actually the pronunciation
is slightly different.
in "they're" you're supposed to pronounce the "ey" followed by the "'re"
where as in "there" just the "ere".

It's a very subtle difference, that as you can tell, even native speakers
confuse often.

>>35
That's right - it's very common with "their", "there" and "they're" among
English speakers. In fact, a lot of native speakers have trouble with
homophones in general, not just those.

>>14
XThere's nothing more fun that
OThere's nothing more fun than

Here goes again native speaker's mistake.

>>37 I think he was making a joke, because a Scott's or Irishman's stetreotypical accent or
dialect would not be considered "English" by a proud Australian.
So they are viewed as aliens.

"their", "there"
phonetic symbol is same too.

>Ether
I forgot to mention some positive sides of Ueno. Sorry
I didn't know it was going to be your first time going abroad. I should've encouraged you first.
There is a long alley market named アメ横, where you can buy all sorts of everything for cheap.
They have a variety of good food trucks too, so you will be set with all the inexpensive food there.
I like that place. Ueno Park has beautiful landscapes as you said, and lot's of museums, some of
which you might like to visit. Anyway, the possibility of being harassed there is only based on
my story when I took a friend from the US there; there was this drunkard sitting on the street,
a typical jobless day labor, and he started yelling at us, calling him names and stuff.
I thought it was sort of funny, but of course my friend found it crazy.
So I'm sure you'll witness some interesting people in Japan. Have fun.

>>41
Hmm. But Aren't there distinctive Australian accents?

Is it OK?

>>40
Yes, also same for
X pasttime
O pastime

X embarassing
O embarrassing

>>22
I resent that. I'm not a charisma man at all. I have no charisma.

The fact is, my girlfriend is just as crazy as me, so we get along together
just fine. I don't ask her about her Obsessive-Compulsive habits, she
doesn't ask about the boxes of Doujinshi in my bedroom. We get along
great.

>>43 lol, you get people like that in any city!

>>44 It was sort of a sarcastic joke by exaggerating something that doesn't even
really exist.

I understand many Japanese have a hard time understanding western-style sarcastic humor.
I know that would probably be a problem for me, since I use sarcasm all the time without
even realizing it.

>>46
Maybe the girl you think as a girlfriend is two dimentional.

>>49
She's been wonderfully two-dimensional for the past two years. I wouldn't
trade her for a limited edition, autographed RioGrand full-colour Doujin
portfolio. And when we add in my two-dimensionality, we have four dimensions
altogether.

How many dimensions do you have? Only three? I weep for you.

>>48
Then I'll call you a toungue in cheek man.













Well, I just wanted to try using the idiomatic expression.

http://images.google.co.jp/images?sourceid=navclient&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLG_ja___JP225&q=%E4%BA%8C%E6%AC%A1%E5%85%83&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
hahaha, 二次元two dimension.

>>49
She's been wonderfully two-dimensional for the past two years. I wouldn't
trade her for a limited edition, autographed RioGrand full-colour Doujin
portfolio. And when we add in my two-dimensionality, we have four dimensions
altogether.

How many dimensions do you have? Only three? I weep for you.

>>49
Real girl is disgusting! Mine-chan is perfect woman.

Ahh..curse you, stuttering browser. You made me repeat-post!

Screw all y'all. I'm going to bed.
Peace.

>>43
Yeah, the place I'm looking at staying is literally on Ameyoko.

>>54 This is why the birthrate in Japan is so low.

>>53
Adding dimentions make sense?
I bet you'll Nobel Otaku physics award.

>>53
If you are two dimentional, you don't mind being in a crowded place.
Lucky you.

>>56
Replying with just one short sentense to the long post?
How much time and effort do you think non-native English speaker need to write in
English? Hahaha

I'll hit the sack.

Bitter dreams, all.

>>60
Well, I didn't have a lot to say about the post. I had a very long
reply earlier on when he was telling me about Ueno in the previous
thread. I suppose it all balances out, in any case.

Plus, I don't see what baring my writing something short has on
the situation, but whatever.

X baring
O bearing

>>60
I share your view, and it's not the matter of 1 line vs many lines, either, LOL

>>63
Oops, thanks. I missed a key and ended up using another word entirely!

? Just felt like babbling. NABD

>>58
Well, I did major in Otaku Studies, with a minor in Physics. The two just
blend so well together.

Actually, I just read an article in the English language "Japan Times",
Thursday September 27th, that said Akihabara is being taken over by big
corporate interests like McDonalds and Starbucks. They said the police
are starting to drive away groups of Cosplayers because the 'new' Akiba
doesn't want to scare away customers.

Any local Akiba-chan in the thread that can comment on this? I like
Akihabara, and I think it would be a shame to see it ruined this way.

>>67
I don't understand why cosplayers are considered scary
in the first place @x@
I think those Otakus who chant at their maid-idols with strange body-actions
are much more scary, LOL

>>67

Seems hard to believe.
Akiba is definitely the Otaku Capital now. How could any corporate interest
attempt to change public perception to the contrary and why would they want to?

>>67-69
This trend has been going on for a few years since the start of the redevelopment
project called "Akihabara Crossfield". And actually they are mainly targeting
the electronics and IT sector, rather than cafes. Here's one related article.
http://multi.nadenade.com/shinichi/archives/2006/05/post_59.html

Akihabara as a business district is quite well located. It's in Chiyoda-ku and
has convenient train access, including the newly built Tsukuba Express. And rental
offices there are also reasonably priced compared to other major business areas of
Chiyoda.

Here's a link to that article:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fo20070927pm.html

So, if I understand correctly, is Akiba just a victim of its own success,
where big chains are taking over the smaller businesses?
If it chases away otaku, wouldn't that be suicidal for business?

Here's an article that presents things more optimistically. But it's easy to see
why many otaku would be chased off by this mainstream recognition and bustling activity.
http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/FR/TNW/PDF/SP1023_P24Color.pdf

Well, I guess there are other, smaller, less mainstream places for otaku to congregate.

>>71
Akiba's success as Otaku town was partly due to the downfall of electronics/computer shops
after the bursting of the bubble. Then animation related businesses took over to fill the gaps.
Now that the economy is making a comeback, including electronics, they are trying to get back to Akihabara again. But Otaku culture is
not very compatible with the business world.

Regarding the purchasing power of the Otakus, it is likely to have peaked, due to the near-
saturation of the domestic market and the decline of the birthrate.

"Communications giant NTT monopolized the area north of
Akihabara Station with their Akihabara Cross Fields complex, which
according to their corporate spin is a "global center for the IT
Industry, providing office and conference space, convention halls and
showrooms." A 2006 headline in the Nikkei Weekly newspaper mapped
out the future: "Otaku ceding domination of famous Electric Town as
development lures IT firms." While the paper was excited about the
area's transformation into a massive "business center," Akihabara
would soon be taking steps toward resembling any colorless
metropolitan area (some recent store openings include a new Royal
Host family restaurant, a Tully's Coffee, a McDonald's and a
Starbucks). Now, the corporate-backed Akiba is becoming downright
hostile to the otaku who once called it home. "

How many of you consider yourself otaku?
Hardcore otaku like cosplayer, dojinshi, figure to anime fan.

Otakus should get together and ask Aso to do something about it.
If he makes a move to prevent Akiba from being another brick in the wall,
he will become true hero of the Otaku kingdom!

>>75
What can Aso do? The office buildings are already there. And one of them houses
the Tokyo Anime Centre.
The more affluent anime otakus could set up a fund or company to rent office space
and turn them into animation related businesses but I doubt if they would
choose to go that far.

>>60
>>64
Yeah I can understand. Probably you would expect some kind of reciprocation,
where the gaijin replies in Japanese at least sometimes.

Really? I wouldn't expect that in this thread.

Yesterday, I received a very funny video from one of my internet-addicted
housewife friends. I thought it was very funny, so I showed it to my husband.
He thought it was great, so I showed it to my middle-school-aged son.
He just sat there with his mouth open and looked at me like I was crazy.
But that is his normal expression, so I didn't pay too much attention to it.

Anyways, this video is a mom singing about all of the things she says
to her kids during the day. Non-native speakers, I'm very sorry, but
she sings extremely fast, and you may have trouble understanding her.
Think of it as the ultimate test of English. I can do a transcript if
anyone is interested, but it will have to wait; I'm off to a PTO meeting!
(A mom's work is never done.)
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_oc1j5NakY

>>74
As a non-Japanese, it's hard for me to judge if I'm a "true otaku" or not,
but I visit the local costume cafe at least twice a month, I buy Doujin and
figures, and I've been watching Japanese anime ever since I was a university
student in Canada. I think that makes me otaku, but you'll have to be
the judge.

eurgh... a maid cafe in canada....
How come all the fat chicks think here in the west think they look
like the goth lolis or the young maids? I don't recall any ero games
or anime focusing on a blimp or elephant seal fetish.

>>81
Actually, I'm in Nagoya. <.<; >.>;

Oh I see.

Lucky you.

>>79
fast very and much speed up earlyest

To be honest, I think the Maid Cafe business model just wouldn't get off
the ground in the west. I've never seen it tried, but the customer base
that it caters to in Japan just doesn't exist back home.

>>80
You are a certified otaku. You don't do cosplay, so a semi-hardcore.

>>86
I'm very happy to be certified. m(_ _)m I just don't have the right
figure for cosplay, sadly. Not unless there's any bulky white characters
I can be...

Totoro?

So it's either become hardcore, or keep my dignity...decisions decisions.

You're on 2ch. You don't have any dignity. Dispel the illusion.
brb, have to go jerk off to my 2D porn.

>>90
You're absolutely right, what was I thinking? Time to start sewing.

cosplayers are fun to watch, but I wouldn't want to be one.

I want to get up and go and watch television in another room,
but my ass refuses to cooperate. So here I sit, in solitude.

I think cosplay should be banned in the west. Anybody seen cosplaying would be shot on site.

That would be the perfect world. A world of peace and prosperity.

Of course it would. Maybe someone should just tell them they're
ugly? I wonder if it'd work...

>>95
I've tried that, but they're stubborn. We need to take action.

Send them all to Japan? They'd probably want to leave anyway.

Indeed we do. But I don't do anything without some sort of
uniform. I haven't worked hard a day in my life since I left
school because of that problem.

>>97
I don't think Japan would like that, they've got enough to deal with.
They don't need greasy westerners running around shouting generic Japanese phrases like "BAKA" AND "DESUDESUDESUDESUDESUDESU".
It... It just wouldn't be right.
I say we send them to the moon. They can colonize.

But there's something inherently disturbing in the knowledge
that when you look up at the night sky there are nerds on the
moon.

That's true. I don't want to look up at the beautiful night sky, and see some guy
dressed as sailor moon starring back at me.
That would be horrible, HORRIBLE.

>>99
Step One: Tell them that cosplaying as Buddhist monks is the latest trend
in Japan.

Step Two: Send them to an "anime convention" in Myanmar.

Problem solved.

>>102
Brilliant. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

The sad thing is I don't mind anime or manga. It's being an anime
or manga fan that I hate. I mean, christ, have you been to any
conventions? Japanese officials should be recording their faces at
these cons so they know who to refuse entry into Japan.

But I must confess most of the anime fans here are asians, who are
by their nature timid and quiet creatures. But every so often there's
a 500 pound dyke stamping around who's all about "yaoi" and looking
like a goth (well, she's pretty damn scary). She thinks that "fanboys"
are creepy and a bunch of losers. I mean, is there any point refuting
her point or is it just too obvious.
guess it's worse in the US.

AP news feed: American and Canadian embassies have been puzzled over the
sudden rash of dead nationals appearing in Burma's streets. Soldiers in
service to the military junta, when asked why they rifle-butted a man in
a white mini-skirt and blonde pigtails to death, simply shrugged and said
"It seemed like the right thing to do."

Maybe you could tell your friends in Japan to pick on their
loser wannabe otaku english teachers. Pilgrimages to Japan seem
to becoming more frequent this way.

Just tell the cops they felt up your kid sister or niece or something.

>>105
No no no! You have to get the chubby fangirls! Cause that's the only
way they breed!
Other than that, lol

>>104
I can only speak for Canadians cons. Sure, they're probably not much better
than American anime fans...I remember most of the people in my university
anime club pissed me the hell off. But the Japanese otaku aren't exactly models of fantastic hygiene or
social grace either.

Anyways, if they'd have snapped photos at the cons I went to, I'd have
been denied entry. And that would have made me a sad panda.

>>104
Yup. It's really horrible. And the ones who are like that take s much pride in their work, one negative comment and they go all "Jabba the Hutt" on your ass.

>>105
Haha, oh wow.

>>106
Like this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQ0l7XsIgU

>>108
Yeah, but the japanese are quiet. You hear these squealing fangirls who
are way to chubby to wearing such a revealing costume on the train
and it's like "Fuck, I have to walk into the same building as these
asses".
So yeah, I don't go to cons anymore. Oh yeah, lol, the "University
Anime Club". I think I went three times, and fell asleep everytime
at the back of the room.

>>110
Have you always been so full of hate?

>>111
I think he's full of TRUTH.

Truth and organs.

>>112
And hate.
And candy. Let's smash him open like a pinata. ^_^

>>113
I LOVE PINATAS ALMOST AS MUCH AS I LOVE TACOS AND PORN.

Also capslock.

I don't break easily like a pinata. I'm like Judge Judy, I don't
need to be right to be loud and angry.

>>114
I know a great taco shop near my place. Sadly, no porn there. I keep asking
them to diversify, but it falls on deaf ears...

>>115
I'd say you're more of a Judge Mathis. With a sprinkle of Judge Alex and a teaspoon of Judge Judy.

>>116
The NERVE of those people!

Anyway, I tire of this thread. I'm going to go kill things on computers.
Then I might masturbate to anime porn. Good night, everybody.

May your fist be swift and your tissues moist.

I'm a simple man. I am watching amusing videos from various sources.
Soon I will grow bored and look for something else. Much later
I will grow amorous and look at something else.

I am also a simple man. So simple, in fact, that I'm actually spending time on 2ch's English board.

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　　ヽヽ＿＿＿ノ

i am planning to go AKIhabara maid cafe tommorow.

vip quality...

Read Mein Kamp! Don't think!
Belive in Hitler!
When you are in depression, easy way to recover!
The only solutinon! And simple!

´´Is There Anything Good About Men?
http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm

You’re probably thinking that a talk called “Is there anything good about men”will be a short talk! Recent writings have not
had much good to say about men. Titles like “Men Are Not Cost Effective” speak for themselves. Maureen Dowd’s book was called
“Are Men Necessary?” and although she never gave an explicit answer, anyone reading the book knows her answer was no.
Brizendine’s book “The Female Brain” introduces itself by saying, “Men, get ready to experience brain envy.” Imagine a book
advertising itself by saying that women will soon be envying the superior male brain!

Nor are these isolated examples. Eagly’s research has compiled mountains of data on the stereotypes people have about men and
women, which the researchers summarized as “The WAW effect.” WAW stands for “Women Are Wonderful.” Both men and women hold
much more favorable views of women than of men. Almost everybody likes women better than men. I certainly do.

My purpose in this talk is not to try to balance this out by praising men, though along the way I will have various positive
things to say about both genders. The question of whether there’s anything good about men is only my point of departure.
The tentative title of the book I’m writing is “How culture exploits men,” but even that for me is the lead-in to grand
questions about how culture shapes action. In that context, what’s good about men means what men are good for, from the
perspective of the system.``

Read on at http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm
Discuss! What do you think will be the future of this culture, now that women are getting increasingly disposable with larger
population counts and fewer men? Will a higher rate of women adopt stereotype male social patterns? Will more men adopt stereotype
female social patterns?

These gender talks are stupid.
Anyone who says that men are better are instantly called sexist.
If there were no men on earth, women would have no one to blame or to
use as an emotional punching bag, so they'd all kill themselves.

All these dumb feminists keep publishing bullshit because they need to
feel good about themselves but nagging in writing. They have serious
psychological issues, possibly regarding their childhoods. Decent women
don't need to fall back on the fact they are women, nor do decent men
need to crap on about them being a men. They go out and do their own thing,
simply because they're good *individuals*.

People always act so amazed and stunned at changes in gender roles and
developments. It's called human history. Things change. Get over it. Crap
like this belongs in those shitty gossip magazines and current affair shows.

That said, women in general suck. Nothing like my 15yo 2D girlfriend. What a disappointment.

it's two in the morning. i wonder how people can get so excited about what they hate.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. We're making
a taco pinata.

>>79
I could understand some of the words.
Clean your room and such. One of the funny things is she has to sing
very fast to pack all of mom's naggings every day in just a three
minutes or so, which shows how many naggings moms are giving their
kids, right?

I thought you guys had gone back to 4chan by now.

I don't know why I didn't realise it sooner:

Izumi Konata and Hirano Aya have a mole in the same place.
Do you think that's why they cast her? Besides the fact that she's awesome?
http://bj0rn.animeblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/izumixhirano.JPG

>>123
Why not deposit and use it for eating instead of going to
such a place.

I didn't know "deposit" is only used as intransitive verb.
Put money by and use it for eating instead of going to such a place.

Usually I would just say, "Why don't you save the money for food instead of..."
Usually, we make a deposit at a bank, or deposit money at a bank, but it's not to clear
exactly what you want the person to deposit from that sentence.

Save money or Save the money. What's the difference?

>>136
When you deposit money, you save money.
When you go drinking with a friend of yours and you pay all the bill,
you will say to her "Save the money. It's on me."

>>80
You're absolutely otaku.

>>140
wwwwwwwwwwwww

>>137
Oh, I can understand in that context. thank you.

>>94
http://www.nsm88.org/photos/orlando/orlando_2006.html
Can you say the same thing to them?
You really wimped out.
Afraid. Very afraid. lol

>>141

Are those real?
I live in Orlando... and I never heard about, nor see that.

Hmm, looking now, it seems there is such a thing. Ugh. Fucking
ignorants. Idiots like that need to die in a fire.

But you can't say in front of them. lol

>>143
Why not? I've insulted racists to their faces on multiple occasions.

In a crowd.

>>145
Well, I wouldn't be 'scared' per se, but I'm not stupid either.
It would depend on whether it was a public place or somewhere more
secluded. If I was in a very public area, I might. Otherwise, I'm
not looking to be attacked.

Che Guevara would fight all by himself like a real man.

And where is Guevera now???

In hell.

I don't quite understand what discussion is going on in this thread.
Anyhow, I HAD BEEN an anime fan until a couple of years ago,
and I am pretty familiar with people who do cosplay.
One thing I noticed pretty interesting is the big gap between costumes
that the characters in anime show have on and the ordinary clothes.
Animation requires a lot of drawing and painting pictures which must
be slightly different from frame to frame to make smooth motion.
Under these circumstances, there are some object which are relatively
easy to describe in Animation, and others that are pretty difficult to
describe. Facial expressions are easy to describe in Anime show as long
as the basic character design is well-organized. However some of the
most difficult stuff to describe in Anime show are the rotation of solid
3D objects and texture of clothes, both of which are getting much better
after the emergence of 3D CG with tone-rendering. though.
This way, animation creators are always trying to avoid scenes in which
solid 3D objects like a space ship in space is turning its head or the
character in clothes with intricate texture pattern on them is in motion.
Consequently, the clothes in animation shows tend to lack texture.
They have colors but no texture. When those clothes in Anime shows
are realized as realistic costumes, they look quite bizarre, although they
look quite natural in anime scenes, this is partially because they are
so designed as to become anime scenes.

>>94
Kira walks among us.

I don't have strong feelings about cosplay. I just don't understand
its appeal. I have enough trouble coming up with decent Halloween
costumes; I can't even imagine putting so much effort into looking like
this year's popular anime character. An unusual hobby to be sure.

Amazon Japan overcharged me on my last order, and they are going to send
me a refund for 130 yen (at least I think that's what the e-mail said).
What is that, like a little over 1 US dollar? It will cost me more to
have my bank process the stupid thing than it is worth. I wish there
was some way of donating it to >>123; maybe he could use it to pay for
part of a cup of coffee at the maid cafe.

>>84 >>130
You tried the video! Good for you! I was wondering after I posted it
if Japanese kids (or Australian kids or British kids etc.) are better
behaved than their American counterparts?
Maybe we yell at our kids more. Maybe we need to yell at our kids more.

Sorry I've been away for so long. I've been working on a project for my public speaking class. (BORING.)

I love how the topics just skip around on here!
I myself am a mild otaku I guess, but it's kind of a secret! only my friends know that I like anime and manga.
I don't get along with other otaku though. I hate to generalize, but so many of them are ...er...socially enept.

As for racists...I just avoid them like the plague!

I soiled my pants...
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>>153
It's fizzgig!
wow, I used to love The Dark Crystal as a kid.

I know.
But it still frightens me; probably more now I'm older.
Like Mr Rodgers or that creepy genie in that Playhouse.

LOL, Mr. Rodgers!
I feel very sorry for those who grew up watching his show.
He is so weird.......

>>156
Anybody who speaks ill of Mr.Rogers deserves a savage stick beating.
Of course, the irony of using violence to silence a critic of Mr.Rogers
is not lost on me.

as well as Roy Rogers!

It is the sixteenth century.  From all over Europe, great ships sail
west to conquer the New World:  The Americas.  The men eager to seek
their fortunes, to find new adventures and new lands.  They long to
cross uncharted seas and discover unknown countries.  To find secret
gold on a mountain trial high in the Andes.

They dream of following the path of the setting sun that leads to El
Dorado and the Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Have you ever felt empty talking to anonymous people here?
I really do. Yeah we get along well alltogether here on suraface.

But in my life, I don' have any friends, not to mention freinds
overseas and here is the only opprtunity I have to interact with
English speaking people overseas.

I don't know if I want to make friends with anyone both in real
and virtual life. But what is sure to me is chatting with you
guys won't develop to friendship in real friendship, which kind of
makes me feel empty.

Are you guys just thinking this is the place just to kill your
freetime? Even if we get along well together, let's face it.
We won't be real friends, right?

we don't need to. that's the point.

>>160
You could always contact people outside of 2ch if you're looking for
friends...

つい、最近ＮＨＫ英語３つの謎という無料PDFが全国に大量に配布されているというのを聞いて
そのサイトに行って、読んだ。今までの英語の概念がすべて間違いだということを見事に証明してある。
つまり、英会話の学校などは無意味ということだ。もっと早く知ってれば、４０万使わずに済んだのに。
以下のサイトでそのPDFが手に入る。絶対に読んだほうがいい。目からうろことはこれだ。
http://fgi.school-info.jp/z.htm

昔、ＧＡＢＡは永久保障ということで講師の紹介事業をやっていたと思う。
その時に申し込んだ人は今でも有効だから使えるはずだと思う。

ＧＡＢＡに電話して、「プライベート講師紹介」って言えばわかると思うよ。
前に、申し込んでいた人はぜひ紹介してもらってください。

What's a "real friend"?

>>165
Someone whom you meet to have fun.
Someone who shares your feelings, both positive and negative
Any other important characteristics?

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

David Gletty, explainng to people in the third row picture
was a federal informant.
http://www.nsm88.org/photos/orlando/orlando_2006.html

>>151
Are there any americans who won't go out and stay in
the house on the day of Haloween?
Americans who look askance at those festivals.
People who can't enjoy the festival would be casted away
in the society? And they would be labled as social failure?

America is a stressful place for me.
People have to look happy.

Horror stories on a day upposed to be happy, for exapmle, Haloween and
Friday the 13th(the date per se is ominous in the west), seem to be the
revenge of unsociable people.

>>160
Didn't you watch Densha Otoko?
Those people were REAL FRIENDS!
^_^

I haven't been to this thread in a very long time,
so it's probably all different people now.
Anyway, hi. ^_^


~Magi~

I want to ignore trick or treat guys at the front door.
If they insist, I'll punch them in the face.
But I won't whip a gun and fire at Hattori kunハットリくん, hattori
yoshihiro (>>123)!!!

>>171
Are you real that famous magibon? Hi! nice to meet you!
I'll welcome your trick or treat.
I'll give you anything you want. HAHAHAHA

I am around here about 1 year or so. So I don't know the time when you are
in this thread.

>>171
Wow, the heroine is here.
Been a while, Magibon.
You should upload a Haloween vid.
Keep us updated.

heroin?

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>>173
I am the Magibon who puts videos on Youtube, but I'm not famous. ^_^
I've also been here for a little over a year but wasn't able to lately.
>>174
A Halloween video?
Maybe I can, but I always come up with ideas then never actually do it.
T_T

I love seeing little kids going trick-or-treat. They look so cute in their costumes!
But, I hate seeing high schoolers who just want free candy that should go to the kids.
If they aren't even wearing costumes... GAH!

That's how I feel. XD

By the way, this thread wasn't really getting spammed before I came.
Want me to stay away or stay anonymous?

>>178
Please get lost.

Bitch loser Magibon. lol

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>>178
Boys are harrasing you to get attention from you.
They like you. very childish way though.
Please stay here as magibon.

You know, I'm going to have to agree with the anonymous posters.
I don't like tripcodes. Take your personality cult elsewhere.

Wow, this thread is in a storm!

>>178
Ha! You've still got some haters too.
That's a kind of tax you have to pay as you get known.
How? Just ignore them. Or go anonymous if you want.
They must be the ugliest creatures anyway.

Make some video, Magibon.
Keep it up!

HAHAHA these spammers might be ugly girls.

Or they might just have lives.

I'm used to it, but I don't want to ruin the thread...
Let me know if you want me to be anonymous. ^_^

>>178

Get the fuck off my internets.

>>189
My my, testy today aren't we?
Or perhaps I should say 'testes'...given the 'art' we've been treated to
so far.

>>188
Hey Magibon, long time no hear!
Rumor had it that you were in Japan for an audition, was it for real?
Anyway, it's good that you came back safely and hear from you again after a long while!

>>191
Hey. ^_^
I was going to, but at last minute it changed.
I was depressed.

>>192
oh....I see.
I'm sorry to hear that, but some of us were kind of worried the agency might not be a decent one
and they might just exploit you.
Hope you'll have another chance sometime near future!

>>191-192
What is a theme here?
I think this thread is proceeding by no meaning thing like which is a topic that everyone are had a interesting thing.
If this is such, dump this into ass of the dirty yourself.

>>193
Thanks.
I gave it up and just lately I'm thinking about it again.

Wow, that was poetic.

>>178
Are you having any picture like porno in your PC?
You should take out them of your PC. If you do so, you take off the your fucker of yourself mind.

>>195
Sorry to hear that too.
I'm sure you can find a good agency anytime.
So don't give up, cuz quitters never succeed.

Seriously, when did this thread turn into such a hate fest? We were so
mellow before...

>>199
That's like melon?

So...

What do Japanese people do for Halloween, if anything?
I imagine they don't really celebrate it that much, am I wrong?
Do Japanese kids trick-or-treat?

>>199
What is it what the 'Hate' indicates?

>>199

The internet hates camwhores. Expect the shitstorm to only get worse unless
all the offenders either go away or kill themselves.

Preferably both.

In a civil society, one can find the ability to just ignore the "camwhores"
one dislikes, thus depriving them of their attention. Starting a flame-war
only makes the matter worse, and only draws attention to your hated foe.

>>201
I started seeing panpkins in the display window here and there.
That's about it.
Maybe some kindergartens give out treats.

>>204

The internet is neither civil nor a society. Also if the haters ignored
them then there would still be a bunch of failures trying to get e-laid
by throwing praise at them. So the best thing to do is to ruin it for everybody.

Trust me, i am a professional.

>>201
As far as I know, the japanese people does not celebrate it, which is the Halloween, we celebrate the Christmas though.
We have plenty of money more than other country so essentially we have not a culture like trick-or-treat, I thought.

>>207

Trick or Treat isn't about charity to the poor, it's about a kind of community
sharing in which we entertain children by having them "hunt" for it from house
to house, in their costumes of course, effectively "scaring" the neighbors into
giving them candy, but usually it's just cute. At least that's the tradition.

hooligans might bring eggs or toilet paper to vandalize the houses that don't give
candy, but these people are usually seen as jerks.

>>205
I don't see the Halloween in Japan at which I lived 30 years so far, at all.

>>206
I don't think that's the best thing to do unless you wan to.

>>208
Yes, that is so. I had misunderstanding a bit.

>>209
It's not that people celebrate it.
It's becoming a seasonal thing for a commercial purpose.

Yeah, and since many people in the community buy the candy to hand it
out, it's not like it's for poor places.

On some Japanese dramas, I saw Halloween parties or haunted houses.
Now I understand that it's uncommon though?

>>210
Oh i want to. I've been at work cleaning up the fail of humanity since
sometime last Thursday, so trust me. I know what i'm doing.

>>213
I don't understand whether you are right.
At least, I never see it in Japan.

>>215
You would know, and I wouldn't so of course you're right.
Maybe what I saw was just a costume party, and a haunted house
that were unrelated to Halloween. Seeing vampire, mummy, ghost, etc
really makes me think of Halloween.

>>214
Huh?
So basically you are saying you at work taking it out on people here.
You should get a tripcode so we can ignore you.

>>217
Which is why i and my fellow anonymous remain anonymous. Like i said,
we are professionals.

Nobady knouws about Halloween's history in Japan.
but they are buy many Halloween's goods and dcorate it.
it's really fool,isn't it?
japanese may be vain race.

>>216
No, I never see because I'm not a pervert that participate in a masked ball.

>>219
Most Americans also don't know Halloween's history. ^_^
Sometimes I think that many don't know Christmas' either.

Anyways, ignoring the anonymous trolls sounds like a fine idea to me.
But enough, it's time to go play Dungeons and Dragons.
Nerd power!

>>222
By chance, are you Aso's supporter?

>>222
NOT EVEN YOUR D&D CAN SAVE YOU FROM ME.

Someone had a tough day here last Thursday.
I weep for you. T_T

Everyone had a tough time last Thursday, what with the creation of the universe
and all.

Magibon has failed to make it in Japan.
She is a loser.

>>227
Such a remark coming from you, it doesn't hold much water, LOL~~

>>228
Such a remark coming from you, it doesn't hold much water, LOL~~

I took TOEIC test today.
Did you take it?
If you took it, please tell me what you thought about it.
As for me, it was a little easier than usual.

>>223
Dungeons and Dragons = Aso supporter?
I'm...I'm confused.

What happened last Thursday? I'm not professional enough to go
and look at wikichan or whatever they use since I visited. I'm
just another lurker who reaps the benefits of the good work being
done by more determined internet warriors; An internet with less fail.

Maybe some tripfag turned into a troll. Nothing new.

[email protected]

ex-boyfriend the other day.
He has asked someone's help and advice, like me...
Because he is really worried about his job these days.
Such as he's thinking of going to quit his job and so on.
To tell the truth, I broke up with him about 5 months ago.
He's 5 years yonger than me. He graduated from university
in Nagoya,and decided to start new job in Osaka last spring.
After few months later, he got transferd to Nara.
He was really busy from then on. (He is still busy now）
He couldn't take a day off,and had to work overtime.
So it was so hard to keep relations between him and me
at that time.
But we still keep in touch by e-mail once in a while.

I wish I could help his matter. But I couldn't advice to him
easily... I hope to it turns out well!

I'm sorry for writing my poor English diary.
Thank you for reading.

>>people who are studying at or graduated from a university in the US

I'm a Japanese university student now and I want to transfer to
a university in the US, so I'm thinking about what university
I should enter.
I want to enjoy my university life but I heard that
most universities in the US are located in really rural area.
How can university students in the US enjoy their life?
Many Japanese students are eager to enter university
which is located in an urban area, such as Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya.
Is it ridiculous to choose university to go by considering
where it is located?
Please give me some advice!

>>235
I went to a university in Vancouver, Canada, and that was centrally located,
less than an hour's drive from the city itself. I don't know about US
universities, but surely they aren't all in the middle of the country.

Personally, I chose my university based on how long the bus ride to and from
campus was. I think it's normal to choose a campus that's convenient to
you, unless you're some over-achieving career hunter that /has/ to get
into an A-rated school.

4ch mentality should be kept there.
Not brought towards here.

Yes.
2ch mentality should exit here.
Bring forth the AA.

exit = exist

>>237
So, what's the difference between 2ch mentality and 4ch mentality?
Help a newbie out, here.

here it comes

Hey 2ch, is 2chan your disowned pedophile rapist cousin?

2ch has those same feelings, but he chooses to hide his dirty
thoughts with hundreds of themed boards, pretending to be interesting
in other things. You can't deny your true love!

>>235
Well, as >>236 mentioned, that really depends on you. If you're looking
for the top of top schools, then location shouldn't matter to you (in
my honest opinion)...

However, otherwise, it is perfectly reasonable to choose one convenient
for you. These days, you pretty much get the same education everywhere
anyway... the differences between the top schools and the normal ones
as far as the quality of education are becoming more and more subtle
every day (at least in the US).

Personally, while I've had invitations from universities such as Stanford,
it's more convenient for me to go to local ones such as UCF. I have a
scholarship and grants that are only usable in Florida, so it's most
beneficial for me to stay in Florida for my post-secondary education
(at least until my Florida exclusive scholarship runs out... but that
will be 6+ years from now). I'm getting paid to go to school, so I'll
stay here for now.

>Personally, while I've had invitations from universities such as Stanford,

Do it explain tha face your are a prick?

Sorry, "the fact". lol

I don't see how you draw the conclusion that I'm a "prick", but
whatever floats your boat, dude.

Real intellectual person don't use the word like dude!

Stop messing with him. We don't need another would-be troll.

Real intellectual person don't use the word like dude, dude!

>>249
Nah. No worries there. It's easy enough to see they're just trying
to provoke me. :P

Where are you from?
You seem not to be the local people of Florida.
Are you from west coast?

>>251
Cool. We already had a situation..

>>252
Me? I live in Florida. East coast.

>>253
So I heard. However, I still don't know the particulars... who and
what happened?

>>254
I know now you are living in Florida.
Have you been living in Florida all along?

>>255
No. However, I have lived on the east coast all my life. I was
born in Virginia, moved to Maryland at maybe eight or nine, and then
down to Florida at ten. I've lived in Florida ever since (I am
currently eighteen).

>>254
Who knows. I'd rather not talk about it. They might come back wilder.

>You seem not to be the local people of Florida.
It doesn't make sense? I want to refer to people who was brought up
in Florida.

>>256
I see. You are half floridan.

>>258
It's a little bit shaky, yes. I am a local because I've been here
a long while... perhaps 'native' would've been a better word to
use in place of 'local'.

>>259
Yeah, I guess you could say I'm half Floridian. An odd way to put
it, as we don't commonly make that sort of distinction, but it
makes some sense I suppose.

>>260
But in the south, especially rural area, situation is different, isn't it?
They tend to keep out outsiders?

>>261
Huh? Not at all. I mean, some people have problems with people from
the far north coming down here all the time (usually during the
winter), but that's because they commonly do things locals here
know you should never do (like feed the alligators... which in turn
associate humans with food (they aren't very smart) and may attack
a human (which, at that point, usually ends up being a local) if
said human does not have food for them). Also, a common complaint
is that many people from the far north are loud and rude... which,
as much as I hate to admit it, oft seems to be the case (though
I'm sure their actions aren't rude where they're from). However,
I wouldn't say that southerners keep out outsiders at all. As
long as they don't do overly rude things, and are willing to learn
it's not exactly the same down south as is north, they usually
get along just fine.

Well, that's how it is in Florida, anyway... I can't speak for
other southern states. It's not exclusive at all, just slightly
different.

Sorry, when i say south, Florida is not included.

>>263
Okay o.O (even though Florida is the furthest south of all mainland
states...).

I wouldn't think it's much different anywhere else as far as
being exclusive goes, though.

>>264
I think that >>261 is referring to the southern states which have a reputation of
being 'redneck'. To most of us outsiders, that's how we see the southern states,
but never Florida.

We see Florida as (other than the place that always gets hurricanes) the place where
middle and upper-middle class families go for the summer, where there are beaches and
trees as well as thriving cities with plenty to do.

Go to Louisiana, and we think of crazy men with half French accents sitting on the porch
of their swamp-shack, strumming their banjo at alligators. Texas, we think of families in
wide-brimmed Stetsons, lassooing cows and shooting each other. It's that kind of stereotype
that us foreigners think of.

>>265
I see. Well, I know plenty of people from Louisiana, Georgia, North
and South Carolina, and Texas... it's really not that much different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo
Typical and normal south americans.

Oh southerner was better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCrMyI6ngLg&mode=related&search=
Is it true? or fake?

Any way, lol!

marlie? marly? and me is an autobiography of one dog lover who lived/lives
in Florida. I bought it because I happened to know that it was on the
New York Times bestseller list for a long time.

I read it in English. I didn't skim through it. Instead, I read
to understand each and every sentences and looked up every word
I hadn't known. Guess what? It took two months to read through the
book that way.

Reading that way is never reading for pleasure. It's reading for
torture.(nice rhyme for a non-native English speaker, eh?)
Just skipping unfamiliar words while reading would have taken less
time and that's what I usually do, but I thought sometimes reading with unfamiliar
words unleft would help improve my English even more.

Two months is too long to read just less than 300 page paper back.
But I have to face the fact that that's my limit of my English proficiency
as of now.

Seems like few people overseas here read Japanese novel in Japanese.
Maybe you guys just read Japanese mangas in English.

you can say staged scene?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCrMyI6ngLg&mode=related&search=

Ok, Ok, guys!!

Why do the Japanese think it's ok to keep Rebuild of Evangelion all to themselves????
the Koreans won't even get to see it till October 12th, and then only at
a film festival!

(>_<)

Do you live in Seol?

>>273

No, if I lived in Seoul I wouldn't complain, I'd just wait till October then
travel to Pusan where the film festival's at.

You'll travel all the way to Korea just to watch
eva?

No, If I was going to travel, I'd just travel to Tokyo. My point was that besides
that one Pusan international film festival, the film isn't getting released abroad at all.

That is just a commercial reason. I think.

But in this situation, Evangelian live version is possible?
I heard the rumour once that Hollywood were aiming to make
remake of Eva in live version.

Bah, I hope it never happens, that would be such a bad idea.
Currently the project is on hold, I hear.
Weta Workshop (King Kong and Lord of the Rings effects house) was working on
some of the concepts, and they said it was on hold.

>>262
Loud? Rude? Moi?

>>267
Lmao.

>>269
Fake, of course. Borat is a comedian.

>>279
Of course it doesn't apply to all, but it is a common complaint here,
mainly about New Yorkers and people from the surrounding areas. Tend
to come down here for business reasons too, and mow down all the trees
and such. A lot of locals are pissed about that kind of thing. >>

>>236 >>244
Thank you for your advice.
I feel relieved to hear that I'm not stupid.
But, I want to go to prestigious public university
which is ranked here, because I want to get a high income job.
↓
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
Ether said that "If you're looking for the top of top schools,
the location shouldn't matter to you."
What is "the top of top schools" suggest?
Does it include the universities above?

>>281
Yes, those are all some of the top Universities in the nation.
However, these days, it's mattering less and less which university
you came from, and more and more what type of degree you hold. The
quality of education is evening out everywhere it seems. So, do not
expect necessarily to get a high income job just because you go
to a top-ranked university; someone that went to a lesser ranked
university may get the job instead, because the quality of the
education was roughly the same.

Don't get me wrong, those are all very nice schools, and I'd attend
them if I lived nearby. I've had invitations from Stanford and Duke
myself, but they're extremely far away, and extremely expensive. I'd
rather pay less and get the same education at a lower-ranked school.
In fact, I'm being paid to attend pretty much... my scholarship and
grants cover well over 100% of my costs currently, and the extra
money comes to me. I'm probably making a trip to Japan this summer,
and possibly next summer as well; the aforementioned money is paying
for a great deal of it.

>>282
I guess you are from a poor family.

>>283
Oh, leave him alone!
At least he is not a schnorrer like you, LOL~~

>>269
The character Borat is played by a British comedian called Sacha Baron Cohen.
He poses as a Kazakhstani reporter (because nobody really knows much about
Kazakhstan) and sets up interviews or events with people. Most of the time
these people don't realise he's fake, and that is what they show. People have
threatened to sue him in the past. He makes a lot of anti-semitic jokes, even
though he is Jewish in real life too.

>>283
Not particularly, but it is true we aren't doing very well right now.
But that really doesn't have anything to do with it. I don't know about
how it is over there, but here, being from a family that doesn't have
much money does not mean that you can't go to the top-ranked schools.
If I wanted to, I could. I just don't see much of a point in it
when you consider the fact that the quality of education is pretty
much the same in the schools that aren't in the top-ten as those
that are. I'm staying where I am because my family is here, I'm
making money doing it, and the schools here are quite good. My
scholarship covers almost all of my costs, but I can only use it
at Florida schools. I'll have to get a different scholarship if I
decide to transfer to Stanford, MIT, or any of the other top-schools
in my field. As it stands, I see no reason to - I'll learn the same
things there that I learn here. It's getting to the point where
it doesn't matter which University you attended; just as long as
you have a degree and the school is accredited.

235≠283
Thank you Ether.
I have to go to university now so I'll come back later.

>>280
I know Borato was fake.
But Was hunsman also acting a role?

>>285
So huntsman didn't know that Borat is a british comedian.

Borat is jewish and he tried to evoke anti-semetic comments again and again .

>>285
I know a little about Kazakhstan.
It is mainly consisted of indegenous mongoloid turkish people.

Borat has to be Russian in Kazakhstan. At least he never looks like
Asian.
It looks strange a bit that Borat acts like a muslim from middle eastern.

And I have just learned that Russian in Kazakhstan are Christians.

↑
Very complicated.

>>290

http://www.tucson-almaty.info/events/images/bolashakers-xmas.jpg
There seems to be a huge variation in their appearance. All Baron Cohen does
is act on a stereotype of what people imagine a man from a former Soviet state
is like. A lot of people are still ignorant enough to think that Russians all
look like traditional Cossacks, from the south-east.
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/thompson/images/15cossacks.jpg

It's interesting to see, however, the almost even split in religion. There is
only a very small majority in Islam over Christianity (Russian Orthodox) in
Kazakhstan. I guess it's not surprising considering Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
to the south are very Muslim countries.

>>287
No problem. Have fun.

http://www.alexanderpalace.org/thompson/images/15cossacks.jpg
HAHAHA. I see. Now I understand what Cohen was trying to
act like. Thank you.
In japan We don't have such a powerful impression of cossac.

As far as I know, they are a minority group, a kind of Russian, bit mixed with turkish blood
and run on horses.

Ah, But cossack dance is pretty famous here in japan as well.

Also, a common complaint
is that many people from the far north are loud and rude... which,
as much as I hate to admit it, oft seems to be the case
-----------------------------------------
Hmm. It's interesting and surprising.
I don't have real experience with northern people. just an image.
And I think many japanese slightly share the image of that kind.
Northern people are calm and gentle.
Southern people are wild and rough.

loud and rude
Does it mean impudent or snobbish?
If so, could not be far from my previous image.

"Northern people are calm and gentle.
Southern people are wild and rough. "

That kind of matches with the image of Northern/Southern America, too.
Is there a pattern?

>>298
Sorry, I'm refering to North and South of America.

In japan it could match somewhat.
Northern people are silent and not good at expressing their feelings.
Southern people are more talkative and emotional.
like that.

It's the very opposite in England. People in the north are supposed to be
primitive and violent, whereas people in the south are supposed to be sneaky
and deceitful. Sometimes southerners call northerners "Northern monkeys", and
the reply back is usually "Southern fairies".

My scholarship covers almost all of my costs,
----------------------
Don't Ether have to pay back money?
In japan scholarship means debt with very very low interest rate.

I think a Japanese applicant stick with the notion of going to
top rank universities. That is japanse value.
Korea and China are more crazy about brand. Now some Korean notables
are criticized for academic fraud.
In broader sense, this is east asian trend.

>>300
I think that is an influence of vikings
half joke.

Southern fairies
妖精？http://images.google.co.jp/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=ja&rlz=1T4GGLG_ja___JP225&q=%E5%A6%96%E7%B2%BE+fairy
something wrong?

>>303
No, you got it right. Northerners see southerners as soft and harmless, like
little girls in dresses. Southerners see northerners as backwards people who
work down the mines, then beat each other up at the pub every evening.

>>302
Very good point. It's probably very similar to how the Anglo-Saxons saw the
Vikings and vice-versa.

then beat each other up at the pub every evening

real incident? Can I see them in Britain?

Manchester and Liverpool are included in the north?
Many japanese are familiar with these cities, especially
for the foot ball club's popularity.

>>305
They're not really that common... but here's part of one just so you don't have
to spend money on a plane ticket just to see:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLTRk8KibA

>>306
Manchester is just above the divide, and Liverpool is further north, so yes.
Newcastle is more notorious for drunken behaviour though, and that's almost
the most north you can get in England...

>>301
A scholarship in the US does not have to be paid back. It's a grant
with special conditions attached; usually things like keeping your
grades above a certain point.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLTRk8KibA
Uho　ｗ
What are they saying?
What are they fight about?
It has nothig to do with north vs south. right?

>>308
I forgot to tell.

But Scholarship is more easy to get in japan. I think.
It is often the case that people with scholarship
don't really study hard and some even go away with debt.
No effective punishment. Situation seems to be getting tougher though.

So what do you guys know about
Sophia University (上智大学)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_University

Is it a really hard school to get into? What sort of a CV would you need
to be admitted as a foreign student I wonder? I'm interested by the fact that
it seems so international, there are a lot of courses taught in English I hear.

>>310
I see. Yeah, you can't slack off and get scholarships here, or
grants for that matter. Interesting how the same term has such
different implications between the US and Japan.

Do イギリス人 and Ether ever sleep, I wonder.......??

I hate waking up too early.  It's bad enough I have to get up early
just so I can get to work on time, but having the extra three or four
hours before work can be boring.  It's hard to motivate myself when I
wake up because I'm still groggy from all the sleeping.

>>313
My schedule is a bit weird... and it flips around a couple times a
week. :D

Uni sucks. I've been here for just under a year and I hate it.
Tomorrow my mid-semester break ends, so I have to go back. I will
go back dressed as a pirate, and lob a whiskey bottle at some
dumb blonde bitch's head.

>>315
You must have a part-time night watch job in parallel to going to uni, LOL

>>286
Networking at top-rated uni is one of the crucial factors.
Graduating from a uni in Florida gives you chances to be friends
with gators. Lucky you.

>>286
Thank you Ether.
How did you enjoy your university life?
I'm so bored and sometimes fall into a depression here,
and that's the one reason I want to transfer to university in the US.

As Internet gets a position of a social infrastructure, online universities
are mashrooming in US and maybe other countires.

Do people over there think that a diploma of such online universities have
the same value as that of real university? Or people look down on a
diploma you get through online university?

In Japan, some people take advantage of online education provided
by private companies such as a language learning, but when it comes to
online university, I've never herad of it.

>>319
You are the one who is always whining here about being bullied in the past, are you?

>>321
No.
I came here only yesterday, today and about 2 months ago
to ask help for my assignment

>>322
I see. I wonder why you get into depression.
If you have trouble with communicating with other students and that's
the cause of the depression, entering American university couldn't
be a solution.

Once you are in US and go to university there, there would be a language
barrier and that would make you feel even more depressed.

>>307
>Newcastle is more notorious for drunken behaviour

I don't doubt this.
When I met a guy from Newcastle at a friend's house, what he bought
first upon arrival was a Miller beer case of 24 cans(500ml) and that
didn't last more than three days. He also went out drinking to the sports
pub whenever they had a football game. lol He was a calm guy though.

>>318
At the risk of seeming naive, does "networking" at university really have
any value beyond seeking status and social ladder-climbing?

>>320
Actually, so called 'diploma mill' or 'degree mill' i.e. unauthorized
on-line universities that provide only fake degrees, are becoming a problem
also in Japan.
Those universities usually only have a P.O.Box, pretending to have a campus
with real university by taking advantage of the fact that students apply for it
only through the Internet.
of the fact that the students never have to go to th

I think you got cut o

I have a question about this article:
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200710010080.html

I didn't know the education ministry has the power to determine the content
of textbooks used. Is this policy going to affect ALL highschool textbooks?
I thought the books were published privately, how can they do that?

It's really disgusting that the education ministry is going out of its way to distort
history like this.

>>328
Yeah. Ministry of education is in charge of checking textbooks
used in school. If they don't say yes, no text books are used in
schools. This is how things are.

>>328
I agree, it's a dark day when historical revisionists get their way.
In Canada, we had to learn all about the internment of Japanese Canadians.
And I'm damn glad we did. I like my home country, sure, but a sane love of
your own country involves being able to look back and say "we were wrong".

Does you education ministry instruct teachers that
Canada is America's 52th states?

>>328
Modern Japanese history is primarily written by the US government though.

Americans talk a lot of smack about America but are also passionately
patriotic, I think. I also remember history teachers in high school
saying "It was an evil thing we did," and things like that.

But if you think about it, maybe Japan covers up a little when it comes
to more evil times in their history, but Japan doesn't make the mistakes
over again. America teaches "History will repeat itself if we don't
talk about our misdeeds," but is more violent and mistake prone, isn't it?

>>328
Look at the link. lol

>>333 It's true that American patriotism has been used to justify great evils
in history. I remember clearly when my 6th grade history teacher justified the
atomic bombings. She had her argument, but she refused to consider that there
might be more going on than her peachy image of a merciful America "saving lives"
by forcing a total occupation.

Seems to me like these lawmakers are like, that. They refuse to listen to history or anybody
else. America has plenty of evil in its history, some of which isn't taught or is side-stepped,
in some textbooks. But as far as I know, there aren't any education ministries specifically censoring
certain aspects of history. They don't have any such authority.

>>333
They have been always winner. Nobody can instruct them.
America didn't lost the Vietnum war.
It was just a retreat from aggresion after killing ten times as many as
american victims.

But this isn't about America, it's about Japan and it's own history,
it's own war-time policies under military governments.

>>337
It's always the US and China that tell Japan what to do about its history.

>>328 >>335
It's not the matter of true history or not. It's the matter of freedom
of speech and education. Japanese authority essentially admits free publication
of school textbook. But Education ministry exams the accuracy and
delete or change the article which they think is not correct nor proven.

I think freedom or speech and publication is more important than
its corectness in America. And both sides to publish and choose take the responsibility.
Americans seem to think when leting it happen, it'll become near to truth.

We should not assume okinawa side is right. They always
say truth is truth. But they don't try to hear about another opinion.
No democracy. No argument. they just claim and try to change.

we should also note that ecucation ministry has been changing
the articles that says positively about japan into negative ones.

Either way is possible.

Japanese people tend to give in to soothe protestors and escape
from problem.
But this time, education ministry should not do that way.

Actually, I remember my teacher saying that the atomic bombing were
the most evil thing possible and we did it and need to feel ashamed.
I think Vietnam was also portrayed differently from how it was for
>>336.

So, America doesn't have a Ministry of Education dictating how these
events are taught, but we instead have countless teachers putting their
own views and opinions into it as fact. Which is better, do you guys think?
I'm not sure right now.

>>340
Japanese teachers also are having respective value and teaching
their own ways.

We are talking about the textbooks.

>>341
You are. I'll be more careful to put a ">>335" into my posts so as
not to take your thread that you own and are king of into a direction
you don't want it to go.

No. I am the King. You may say whatever you want.

Atomic bomb dropped. That is true. But the thing gets more complicated
when it comes to why and its ligitimacy.
I don't and don't wanna agree with american view. But I don't want to
meddle in another country's problem.
And I can understand american standpoint.

It's unthinkable for america to have the textbook to blame
vietnum war and atomic bombs in ethical sense.

You say america is anything free. But actually vocal interest groups
have the power and control ecucation.
Veteran groups and religious groups, etc.
If a school adpoted a textbook which condemns atomic bombs and
vietnum war, veteran groups would get angry and protest.
There would be a possiblity of murder.

You know abortion issue? Country of freedom of speech. But
always intimidation and murder.

>>344
I never saw it that way, but I have to agree with a lot of that.

Japan is not as progressive as america from american view.

But textbooks in japan are not government-designated.
Goverment touch up and change a few ariticles. And it's odd
most of the textbook companies hav been anti-LDP and phillo-opposition parties
(historically social party).
One was led by communist party. There is a twist that american
can't understand.

Korea(one of democracy states) still keeps the policy of
government-designated textbooks, let alone, china, north
korea.... Russian school textbooks seem to be virtually governmen-designated
...

Also lots of teachers belong to 日教組、which is extremely left-sided.
So don't worry, America. There is practicaly no 'Beautiful Japan' in classroom.

I don't like the word of beautiful japan.

And I also wonder ugliness of beautiful japan is
embodied the most by the national highschool baseball tournament.

They are all cropped short and walk like soldier, They surficially
say beautiful things. But behind the scene, students are bullying,
smoking, drinking, to let off the stress of competition and discipline.

And oddly enough, the national highschool baseball tournament
is promotied by asahi shinbun which has been famous for bashing abe.

Wow, very interesting conversation up to this point.

>>330
Yeah, I agree. You have to be able to admit your country did wrong. People
who act as if their country shits gold are truly naive.


As far as textbooks go and the bombing issue... none of the textbooks
I remember put the situation in either a positive or negative standing.
They explained the situation, but never alluded to whether it was right
or wrong. They allowed the students to come to that conclusion on their
own.

>>349
In japan we don't have a history of discussion and debate
like in america.
I know america is more diverse than coutries around
japan.

>>350
I see. Thanks for the insight.

>>351
Really? It is a matter of course in japan.
We tend to priotize knowledgement to debate.
And japanse are not good at talking..

For example, Look at pro-wrestlers. I am always amazed by WWE
superstar eloquency eventhough there is a script.
Japanese wrestlers are very poor at speaking like wet blanket.

Sorry "prioritize knowledge over debate"

>>352
The ability to speak well in public is an important skill in many
industries in the US.

"We tend to priotize knowledgement to debate" <- Can you elaborate
on this?

Thanks.

Americans are a collection of chimps so even though they look as if
they are discussing something seriously, that's just a monkey business.

One wise man's decision is far more better than that of a group of chimps.

"We tend to prioritize knowledg over debate"
Is it understandable?

Where are you from? lol You seem not to be from japan.

>>353
Ah, okay. Ignore my last post then; I posted it before I read >>353.

>>357
Whom are you asking?

>>356
Yes, I understand now.

By the way, Can I ask a question?
You seem not to be from Japan.
You don't seem to be from Japan.
You seem to be not from Japan.

Whic is the best English?

>>359

>>355

You don't seem to be from Japan.

>>360
The first two sound fine to me. The last one is a little awkward.

>>361 Ah.

Ether is from cuba as far as I remember.

>>364
Hah. =P
When was the last time you saw a Cuban online?

The importance of English would be lower in future. The GDP of China will get higher than that of
Japan.

Why are there so few female CEOs in Japan?

I think there are two main reasons for that.
One is that although women join workforce more and more, when they get
married, many of them stop working and focus on house chores and
child rearing. Some of them get back to workforce after their kids
need less care. However, in a corporate promotion system, once you quit
working temporarely, your chance of climing corporate ladder becomes
slim. This is the fisrt thing that prevent a women from getting promoted
to the top of hierarchy. The notion that men is the only bread winner
in a house hold works in favor of men's more chance of getting
promoted.

The second reason is what is called the glass ceiling. In my opinion,
there's still a conventional idea porevailing that men can perform better than
women do. So men tend to be considered they can manage a more important
project than women and they are given more opprtunities to brush up
their skills in their carrer. This gender equality helps men become
the top of a company.

The two main reason that produce less female CEO come from the
gender role of a houshold and gender equality in a company.

They can't even tell what is sick.
Nice educational environment with this highschool logo.

http://richlandbombers.com/class1960/images/RHSLogo.jpg

You seem not to be from Japan.
You don't seem to be from Japan.
You seem to be not from Japan.

>>363
Do you choose one which describes the best, depending on the situation?
Or Is there a slight diference of meaning?

>>367
You should admire tempstaff. lol

680 ：名無しさん＠英語勉強中：2007/10/01(月) 23:51:19
Merits and demerits of rural life

Merits of rural life come down to less crime rate and abundance of
nature. People in a rural area know more about their neighbors and they
people in a city and they help each other when something you can't
handle yourself happens. The fact that everybody knows everybody contirbute
to becoming a safe community and that leads to less crime rate.

An rural area is rich in nature and it has less air and water poollution.
Living a life surrounded by nature gives you an ease of mind. You never
get stressed out. Rural life gives children more opportunities
to strengthen their body and safe environment to grow up.

Dmerits are people in a rural area sometime have to give up modern
convenience which a city life provides. They have to give up
good transportation systems and shops which carry anything you
want. There's less things to do at night that people in a city
enjoy. So only they do at night is making love with their spouse
or partner.

After all, sometimes disadvantage of a rural life can be its advantage
and vice versa.

Are we addicted to cellphones?

The number of cell phone users has been increasing as more and more
people understand the convinience it gives. A cell phone is not a tool
just to talk with someone on the other end anymore. You can send and receive
e-mail, play games with it and it even gives you an opportunity to
get accessed to the Internet and browse websites.

All these features is extremelly attractive especially to young people.
They can't get their mind off of incoming e-mail their friends send
24 hours a day and keep checking them even in a class, at a station
and at home.

Some people are addicted to free online games and playing them all the time.
Even when they are hanging around with friends in town they never forget
to monkey around with their cell phone. Sometimes virtual world a cell
phone provides to them is more imprtant than real friends.

Parents don't know what their kids are doing in their room. As long as
they always have it with them, they are doing something with it,
whatever it is. I would go as far as to say that this is a kind of
addiction.

>>369
They all mean the same thing. Personally, I'd use the second
one if I were you. It sounds the best.

>>373
Thank you.

How well do you think written are these three short esssays?

I'll hit the sack now. Hope to see some comments from English native
speakers. Thanks

>>374
No problem. Feel free to post any additional questions you have in
the future.

>>365
I'm responding to him now. Just kidding.

One wise man's decision is far more better than that of a group of chimps.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Remember the dark haired man with piercing, entrancing
blue eyes. You know what I mean. Our Fuhre....

>>375
There are quite a few spelling, structural, and grammatical issues,
but the point gets across. Feel free to contact me via e-mail, and
I can help you revise them, if you wish.

>>378
Haha... nice one there.

>>377
Yeah, I know you were kidding. All is well. :D

Jeffrey Dahmer would use the same trick as Ether if he was alive.

Trick?

>>375
Are we addicted to cellphones?

The number of cell phone users has been increasing as more and more
people understand the [convenience] it gives. A cell phone is not a tool
[just for talking with someone else / used just to talk with someone else]
on the other end anymore. You can send and receive
e-mail, play games with it and it even gives you an opportunity to
[access] the Internet and browse websites.

All these features [are extremely] attractive[,] especially to young people.
They can't get their mind off of incoming e-mail their friends send
24 hours a day and keep checking them even in [] class, at a station
and at home.

Some people are addicted to free online games and play[] them all the time.
Even when they are hanging around with friends in town they never forget
to monkey around with their cell phone. Sometimes [a virtual world / virtual worlds]
a cellphone provides [them with] is more [important] than real friends.

Parents don't know what their kids are doing in their room. As long as
they always have it with them, they are doing something with it,
whatever it is. I would go as far as to say that this is a kind of
addiction.

* Grammatically, they're pretty good and they are all readable. Most of the spelling
is fine too. I've outlined corrections in square brackets, so you can see what I'd
change. Most importantly, though, they all get the point across. Only been through
the cellphone one so far, but will do the same with the others if you'd like.

Solicit young colored people by e-mail. Teaching English
is a trap.

>>384
I see. Bad me, soliciting people without my own knowledge!

Then You'll ask age and photo.

>>386
I will? Man, I must be a really bad guy.

---
Anyhow folks, I'm gonna hop in the shower and get ready for class.
See you all later and thanks for the conversation.

I have mind, I must be a really bad beens.

---
Anything fall, I'm gonna ｺﾞﾅ in the room and get ready for body.
See you allways later and thanks for the next.

????　Is he disemboweling a black man victim now?
Or driling the head?
Scary.

Did "Heroes" air in Japan yet?

Does anybody know?

Ever since the time of the Great Cataclysm, the Arkadians have lived
deep in the center of the Earth.  They believed they were the only
survivors of this great devastation.  Their civilization thrived under
the power of their sun, the Tehra, until it began to fail.  In
desperation, the children of Arkadia broke the law and enter the
forbidden archives searching for a solution.  What they discovered
gave them hope. Anxiously they used their special powers and created a
messenger to the people above.  They named her Arkana.

Then, while on her way to the surface above, Arkana got very ill and died.

The end.

>>390
Not yet.

Today was a sad day. A piece of paper was posted through my catflap, with human
words on it: "LOST - a longhaired brown tabby cat by the name of "James"..."

I hope that James is alright and has not been harmed. It is good to know his
servants worry about him; it must mean he treats them well and therefore is
a kindhearted cat. So if anyone meets a brown, long-haired cat named James,
please tell him to return home.

>>394
My guess is James is doing alright on his own.

>>367
Good job! I'm very impressed. Here are a few suggestions; I've tried to
leave it in your original wording as much as possible:

Why are there so few female CEOs in Japan?

I think [that] there are two main reasons for [this trend/phenomenon].
One is that although women [are joining the] workforce more and more, when they get
married, many of them stop working [to] focus on [household] chores and
child rearing. Some of them [return] to [the] workforce after their [children]
need less care. However, in a corporate promotion system, once you quit
working [temporarily], your chance of [climbing the] corporate ladder becomes
slim. This is the [first] thing that [prevents women] from getting promoted
to the top of [the] hierarchy. The notion that men [are] the only [breadwinners]
in a [household] works in favor of [men getting] more [chances] of [becoming]
promoted.

The second reason is what is called the ["glass ceiling"]. In my opinion,
there's still a conventional idea [prevailing] that men can perform better than
women do. So men tend to be considered [for] more important
[projects] than women[,] and they are given more [opportunities] to brush up [on]
their [career] skills. This gender [inequality] helps men [rise to]
the top of [their companies].

The two main [reasons] [for fewer] female [CEOs] [are due to]
[household] gender [roles] and gender [inequality] in [companies].

Whew! This is the second time I've edited this passage; somehow I deleted
the first post. I have this sinking feeling, though, that I'm helping
you with your homework, and I hope it's okay.

>>390

lol, why would a show with such laughably bad Japanese air in Japan.
George Takei is nice and all, but Japanese is just not his language. ^^

>>394
A sad day indeed. We have many missing cats in our area. Often,
they have been eaten by wild coyotes. However, we once had a cat
that turned up after 3 days missing, and I've even heard of cats
reappearing after months of being gone, so it is too soon to give
up hope for James.

People are always taking cats in because they think they are strays.
So many cats have two or three homes, and their owners never know it.

>>399
Just goes to show, cats are opportunistic bastards. Don't trust them.

Hello, everyone. My name is Seven Hundred.

My house is only five minute's walk from the station. and My watch may be one or two minutes fast.
My sister came to my house yesterday. She kept walking about the room. She seemed too uneasy to sit still.
A friend of mine is the genius in music. It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.
It is getting colder and colder during the morning and evening. The leaves of the trees will soon turn red or yellow.
I have a car, and I like it very much. A car is convenient, to be sure, but, in the end, it will prove expensive.
My father is a hard working man. One night he came home very tired and sad.
We had a lot of snow about this time last year. But we have no snow this year.
"I have a terrible toothache." "You should see a dentist at once."
My girlfriend didn't go to yesterday's party. We missed you very much at the party yesterday. We had a very good time.
"Does your watch keep good time?" "No, it gains ten minutes a day."
My brother is polite. He behaved himself so as not to give offence to others.
I have two friends who are musicians. Both musicians understood one another perfectly, and had a mutual respect for each other.

Thank you.

Sup Japon!

>>401
You seem to be a 15years boy.

>>379
Thank you for the offer, but it's OK. I was not so desperate. I just
wanted you guys who have free time at hand to give me some feedback.

>>383, >>396
Thank you very much for the corrections. I know it's not an easy job
to proofread someone's writing because sometimes it's a lot more easy
for you to change the whole sentense altogether instead of correcting
parts of it with the original wording alomost intact.

I compare my original writings to corrected ones. Your corrections
shed a light on my writing and give me lots of usuful ideas about
how to write natural English.

As for spelling mistakes, that's partly because I didn't proofread my
writing. The point of writing these three essays (I'm not sure if you can call
them essays or not, though. Maybe too short to call them essays.) was
to express my ideas about a given theme as quickly as possible right
off the bat.

Right after I read each of these themes, I started tapping my key board.
This practice is useful when you take an English proficiency test called
Eiken. On Eiken Grade One test, you have to take an interview test where you
have to make a two minuite speech about one theme.

(cont.)

You enter a room and flip over a sheet of paper where five themes are
written. You have just one minute to choose one of them and organize
your thoughts, and then you make a speech about the theme you pick up
for two minutes. Organizing your speech in your head just for one
minute is not easy.

I already passed the test but somehow I wanted to try practicing expressing
my ideas about a given theme to measure how quickly I can respond to
it. Anyway, writing these three essays weren't homework, so don't worry, 米人.

The only female CEO I know in the US is the former Hewlett Packard's CEO.
Probably Hilary Clinton wil be the next US president.

>403
I am seven hundred years old.
Please put out your cigarette. If you want to speak to me, please call me up. Some day you will
come to realize the importance of saving. If you are to know about the real world, it can only be
by inferring things about it from the appearances. The best way to master English composition is
to keep a diary in English. Don’t forget to write to your parents at least once a month.

As I was free yersterday for the first time in years, I enjoyed playing tennis with my friends.
After we played tennis, a man came to an old man and said, “You can’t go home yet. You are to stay
here till the police arrive.” And he said to us, “All you have to do is write your name and address
here.” Who was he? I could not find my brother, who was to meet me at the station. His plan seemed
to be too difficult, but before long it proved to be practicable.

At night, I read a book. I found the book so interesting that I kept on reading it until daybreak.
I remember reading the book three times when I was young.
Nothing was to be heard except the sound of the waves.
Though it looked like rain this morning, it has turned out to be a fine day.

Last but not least, It is against the traffic rule to cross the street while the light is red.
Thank you.

>>405
Even I'd have trouble sorting out a mini-speech in only a minute! In English, too.

Back in my school days, we had to do similar in French, German and Spanish, and part
of the exam was a mock interview on a random (out of five) topic, which included a
similar mini-speech. It was the worst part of the exam. I remember freezing up for an
entire minute during the French one...

>>407
Oh yeah? That sounds really like the Eiken grade one test.
You did take this kind of test in three languages.
What a nightmare.

Freezing up is the worst thing you could expect on a test like that.
Silence is not golden there. My top priority was to speak anything
that popped up in my head. I don't think my speech was well organized.
All I did was just to babble the whole two minutes but it worked.

uho

Hey, don't stop the flow of the thread, you fools.

If you weren't sleeping with your eyes open, then you could write
something to make here active. Do you happen to be an airhead who
can only look at your monitor? Then, there's nothing I can do. lolololo

zzz...

>>410
Any proposals for discussion topics? Personally, I feel sleepy after eating.
I'm more inclined to play some F.E.A.R. multiplayer for an hour, then go
to bed.

"Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial" is on NHK right now.

What's F.E.A.R. multiplayer, I wonder...

>>414
I think F.E.A.R is game belonging to FPS(First Person Shooting).
"multiplayer" means that many players can kill each other in game on same time and on same field over the network.

>>415
Thanks for the input.
I don't know anything about video games.

>>414 >>415
Pretty much, yeah. F.E.A.R. is a game put out by Sierra and Vivendi (I think?)
that fits into the FPS category, although it has a bit of a 'survival
horror' theme to it as well. The single player game is scary as hell.
Multiplay is pretty straightforward, though, just Capture the Flag or
Deathmatch, etc.

>>417
I used to play F.E.A.R. multiplayer a bit, some months ago. However, my paws
did not fit the keys on the keyboard so well and I gave up. Used the name
'a tiny kitten', so people would feel guilty whenever it said "You killed a
tiny kitten". It was fun though.

enough of pretending to be a cat. So irritating.

>>418
LOL

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>>418
Oh boy, that gave me trouble getting my noodles down the throat.
I was in pain laughing. So, it could say "a little kitten killed xxx" too. LOL

Oh I guess it doesn't say that way.

Sieg Heil!

>>419
C'mon now, let him have his fun. :P

>>391-392
pupupu. ends so soon?

>>426
Now you see why he fail his Eiken test.

in [] class, at a station
and at home.


why in class, not in a class.

>>428

You take a class. But when you are there, you are in class.
It might be because class is in session.
(?)

>>428
Class is usually counted as a period of time while you are doing something; it's
a classroom that is a physical place. So you would say 'in class' or 'during class',
just as you'd say 'during lunch' or 'during work', for example.

>>397
Actually, it is going to air in Japan. So na-na-na-na-na-na.

George Takei laughs at your petty, weaboo insults, AND STRIKES YOU DEAD.

"SHAZZAM!", Takei shouts from his floating fortress, "I STRIKE YOU DEAD!"

And you are dead.

>>430
Yes, and then, "in a classroom."
Good explanation!

Oh, but you still take part in a class, or sign up for a class,
or drop out of a class.
I guess it is confusing.

Class can also refer to rank, or a person with style.

"He played in Baseball League Class D for five years."

"She has a lot of class."

>>429-430
That explains a lot. thank you.

>>434
And the second example has an adjective form too.
"She is classy."

There is a slang expression, "In a class by oneself," meaning
that one is better than her/his peers at something. It can
also be used sarcastically and therefore diminuitively if the
person is bad at something.

In a class room, I got a blow job.

In class, I got a blow job. That means blow job is a subject.

I see!

437 has no class.

>>433
It all depends on context, I guess. The dictionary gives 'the period during which
a group of students meets for instruction' and 'the meeting of a group of students
for instruction' as two separate definitions for "class". You just have to take
notice of the context and remember whether to keep or drop the prefix article.

>>437
No, it just means you got your sausage sucked during class, not that it's a subject. Silly.

In canada blow job is a subject.

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I was born and raised upper-middle class.
But now I find myself down and out with absolutely no prospects.
When we fall, we fall hard.
Fuck social mobility.
Allah is Great!!!

>>430
But can you count class span by span?

In that case Specifying the lengh or number of class is strange?

Does "in classroom" sound ok, too?

>>444
The same applies if you use "work" or "lunch". It is not a unit of time in
itself, just a period - just like you don't really specify a number for
Christmas (another period).

>>445
As classroom is a normal noun, you still need a prefix article:
"in a classroom".

unit of time means set time?

I'm work-shy, but I love free lunch.
Follow Sheikh Osama!!!

>>447
Sorry, I think I misunderstood. Just trying to work out how to phrase the answer...

By 'unit of time', I mean like a second, a minute and an hour are all units of time.
The class (actual meeting of a group of students) can be assigned a length, for example,
it might last an hour. Therefore, "class was an hour long".

Hello, my name is Seven Hundred.
While cleaning my room yesterday evening, I happened to find an old photograph of my mother.
I have a brother. I am on good terms with him. He always keeps his word and is relied upon
by everybody. A man lives next door to me. He is a wicked man. He often fails to keep his promises.
Our university building is now under construction on a hillside in the north of Fukuoka city.

I had an appointment with my business partners. I took the train to meet them, but The train was
behind schedule, so I could not reach my destination on time. I wanted something cold to drink
because I felt thirsty． I found a vending machine, so I put the money in, but the can of juice will not
come out. The vending machine must be out of order. At last, I got to my destination. They were
there. Seeing me, they suddenly stopped talking. Would you mind waiting another ten minutes?
Get off at the next stop and take a bus to the airport. A slip of the tongue often brings about
unexpected results. The damage amounted to five million yen.
Thank you.

If we put "a" in front of
class, could it mean one period of class?
Because attend a French class is O.K.

On anotherhand,
Lunch means material as well. So in the luch case, "in a lunch"
could be strange for me japanese.

>>451
I see what you mean now!

However, it is almost the same issue as 'lunch'. We use the prefix article ('a' or 'the')
only when we speak about a material lunch: "I packed a lunch today". When lunch is in the
time period context, we would still say "during lunch".

If you want to talk about a specific class you go to, you could say "I have a French class
today", and that would cover a period of class. So to answe your question... yes.



And on a totally different topic, I did my weekly bedsheet washing again today but, as usual,
forgot to make the bed again until 1:00am. I hate doing that. There's nothing quite like laying
in a fresh bed though.

>>446

Thx for answering >>445.
So, "those students thrive in classrooms as well." sounds better?

Speaking of washing, 'do laundry' or 'do the laundry'?
I have to do either one today.

>>453
Interchangeable.

>>454
Any nuance suggested?

>>453
That's right - "in" is important because a classroom is a physical object, so there
has to be some sort of article in front of it.

As for laundry, it's usually used as a plural, so it's more correct to say "do laundry",
just as you would say "chase ducks" or "lick stamps". If you are talking about a specific
batch of laundry, however, you could say "do the laundry".

"I do laundry many times a week."
"I wash light coloured clothing separately. I do that laundry on Fridays."

>>441

Of course it is. We have Colleges and Universities dedicated to that stuff.

We call it "Mouth-Penis CPR".

>>456
Thanks a lot again.
I didn't know that it was a plural. I thought it was uncountable
for a long time. Now it makes more sense. I appreciate it.
I hope you sleep well.

It's uncountable.

>>404
Glad I could help!

>>450
I'm enjoying your stories very much. I'm not sure why I find them so
compelling, but I do.

In other news, the grammar police caught up with me today. Misuse of the
subjunctive tense; let off with a warning.
I was sitting with my Japanese teacher, in the coffee shop where we have
our lessons. I should note that whereas I am a rather plain middle-aged
woman, my teacher is quite young and cute.
One of the kanji I had to learn for today was [野球] (baseball), so naturally
we started discussing the fortunes of the Red Sox. I told her that they had
made the playoffs, but I didn't know when they would play the first game. Well,
that gave the young man sitting at the next table the "in" he needed. "Excuse me,"
he said, "the next game will be tomorrow. And," he continued, turning to me, "you said,
'If I was' which is wrong; you should have said 'If I were...'"
I wasn't sure how to respond to that, so I just smiled a little and we continued on with
the lesson. Maybe I should stop taking Japanese and study my English.

Sensei, this man is no good for you. With his nit-picking attitude, he can't make you happy.

Be careful!
That man must have been interested in not you but Sensei who is quite young and cute.
But by now may be she's been already going out with him.
You're too late! lol.

>>455
Sorry, I was busy for a while.
Well, I always say "Do laundry" when talking about myself.
My mother says "Do the laundry." It's a normal chore for her.

Most doers of laundry won't be thinking about the finer details
of grammar when talking about it.

>>461
I know he was after her! He's that type! Hopefully not her type though.

For those of you who enjoy acoustic guitar music, there is the most
amazing amateur musician on Youtube who goes by the name of "Fretkillr".
Yes, I know most of the homemade videos on Youtube are garbage, but
this guy is really good. I can't stop watching his clips. Here is
a sample, an old English (?) folk tune, "Greensleeves":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTr3Xt3eNcY

'Sleeves!

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=DwmtE3z2ors
これﾜﾛﾀ

LOL!!

>>464
LOL indeed. That was pretty funny.

Oops, had to get the "454" off my name. Sorry.

Still Pending
公式YouTube
http://jp.youtube.com/user/stillpendingmusic

>>462
Thanks for responding.
Anyway, I understand what イギリス人 meant. It's more general when there is no article to it
just like his other examples. Thanks all.

>>463
As a man who doesn't know anything about techniques of guitar,
I don't understand what is so good about him.

I tend to think faster you play, the better player you are.
I know that shows how ignorant of music I am.

The bigger, the better.

>>468
I don't get good impressions about them.
They might be victims of commercialism.

There used to be a band calld 'Hanson." I was worried about them.
I was relieved to know that they had taken a rest for years.
I heard the news they started their band activity again.
It's all right because they are already gorwn up now.

When you look at the example of Micheal Jackson, you can say kids in very
early age in commercial activities is going down the road of perishment.

>>472
Where are you from?
You look like native.

I didnt impressed by them so much about music.
but I am a boylover and there is a littleboy'S rock band this truth is nice
good us .

Hello, my name is Seven Hundred.
　Japan has caught up with Europe and America in medicine. The government should do away with
these regulations. It is not wise, nor in the long run, is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the wasteful.
　I have a friend whose name is Thomas. I was looking forward to the day when I could see him for
the first time in five years. Thomas could not carry out his task on account of an accident. He said,"I
will make up for the lost time by working as hard as I can. It is hard to find a place to eat where you
can keep your overcoat on." Frankly speaking, it was difficult for me to make out what he was saying.
　Betty is a coworker. She came very near to being run over by a car. She looked down
on the secretaries she had worked with.
　My friend Tom has been in his room for three days. When I visited him, he said,"You can go on a
picnic if you like, but as for me, I prefer to stay at home and read a novel." When I came back home,
I thought of his condition. He is slowly recovering from his illness. I hear he is to go abroad to
study as soon as he graduates from school. Many young people in the country long for city life.
But city life isn't very good.
Thank you.

I think Reed in Still Pending is cute.

>>473
I'm from a country called Japan.
In other words, I'm Japanese.

What do I do? I'm NEET. Thank you for getting interested in me.

トーマスはニート

この場合はニートゥだったな

>>476
oh really
fonni lol!

What's funny about hearing that someone is NEET, I wonder.

haha nuthing
just fonny
bu' I can't laugh at all
cuz Im similar to neet now.
I am a highschool student but I think my school is pretty sucks
so I dicided not to go these days.
it is sucks and too far.

structure of unko

ingeneral neet is unko

>>463
It's certainly English, you're right. The story goes that Henry VIII composed it
himself, for love of his future wife, Anne Boleyn (who he later - lovingly - had
beheaded) who, for a while, rejected his advances. However, I think this is really
just a myth and the composer will remain anonymous.

>>463
Maybe that the guy misunderstood you were teaching her Englsih?
That's why he pointed out your grammar mistake?]
Maybe I am too naive.

No. she felt homicidal jealousy towards her Sensei but managed to snap out of it
by changing the subject to the grammar mistake she made.
I am proud of 米人.

>>474
No mistakes that I can see, but it's a strange story.

His stories are always made up of verious topics.
He must be suffered from schizophrenia. lol

>>474
Are your stories true, Seven Hundred?
If not, do you come up with them or copy them from somewhere?

>>474
It was such a good joke that everybody burst out laughing.

What do you think of Seven Hundred?

>>488
If they are true, then he must really be 700 years old.

I want to go to Newcastle and fight against neonazis there.
I'm a proud japanese national socialist!

I think we should all rock on into the future.

Ahh, but we can only ever rock-on into the present.

But if we rock out to such a degree that the entire fabric of time and
space is fractured by such rocking out and begins to unravel, then we
could. We would need lots of copies of Guitar hero, though.

>>494
Let us begin.

I love the way things are done here in Japan and the way these people think
I teach adults at an institute here in Tokyo, and the Policies
Of President, while many don't agree with them, definitely make me
feel proud to be a white man. Japanese, Japanese-Canadian and
Japanese-American teachers at this fine institue cannot get the same
full time contract as the superior white teachers, even though they have
same qualifications and speak English just as well as us white people.
We also get paid more per class, get benefits such as airfare reimbursement,
medical insurance , severance pay, housing allowance, and rental deposit.
and the list goes on...

You Japaneses love reinforcing the fact that white people will always
be superior to you Asians... so many tanks to the president of the great company
I work for...

Discrimination is great! I love Japan

No. You are not white. You are just lumped in with white. But your
skin colour is not white. You are dark skined, even darker than
japanese. lol And look at your frizzy hair.

You are portuguese decent. You are no better than iranians and
pakistani. lol

On top of that, You are Jew. All jews are non white.
Not about the skin colour. Your origin and your inside are not white.
Color of avarice and selfishness. lol

Sorry 497 Your best hope is that you will learn some retarded phrases off your t-shirt.

A tank is a tracked armoured combat vehicle designed to engage enemies head-on,
using direct fire from a large-caliber gun and supporting fire from machine guns.

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

HaHaHa. Self-proclaimed white american escaped.

Show any evidence. Show your picture. You are so afraid to
be laughed at by japanese. lol

White trash in homeland. God in japan?
lol

>>502
Lol.

>>501
Of course he wont.

>>496 >>499
Fool. :P

tank:
verb
1 (NAmE) [v] (of a company or a product) to fail completely

>>504
That's one meaning yes... a tank can also be a container (that usually
contains liquid or gas), and a large, armored military vehicle.

I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up,
please stand up, please stand up?

>>506
Wow, i haven't heard that song in years...

>>465
"Drivin to California"???
Oh man, it's not that they're bad or anything, but I just can't stop
laughing--those kids are years away from getting their driver's licenses.

>>484
You may be right, maybe this guy's mission is to rid the world of bad
grammar and other assorted evils. Or maybe he wanted to look good in
front of Sensei. Either way, if he shows up again, I'll be sure to use
"irregardless" in a sentence, and send him over the edge.
>>485 But I like Sensei! She is a great Sensei!

>>506
I just looked at the video for that song, since I'd never heard of it,
and all I can say is yuck.
I need an antidote..my latest obsession...what is it about guys that
can play guitars?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fZNRqzXuZ4

ホモフォビア
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8C%E6%80%A7%E6%84%9B%E6%81%90%E6%80%96
同性愛が死刑となる国の大使館への要望書提出。（ポーランド、ロシア、イラン、サウジアラビア、ナイジェリア、モーリタニア、アフガニスタン、アラブ首長国連邦、パキスタン、イエメン、スーダン）

ええええ
プーチン大統領の国が同性愛死刑だって！？

What is young men's take on Eminem like now?
Is he still considered to be cool or is he just a history and forgotten now?
I know he is working as a producer with Dr. Dre to produce other
rappers, such as 50 cent and sometimes featured in their album.

Since he realesed the album, Curtain call, I guess he won't release
his own new album anymore.

I wonder why Vanila Ice is looked down on. Was it becasue he just
imitated Black rappers style just on surface while Eminem is a
real Macoy, having hanging around with black people in his scool days
and even black people acknoledge him as their buddy?

>>510
As far as I'm concerned, he was never really cool. However, he's been missing from
the music scene here for quite a few years now. I have a friend who used to really
like him and have posters of him all over her room. But that obsession is over now
and she's moved onto Ando Masanobu (I know he's not a rapper, or even a musician).

I think Vanilla Ice was mocked mainly because of his extreme 'white guy' image. He
never looked like some kid from the streets trying to make it; he's always been a
white guy with expensive clothes, and stupid hairstyles. He did well initially
though. However, you know a celebrity is past it when they appear on TV shows such
as 'The Farm' and 'Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge'.

>>508
Tell me 5 reasons why she apeals so much to you.
Is she fluent in English? How did you get to know her. (I thought
you touched on it a little before.)

I have seen a foreigner giving an English lesson at a cafe like
Starbucks here in Japan, too. Actually, there are companies that introduce
English teachers to Japanese English learners.

Their sales pitch is like, you can learn English face to face with
a native English speaker in a friendly atmosphere. Lesson plan is
customoised depending on your English level.

I think I understand why that appeals to some English learners, especially
to young ladies. They think, "yeah, it sounds cool that a White give
me a personal English lesson in a stylish cafe."

The lesson style sure gives you an opprtunity to speak with a native
English speaker, but that isn't enough to improve your English.
If you really improve your second language, it takes grind work
and continuas efforts that don't sound cool at all and is really
tough.

Taking lessons in a cafe for just a 1hour a week gets you nowhere.
More often than not, gals who takes in a cafe lesson think learning
English as just a fashion. Talking (In most cases they are not good enough
to be described as talikng, they are just saying one word or two at
a time) with a native "WHITE" English teacher in a cafe satisfiess their
worship to White. Maybe other customers in a cafe give them frequent
glances and that makes gals think it cool to learn English even more.

Anyway, If you really want to improve your Japanese, cafe lessons aren't
far less sufficient. I know moms like you who have to juggle many things
have no time to study on your own at home, though.

２ちゃんねる is Japanese contents.So! Writing offorign langage is forbited ! you see?

>>511
>As far as I'm concerned, he was never really cool.

Maybe that's because you are from a wealthy family and can't empathise
with him? Wow. Ando Masanobu and Eminem don't have anything in common. lol
She must be like you, who is interested in Japan. I can't imagine average
Brits know of Japanese actors, including Ando Masanobu.

The reason why I think Eminem is great is

1) He is white but is accepted in Black community. No white rappers
aren't accepted by black people as much as he is.

2) He made it to success and became a m(b?)illionare from nothing.
He is the rapper who sells most Rap CDs even though he is white.

3) His rap isn't just about bad mouth. After all, I don't think
lyrics just full of cuss words sell. His rylicks has humors in them.
He challeged taboos using his rylicks with humors. He challenged established
social values.

One more thing, I think Eminem is great as I wrote, but I wouldn't
want my kids to listen to songs like that full of cuss words If
I became a parent. lol

That's a different story.

>>513
But if the teacher and student agree on a topic to discuss in advance,
the student will have the time to prepare for the conversation the next
time they meet at a cafe, that way, at least, meaningful conversation
should be possible, instead of just exchanging greetings and 'what did
you do last week' kina thing.

X kina
O kinda

>>517
I agree. That way, you can make the most of this type of lesson.
but gals who take this kind of lesson think English as a fashion and
don't prepare for the next lesson. Their attitude in general is too
passive and they are like baby swallows who takes it for granted
that their teacher searchs for food and put itin their mouth directly.

They just think 60 minute lesson in a cafe makes a difference to their
English.

>>515
I'm not saying I dislike him - after all, it is somewhat admirable to be able
to make a name for yourself after having a hard upbringing in an underprivileged
family and environment. And you're also right that some of his songs do have some
wit to them, rather than just being about shooting people or about prostitutes.
However, rap just isn't really my taste in music.

And I must also admit that I quite like his song 'Dream On', which also includes
samples from the Aerosmith song of the same name.

>>515
And just another note about Ando Masanobu... my friend only really became
a bit obsessed after I made her watch Battle Royale (she used to make fun
of my liking of foreign movies before that).

Maybe I should be worried...

Did you happen to be him, イギリス人? 笑
ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=7HEjVuzkaVw&mode=related&search=eminem%20fack%20ass%20MARSHALL%20MATHERS%20MUSIC%20VIDEO%20ASSHOLE

>>515
Oh, please.

"He challenged established social values"? Every stupid hack in the
music industry, especially in rap, does that. He doesn't do anything.
Singing about something doesn't even raise awareness on a topic, it
just romanticises it. It's funny how you never hear of these struggling
down on their luck rap heroes going back to help their communities once
they make it big - they just keep singing about how hard life is for them.

You also said that his humour helps his subject. I therefore propose we
write a hilarious song about a child rape, to challenge social values and
raise awareness on a social taboo.

"There once was a little girl from nantucket.
Her daddy told her not to tell anyone where he stuck it.
To just put it in her mouth and suck it."
*Drum solo*

Which of them is your friend who used to love eminem?

ttp://youtube.com/watch?v=sTvaTNUw1vA&mode=related&search=eminem%20fack%20ass%20MARSHALL%20MATHERS%20MUSIC%20VIDEO%20ASSHOLE

You tryin' be a wigger?
Ain't nothing like a rapper
Yo flava be mo' like pepper

>>523
Maybe I said too much.
He can't rap about how hard his life is now that he is rich.
Maybe he has nothing to rap abou anymore. There's nothing to attack
by his rap anymore. And his age. He is over thirty now and apeals
less to teenagers. He has to behave.

There sure was something in him that appealed to the young. He was a spokesperson
who was good at catching the atmosphere of the time.
If he rapped your lyrics it could have been populoar.

Man admits rampage over unopened gift

10/04/2007
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

OSAKA:

A 31-year-old man expressed remorse Tuesday for storming an office
and smashing 22 computers with a truncheon in a rampage triggered by
an unopened gift.

The former part-timer at an online clothing sales company in Osaka's
Kita Ward admitted at the Osaka District Court that he became enraged
when he discovered that his ochugen summer gift had not been opened by
the president of the company.

We don't need eminem to be big. We can be like those fags on myspace
and become big on the internet!
The music video should have actual lolicon, you know, for authenticity
purposes.

I wanna be as tall as イギリス人
He is always calm and confident.

空気読めない俺が来ましたよｗｗ
日本語でおｋｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

>>522,524
That's a good example of music I really dislike. Without the video, some parts of
the song make me cringe. With the video... well... there are just no words for it.

stop wwwwwing
you'll wake the neighbours.

イギリス人 is in denial. He wishes he could dance cool like them.

51 名前：名無しさん＠実況で競馬板アウト[] 投稿日：2007/09/24(月) 14:26:53 ID:SO6FdM9O0
高３の秋。両親と妹が親戚のとこに行って夜まで帰ってこないので、家には俺ひとりきり。
そこで俺は最高にゴージャスなオナニーをしようと思いついた。
居間のテレビでお気に入りのAVを再生。洗濯機から妹のパンティを取り出し、全裸になって頭からそれをかぶり、立ったまま息子を激しくシゴいた。
誰もいない家で、しかも真昼間にやるその行為はとても刺激的だった。
俺はだんだん興奮してきて、「ワーオ、最高！イエース！グレート！」と叫びながらエアギターを弾くように部屋中を動き回ってオナニーをした。
テーブルに飛び乗り、鏡に自分の姿を映し、「ジョジョ」を髣髴とさせる奇妙なポーズでチンポをこすってみた。
すさまじい快感で汗とヨダレが流れるのも気にならなかった。
「ヨッシャーいくぞー！！　ボラボラボラボラボラボラボラボラ ボラーレヴィーア！！」
俺はゴミ箱の中に直接ザーメンをぶちまけようと後ろを振り返る。

そこには両親と妹が呆然と立ち尽くしていた。怒りとも悲しみともつかない不思議な表情を浮かべながら…。
「な、なんなんだよ！お前ら！！」
俺は叫んだ。今思えば「なんなんだ」と叫びたかったのは父のほうだったに違いない。

あの瞬間、俺は世界一不幸な男だった。それは断言できる。その後の数週間いや数ヶ月も辛かった。家族から向けられる蔑みの視線…。
しかしそんな俺も今こうして生きている。もしなにかに悩んでて「死にたい」って思ってる人がいたらどうか考えなおしてほしい。人間というのは、君が考えているよりはるかに強い生き物だから。人間はどんなことでも乗り越えていけるのだから。
俺が言いたいのはそれだけだ。

>>534
That was a very touching story. w

>>533
You're right, sometimes I wish I could dance around in a shirt and panties, and
other times I wish I was just like Vanilla Ice. My dreams might come true one
day.

Anyway, on the topic of what >>527 posted, what sort of gifts would an employee
give to their company president? And does the company president give gifts to
his employees?

>>531
Your reaction is like that of parents.
Judging from your reaction, you don't want to make friends with the
type of the guys in the videos, do you.

Everybody has Slim Shady in them. LOL So do you.

>>536
The girls in the video wears a swimsuit not a panty, in case you
misunderstand that.

I have a question for the Japanese people in this thread:
Do you use Kana Input when typing Japanese, or Romaji Input?
I heard that most people just use romaji, but wouldn't direct kana input
be faster?

>>539
Romaji.
I have no idea where the kana keys are located.
So it would take 2 min. to find one kana.

>>536
I want to know your honest opinion about Marc Almond.
I know you are not gay, and I won't label you even if you
don't dislike him.

Marc Almond just came across my mind because his move is
very akward and static, just spreading his arms a little and posing.
.Still very narcissistic and self-complacent. Very Contrary to black people.
Marc and the people like him are not good at dancing, but very confident...
These moves are very British to me.

>>540 but with a proper keyboard that wouldn't be a problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGzU-GVNlqc
Like this. I cannot copy Michael Jackson.
But I can probably do Marc's move.

In either case, I would look comical though.

>>539
I use Romaji, too. I don't know why. You have to remeber only 26
key positions from a to z with Romaji input while you have to remeber far more with
kana input from あtoん.

As 540 says, It would take far more time to type with kana input, too
becasue I don't remeber which hiragana is where.
But It would be faster to type if I remembered all hiragana's　positions.

To be honest, I want to type with kana input because I feel kind of odd
typing with romaji input. It's ridiculous that when you write ひ　you
have to type h and i.　ひ is ひ.　ひis never h and i. So I want to type
ひ　with kana input but I am lazy enought not to remember kana's
key positions.

>>542
I do have a keyboard with all kana printed. But I'd have to look for each kana
since I'm not familiar with where they are. I tried it once but I gave it up before
I could finish even one sentence.

Are you typing with kana keys?
Are you foreigners?

Thanks for your answers! Seems like it would be worth learning the kana
layout. Aren't there programs that can help teach yourself how to type
in kana?

>>512 >>513
5 reasons why I like Sensei? Here goes:
1. She's a native Japanese speaker.
2. She's a good teacher, who explains things to me that I don't understand,
and also tells me the more usual way to say things. The textbook we are using,
from the "Japanese for Busy People" series, is written primarily for people doing
business in Japan, and of course focuses on more formal styles of speaking and
writing.
3. She pushes me to speak more in Japanese, often beyond my comfort
level, but I'll never learn if I don't try to do so. The textbook lessons
and grammar practice I can do on my own at home, but not conversation practice.
4. Her family back in Japan used to host foreign students, and her
mom taught them Japanese, so she has a good feel for common mistakes
English speakers make.
5. For everything she does, her lessons are incredibly reasonably priced.

Outside of class, I would like to spend about an hour a day studying or
practicing reading Japanese. But this month has been terribly busy for me,
so I haven't met my goals. The cafe set up was not my first choice;
I had enrolled in a group class that was cancelled at the last minute
because not enough people signed up. But now that I have experienced it,
I like the cafe set up! (I am also a caffeine addict).

As for the Real Slim Shady video, the main thing that freaked me out was when
Eminem was supposedly a fast food worker and he spit in some lady's
onion rings before serving her. That happens to be one of my paranoias:
restaurant workers spitting in your food. Ugh.

>>547
There should be some. But I'm not sure if I'd like to, to be honest, because
I can't even type fast in romanji yet. Shame on me.

Roh gives Kim drama DVDs

Yuichiro Nakamura Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

North Korea's film-fiend leader Kim Jong Il received DVDs of popular South Korean dramas Wednesday from his South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo-hyun, as a gift prior to their summit talks.

The collection of DVDs included "Dae Jang Geum," a serial costume drama about a female courtier-turned-physician in medieval Korea, and "Winter Sonata," a romantic drama, both of which were aired in Japan and were wildly popular.

Lee Young Ae, who played the title role for "Dae Jang Geum," is said to be Kim's favorite actress. Kim reportedly thanked the South Korean president for the gift of DVDs, which also included South Korean films.

Roh also gave Kim a lacquer folding screen inlaid with mother-of-pearl, a set of teacups with a pattern of mukuge (Rose of Sharon) flowers and tea harvested on the southern island of Jeju.
(Oct. 4, 2007)

I can type with both kana and romaji though.

If you want to type down faster what is alredy witten,
kana is better.
The Number of typing will be less with kana. But we have to memorize
more keys and move fingers in wider space. It's a bit clumsy.

>>548
You are the type that Negroes and Eminem hate the most.
You ought to live in a ghetto or trailer house.

>>541
Before that video was posted in the last thread, I'd never actually heard of him.
However, his songs seem typical of British pop music in the late 80s. His dancing
and videos are very different, especially 'Ruby Red'. Though he does seem very stiff-
posed and awkward, he is very confident. I think to have had songs with such blatent
homosexual themes for that era, he would have to be confident. As for my own personal
opinion on him, I can't say I dislike his music, but it's not something I would normally
listen to either. 80s music I enjoy is either rock, or just really melodic and somewhat
cheesy pop (the kind of acts which influenced Kawase Tomoko for her february6 act). And,
of course, Sting and Belinda Carlisle.

It's interesting that you would think of this style as British, but after thinking about
the ways other countries do it, I can see why. Just hadn't really thought about it before.

OH, For you too old old music. And he is the past in the UK?
Didn't You even know his name? Have you ever heard of
soft cell or song, taited love?

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=3UxVLfPpJyQ
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=on-szg4KMyc
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ysg62GmFo

They seem not good at dancing and basically standing still,
some waving their arms.
rarely changing expression on their face except first one.
I don't have comprehensive knowledge about British culture.
Just my guess and impression from my poor experience. And I can't say
I'm a big fan of british music either. I know little.
But Britich music seem to fit in me better than American music. American music is more
aggressive and loud and too outward in my opinion.
And Yes I can't dance. LOL

As for 80's music, I happened to hear this song in Mc'donaldo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a51V8Cg3HYw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F72%2E14%2E235%2E104%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AGrZUgm4iXHYJ%3Ablogs%2Eyahoo%2Eco%2Ejp%2Fnishi%5Fyan74%2F52110801%2Ehtml%2BEvery%2BBreath%2BYou%2B

At first I thought it was 80's music or men at work(Follower of police in 80's)lol.
This song is pretty similar to Police's master piece song 'every breath
you take". If it was a song from japanese band, a band would be
severely bashed in japan, I think. So I am not comfortable with
Maroon 5's try. They seem to be making excuse or explanation.
But They have to do in any case because everyone will notice the
resemblance.

Any way It's a good thing that More melodic and good song in normal sense are
grabbig heart both in America and the UK.
People are getting enough of Gangstarap or boy bands.

This?　Your link didn't work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a51V8Cg3HYw

Oh sorry. I copied from another site, not youtube.

I have some questions for the native English speakers here.
Do you visit any other boards in 2ch than the English board?
If you do, which ones? Do you post there in Japanese?

>>558

(・...・) Well, my Japanese isn't good enough. I can barely read any kana.
But I think others here are studying Japanese, so they probably visit it
to help their studies.

I've heard of some people teaching themselves Japanese entirely from 2ch, Youtube,
and web-based dictionaries.

>>559
That's a scary thought, considering the amount of slang being used...

>>558
Once in a while I'll go to another board. I can only read hiragana,
katakana, and less than 100 kanji so far, so I can't do much without
using my electronic dictionary. The main problem is I don't have enough
time to sit around and learn more kanji... but I'm going to try to
learn a few hundred more in the next couple of years at the very least.

>>559
It's amazing that some people are actually self taught learners of languages.
I met a guy before who speaks almost flawless Japanese but can't read or write.
He just picked up all the phrases from his friends' conversations and some videos.

>>560
2ch slang by non-native Japanese speakers in real life..
That would be a suprise.

>>561
Hehe I bet.
I'm teaching myself Japanese as well, by the way.

2ch slang?
warosu warota hissidana必死だなｗ 氏ねshine 〜だおdao
ドキュン ドキュソ dokyun おまいらomaira ウホッ！uho!
・・・・・・
like these?

>>547
95percent of japanese use only Romaji input.
Kana input exist for age 70〜100years old people .

So,I think You don’ｔ　have to learn Kana layout.

Yeah, I've only seen people using romaji input in videos and such...

But real professional typists use
kana. It's faster.

I don't know about Professional typists.
But,If you go to the Japanese College or Company,
I think you'll never find a Japanese who use kana input.

2ch should be ensured to japanese only!!

English distort to enrich information (ﾟ3)

So...
Japanese type in romaji, but they read in kana/kanji. Must be frustrating to
learn how to write all those characters in school when you know in the real world you'll
only ever have to type a few Latin characters.

>>569
How do you figure? They still have to know how to write.

>>569
When we type, yes, we use romaji because that way, we eliminate the need for learning
both English-way of typing and Japanese-way of typing.
But in real life, there are tons of situations where you need to actually 'write'
Japanese, and if you cannot write Kanji characters right, you are simply seen as
a very uneducated person.

わたしはいぎりすじんがすきです。
私はイギリス人が好きです。

Either way, We have to know kanji.

The reason why we japanese mainly use romaji is just because
memorizing the key positons of kana is frustrating.
We have to memorize nealy 50 key positons. We have to use
shift key many times too. For example, ば is a compound of　は　
and ゛. ゛is displayed with shift key.
But when it comes to romaji henkan, we just need to memorize
only less than 30 key positions.

However, when we master kana henkan, It can be more convenient and easy.
i g i r i s u j i n g a s u k i d e s u
いぎりすじんがすきです
In romaji kenkan, we have to type aproxiamately
twice as much as kanahenkan.
Main reason why we don't usually use kana is just that we are lazy.
Ane some elderly peope prefer kana because they don't know romaji
or feel resistant to romaji.

Twice as much as was exaggerating.
Nearly three over two.

We will not reconcile anyone who engage in ENGLISH (ﾟ3ﾟ)

Thanks for your answers. I think I understand better now. I wouldn't really
want to learn all those kana positions either. And it's true that you have four
horizontal rows of keys to struggle with, instead of three. You would need big fingers
to type kana!

It's like you playing a piano that prouduces totally different notes other than the twelve.
Nightmere.

Kana not popular in Japan.
Ingeneral, Mana shareing

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Hello, my name is Seven Hundred.
I know Angela Kwuelski. She was kept standing in a cold room while being interrogated about her
activities. Everybody was anxious to know what had happened. She was seen to run up the stairs
with tears in her eyes. The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star. I felt for
her. However, We were greatly relieved to find that the worst dangers were over. She is said to have
been an actress about twenty years ago. She was beautiful, and she is beautiful.

Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely
changed. The new school buildings are expected to be completed by spring next year. In the country
the color of the sky is entirely different from that seen in the city. Kyoto is internationally famous
for its scenic beauty. Some people are rather proud of being ignorant of such an important matter.
The child must be taught to respect the truth and to tell the truth. From a strictly scientific point of
view, history cannot be called a science.

Mother is more anxious about the result of the examination than I am. It is often said that
Japanese universities are difficult to enter, but easy to graduate from. I am not the type of person to
cut classes. When I pass the exam, I will study hard. We should always be careful of what we do.

Today’s weather forecast says that it is likely to be fine tomorrow. Those who are in delicate health
are apt to catch cold when the cold season sets in. Take care!
Thank you.

>>579
Seriously, you are really good.

>>579
Pretty good. A few grammar errors here and there, but nothing major. I've
seen native speakers make more mistakes. Good job.

The vast majority of Americans cannot write as competenntly as Seven Hundred.

>>489 >>580 >>581 >>582
Thank you for your comments. Chuckle softly or laugh out loud, if my stories are funny.

>>582
As much as it pains me to say it, you may very well be right. The
sheer ignorance of a great portion of the population here as of
late is dumbfounding.
A prime example of this is the fact that relatively recently,
at a local restaurant, we had a waitress who could not spell
the word lettuce. She had to ask another employee as to how to
spell such a simple word.
It seems more and more that the intelligence gap here is widening.
People these days either seem to be fairly intelligent or incredibly
stupid...
It really makes me wonder where we'll be, thirty or forty years from now.
I don't know, personally, if it gets much worse than the waitress situation
depicted (as I don't particularly associate with many people locally on a
regular basis), but it's kind of scary.
Personally, I think it's a combination of the parents and the public
schools. Parents from this generation seem to be more liberal with
their children; letting them run wild and do whatever they want. Many
tend to drop out of school, and get involved with alcohol and drugs
on a regular basis. The schools aren't much better - my little sister
is learning math now that I learned when I was easily two years younger
than her.
However, the ones that do make it through high-school and make it
to college are usually fairly intelligent. Those that aren't are
often weeded out within the first year - sometimes even the first
week - of attendance. At least, I can say that much for where I
attend.
Anyone care to contribute any input on this?

2005年のやつだけどYouTube新出動画。日本の番組。
Libera.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=hWi8YRmQG-0

>>579
You must have lived overseas.
No high school students in Japan can't write as well as you.

In fact, this thread Japanese only（・３）

Let's speek dispute of sumou shall we?

>>548
Thanks for the answer.
I wish I had a chance to meet her because reason 6) she is cute.

> "Japanese for Busy People"
I've heard this "......for Busy people" series.
If I'm not wrong, there's similar series., "......for dumb."
I wonder both series are published from the same publisher.

As for the lyrics, He might just tried to get attentions and if
he really spitted to a burger is uncertain. That's my take.

>>584
Do yo8u think you'll be on dean's list?

Take it easy!
What do you meen?
demosonnano

So...
Lunar probe Kaguya should be heading for the moon right now.

>>584
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents,
gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

It's the age-old story; today's youth are going to hell. They're
lazy, they run wild, they run wild, etc., etc.

Personally, I don't buy it. You can always find alarming examples
of youth run amok in any generation. And you can also find examples
of kids who do amazing things.
And there have always, always been people who are just plain ignorant.
Often willfully so.
I think if you look over the course of history, the trend is towards
an improvement of mankind's behaviors and treatment of one another.
Of course, we don't now and never will inhabit a perfect world, but I think
we've come a long way even compared to 100 years ago.

lol:

Oct 5, 1:22 AM EDT
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_GEN_JAPAN_WIKIPEDIA_REPRIMANDS_ASOL-?SITE=YOMIURI&SECTION=HOSTED_ASIA&TEMPLATE=ap_national.html
Japan bureaucrats chided for shirking work, editing Wikipedia

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's Agriculture Ministry reprimanded six bureaucrats
for shirking their duties after an internal probe found they spent
work hours contributing to Wikipedia - including 260 entries about
cartoon robots.

The six civil servants together made 408 entries - on issues unrelated
to farm issues - on the popular Web site encyclopedia from ministry
computers since 2003, an official said Friday.

One of the six focused solely on Gundam - the popular, long-running
animated series about giant robots - to which he contributed 260 times.
The series has spun off intricate toy robots popular among schoolchildren
as well as adults known as "otaku" nerds.

"The Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam," said ministry official
Tsutomu Shimomura.

The other five bureaucrats mostly focused their contributions on movies,
typographical mistakes on billboard signs and local politics, Shimomura said.

>>591

Hah! That thing is fast! I think it's already in lunar orbit.

>>558
That was my hope, when I first visited 2ch. But I found this thread...
When I've gone to visit other random threads, I haven't had much luck.
I took forever translating a few posts, only to find out that those were
threads where I didn't want to be.
And then I got lazy, and stopped looking.

>>579
I can't understand what he is talking about in the first and
second paragraph. Angela Kwuelski and kyoto things seem
so sudden to me.
I ' m a japanese. All foreign people understood what he
was saying?

my little sister
is learning math now that I learned when I was easily two years younger
than her.

The same thing is happening here in japan. That is called ゆとり
教育。more relaxed education policy.
The Goverment is veering the policy backway a little though.

And oddly enough, ex bureaucrat who pushed relaxed education policy
now is now an trustee of "Korea" International School, which aims
at much more class hours and university entrance exams.
Perfect traitor in japanese ministry. lol

I don't mean to be rude, but whenever I see someone critisizing
government, big companies, and other established authorities,
I feel this awkaward feeling.

They just look like people who can only critisize authorities,
(sometimes for the critisizing sake)
without even trying to make efforts by themselves to make things
better. They are just bystandars without getting themselves
in matters they critisize.

At the risk of being misunderstood, they sounds like losers.
I wonder if I'm the only one who feel that way.

Slim Shady is in all of us.

I got 600.

What's the prize? Alaskan oil?

>>597
I see. So, it's not just here. That's a little relieving, but kind of
disturbing at the same time.

And yeah, that is rather ironic that he's pushing for a harder system
now, after previously supporting ゆとり教育.

>>592
Except this time around, it seems to be more evident than ever. I mean,
look at crime rates, dropout rates, and standardized testing scores.

>>589
I was in high-school... and I'm doing well in college so far. It's my
first year, first semester.

>>598
And you are pretty much on the same boat now.

>>602
No, because I'm not critisizing authorities but annonymous trash.

Eminem is just another wigger. His voice is irritating and
annoying.

Beastie Boys is far better.

Here comes another anonymous trash. lol

>>603
Okay. You can say whatever you have to say. But the same applies to the other end.
I rather think they might provoke a change to happen in the long run.
Yes, I am also another trash, baby.

Vanilla Ice's looks work negatively on him
He was a typical good looking white guy.
And He dared to be like so.

Eminem is an average or mean looking white guy from a real poor family.
This is his advantage.

>But the same applies to the other end.

I am trash, too so I am on the same end.

>>526
The same thing goes to Bruce Springsteen? Ex-working class man,
now billionaire
He seems to be bitching out the republican party now.
He is trying to make up for his wealty status. But
Everything gets superficial.

>>511
I bet you can't tell which is which, ando masanobu or syunsuke nakamura.
Not a syunsuke nakamura you domesticate in your nothern territory.
Not an ugly one. I'm refering to this syunsuke nakamura

http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/c_report/pic/image/200608/060826181341.jpg
http://img.news.goo.ne.jp/talent/MM-M99-0347.jpg
One of the two is syunsuke nakamura. The other is ando masanobu.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E4%BF%8A%E4%BB%8B
またその場合判別のため、『サッカー選手のほう』といわれる中村俊輔に対し、『安藤政信に似てるほう』
といわれることが多い。
http://www.google.co.jp/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLG_ja___JP225&q=%e4%b8%ad%e6%9d%91%e4%bf%8a%e4%bb%8b+%e5%ae%89%e8%97%a4%e6%94%bf%e4%bf%a1

>>513
You seem to generalize too much.
I've seen an elderly man taking a lesson from
a mature american lady with glasses in cafe.
They seemed to be reading some English literature.

On another hand, I've seen side part haired japanese,
geek looking japanese with glasses taking a lesson
from a young white woman in cafe of public center.
She had big breasts and lowerd her pants to make her
butt show a bit. She was not a bitch type, Looked more diligent
than her style though.

It was an unnatural, mismatch scene.
Was he another George Obara(Kim Sung Jong)?

joji obara is more familiar name.

I feel elderies are also into English lesson.
They are more wealthy and have much more time.

>>610
Masanobu Ando is in the first image, Shunsuke Nakamura is in the second.

>>588
Japanese for Busy People was the first textbook I picked up too. It was
a little sudden and didn't really explain sentence structure until a little
later on though. But it is laid out for people who initially only need to
know a few phrases. One of the first things the book teaches is how to say
"私は弁護士です". It explains things better once you get further into it
though.

>>554
I hadn't even heard of Soft Cell before looking Marc Almond up on Wikipedia.
Met a friend in town today and had a little discussion about it though, and
she was quite familiar with him. I hadn't moved permanently to England until
the mid 1990s, so I was out of touch with quite a lot of things. Boy bands
were still in fashion back then, but that's all in the past now. Groups who
perform with instruments themselves are much more popular these days.

I think that you don't know Japanese solid is desertfication.

WHY?

Dessertification is delicious.

>>614
Thank you for the serious answer.
Don't you think ando and nakamura look like each other.

I think nakamura is more famous here in japan.
And I probably heard of ando's name. But i am not sure i could associate
The name of ando masanobu with his face.
So I could have mistaken mistook ando for nakamura.

I'm going to go to karaoke tonight.
But I'm tone-deaf.
Please teach me how to sing well.
It goes without saying that I'm not able to be a good singer in a few minutes...
Help me!

>>618 sing an easy song with little variation, or find a way to make your mess-ups cute or funny.
Although I'm not much good at karaoke either.

I was asked " Where do you recommend me to visit,
Nagoya, Matsumoto, or Karuizawa?" by Americans at Narita airport.
I had no idea so I just said, "Nagoya is very urban, so I recommend Nagoya."
I was so embarassed... I should have learned about Japan ...(>_<)
If you're asked the question above , how would you answer?

>>620
I don't know much about matusmoto and karuizawa either.
My limited knowledge says that
Karuizawa is a summer resort and matsumoto is famous for
its castle.
So I think nagoya is most probable answer from japanese
natives too.

>>620
I don't know if I'd reccomend Nagoya for a visit. I like living here,
but there really isn't much to see or do.

>>621
I'm Japanese.
I wonder if Nagoya is a fun place for foreigners...
The Americans said they would visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Himeji castle
so maybe they'd enjoy an urban city in Tokyo and
a historic city in Kyoto and a castle in Himeji,
so I wonder Nagoya is worth visiting for them...
They would visit Nagoya because of my advice.
What's done cannot be undone orz

>>622
I agree...
My parents who had been living in Nagoya for 10 years say
Nagoya has nothing special except Nagoya castle.

>>623
Don't feel bad. I'm sure if they've never been to Japan before, visiting
Nagoya will still be a very new experience for them, and might be exciting.

Talking about Nagoya castle, though, I was pretty disappointed when I first
visited it. In Kyoto, the castles are real castles. Nagoya castle is a
concrete replica, with a museum interior. I heard the original was
destroyed in WW2, sadly.

>>624
Yeah, I think Nagoya castle is worth visiting
only in cherry-blossom season.

>>611
What you saw are exceptions in my book.

I wouldn't be able to concentrate on her lesson.
Her fashion would distract me. If a few options where I could lick
her nipples or something come with her lessons, I would jump
on the bandwagon.

>>618
Are you dumb enough to think that a few advice here will help you
sing well?

>>618
Are you dumb enough not to think that this is a beit?

I am dumb enough to misspell the word 'bait', by the way.

>>629
"flame bait" / "troll bait" / "a troll"

>>617
They sort of look alike, though I think that Nakamura has a more defined face.
I don't actually know who Nakamura is - the only Nakamura Shunsuke I know is
the one who plays football for Celtic.

The Battle Royale movie was very well received in the UK, so most people here
would associate Ando with the role of the psychopath Kiriyama Kazuo. However,
my friend has most movies with him in it, except for Miike Takashi's recent
'Sukiyaki Western Django'.

>'Sukiyaki Western Django'

You really keep updated with Japanese movies as usual.
I know the film, too. All characters speak in English, right?
I read an article where one critic says that Kumura Yoshino and
one male actor in it speak pretty good English.

Yoshino' father was a pilot and she has lived in UK. If you watch it
you may be rocognize whiffs of British accent here and there.
The article says one male actor has lived in U.S. for a year.
I don't think one year abroad made a big difference to his accent but
because other actors English is so terrible that his English sounds
better compared to them.

Kimura Yoshino seems to be bilingual.
But she has not taken advantage of it for her carrer or
shown off it.

In Japan, we have three consecutive holidays.
Holiday?

Nothing to do with me cause for a NEET like me, every day is a holiday,
if you know what I mean. I have nothing to do just I'm wasting time here.
Staying up late and waking up around noon. Oh my.

This is the life of a NEET. Even NEET needs to sleep so I"ll go to
bed now. I jerked off three consecutive days. And maybe tomorrow, no,
today after waking up. Even NEET jerks off. Any problem?

See you around, friends.

>>634
But you can melt into people and pretend you are taking
a holiday.

I jerked off three consecutive days. And maybe tomorrow

HaHaHa you have a lot of stamina!!!! What is your jer-off material?

>>626
I happened to be with her in the elevator.
When I saw her walking toward a rounded-back
nerd and sit opposite to him, I got jealous and
couldn't stand! lol Why why why?
At first I thought he was a undergraduate student or scholor or something.
He appeared to be giving advice to a foreign student or talking
about international affair.
Geek with an attractive young white woman looked unusual.
So I tried to suppose his English ability and inteligence
helped him.

After a while, I noticed he had been taking a English lesson from
her. I got relieved and happy. lol
I couldn't hear their voices.
But Otakuman seemed not to be distracted by her voluptuous
body.
He tried to keep on speaking with bashful otaku smile on him.
But who could know what he was thinking in his mind?
And what was happening under his underwear?
Yes he may have taken a glance at her cleavage, pretending
not to care.

She left him and never returned... Sootheing.

OH, undergraduate ×
graduate ○
sorry.
a bit Sagging pants and a bit shorter-t-shirt.
You know what I mean? I could have seen her bellybotton.

http://www.connordmurphy.com/mediac/400_0/media/redneck.jpg
Is it normal in the south?

>>639
I doubt it.

>>639
Just a bit off.

Just a bit.

Off means abnormal? just a bit abnormal?

>>642
"A bit off" means a bit inaccurate. It comes from the phrase "off
the mark". The mark is a target, and being off the mark means the
target was missed.

I see!
off the target.

I understand an atomosphere you said.

>>643
Thank you for explaining that. I should have been more clear.

Have you ever smelled the aroma of the Orange Osmanthus olive tree.
It is called Kinmokusei. Smells sweet everywhere now.

Your conversations are too defficult foe me.

foe -> for

http://www.ai-ism.net/

defficult　-> difficult

>>648 I'll be happy to try to explain anything you don't understand. ^^

>>652
Why are there many different languages in the world?

>>653
The world is a big place, and people have been all over it for hundreds of thousands of years.
For most of that time, oral communication was the only means of transmitting languages, and most
people had little contact with peoples from beyond their immediate region.

The development of large, centralized, highly organized and mechanized empire civilizations marked the beginning
of unified languages, such as in Mesopotamia, China, India, Persia, Rome, and the Arab world.
Over half of today's surviving languages are endangered, and the vast majority of speakers speak only about 6%
of total language pool.

>>637
She was probably a stupid wapanese who goes to Japan like on some pilgrimage.
You can keep her.

And now you have to be a nerd to think dirty thoughts? God, normal
japanese people must have really boring sex.

And, as a general rule, the more ass you can see of a girl, the easier and
more loose she is. So if you like girls whose crotch is like a motorway -
lots of traffic and very dirty - then I guess it's your lucky day baby!

>>635.636
I stayed at home. Going outside seeing people look happy makes me
depressed.

I watch adult websites. I haven't bought any エロ本 for years.
I love porn sites that feature amateurs. Professional porn actors
don't turn me on. Some websites claim they use amateurs but in reality they
don't. It's difficult to distinguish girls on a porn site is
amateur or professional porn actor.

I don't like professional porn actors exaggerating アへ声.
That's why I prefer amateurs.

Be careful not to get involved in online fraud when watching porn sites.

>>637
I know how you felt. When I see an ugly man and cute girl walking together,
I instinctively search for the reason why they are together, like
maybe he is a doctor, earns a lot of money or things like that.

Do many Japanese people enjoy watching "Prison Break"?

One Japanese woman I spoke with online was obsessed with the show (she was also obsessed with Wentworth Miller. lol), and this surprised me.

I feel great!
and i like England.
By the way, My Favorite TV drama is The OC.

My English is poor...-.-

i love you

>>657
I am not a big fan of dramas oversea.
I don't watch TV much in the first place.

Prison Break is/was? aired in Japan. Some people are into it.
I don't know if it's aired at the same time as overseas.
I mean it may lags behind, being aired some months behind.
But if you sign up with cable TV or commercial sattelite channels,
you may be able to watch it at the same time with US, not lagging behind.

I read somewhere that the story of season 1 was developed confined to
inside jail but that of season 2 is developed outside of the jail, cause
some prisoners escaped from it.

That's all I know about the drama.

>>654
That stimulates my imagination a lot. Thanks for >>653's simple but good question
and your answer. So, the languages that could not survive were succeeded into those
of new civilizations? I suppose some of them just faded out as the peoples moved out
of their regions. Excuse me for my ignorant question.

>>654
You are not a devoted Christian, are you.
The reason why there are many languages is because of the tower of
Babel. Men made God angry. That's the beggining of the various languages. ^_~

Wentworth Miller is partly nigger.
Even japanese can tell from his feature.
He have to cut hair short to hide his nigger trait.

Nigger and jew.
What a crock of crap!!!

He is mixed race with too much fucking dirty blood,his
father is nigger slave and her mother has jewish blood
.He is a product of rape.

你們會不會説英語？
我不會説英語。

>>665

a damn sexy product

admit it

to be exact:

Miller's father "is African-American, Jamaican, English, German" and part Cherokee and Jewish; his mother is Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese

god damn. But if you were to trace your history, I'm willing to bet you're just as mixed.

>>667
Most of classifications are so watered down they hardly count anymore.
It is just American trend to list even remotest ancestor nationality.

>>662 silly.

For your enjoyment, some amusing place names:
De Prick, Netherlands
Fanny, France
Herpes, France
Dong, Germany
Willies, France
Muff, Ireland
The Tits, New Zealand
Vagina, Russia
Slutvägen, Sweden
Slag, Netherlands
Minge, France
Cock, UK
Bum, Afghanistan
Nork House, UK
Hole, Norway
Wank, Germany
Rúa de Penis, Spain
Anus, France
Rectum, Netherlands
Willy, France
Fucking, Austria
Via dei Cunt, Italy
Saddle Flaps Rd, Australia
Pisse, France
Wanker Rd., USA
Shit, Iran
Wang, Germany
Dong, Nigeria
Buggery Rd., Australia
Aids St, USA

To all people writing or reading this thread,
do you have any other thing to do?

Ask the question to yourself.

>>670
Thanx!
You brightened up my day!

some crazy arse in america shot 7 people.
I think it's funny. I'm sorry, but guys from the US, your country is
fucked. I mean, in Japan, they talk about one murder for weeks, but in
America, they're too busy hunting for some insane pedophile in Vegas
to talk about some nut who is trigger happy.

When I grow up, I want to move to America and go on a rampage too :D.
It's so boring here in my country. We have too many gun laws and our
people in general aren't fucked in the head like you guys.

>>670
Great. I can tell someone to go live on Aids St. now.
And don't badmouth Vagina. It's an awesome place to visit.

>>674
Yeah, most shootings in the US only get printed in the local news at most.
Most people never even hear about them because they're pretty regular. But not quite
as frequent as fatal traffic accidents.
Of course it depends where you live. Many places are every bit as safe as Japan.

Didn't someone putting ice cream in a mailbox make the evening
news in Japan once? I mean, christ, how lucky are you guys? I'd
take a bunch of otaku and black vans yelling shit at you early
in the morning over getting shot at by lovesick cops.

I love Japanese news, it's so relaxing.

I love how in some news/current affairs shows in Japan the words
come flying at you. And the part at the end of the news with a
relaxing scene.

>>655
Your hatred and intolerance to my Wapanese sister is saddening. We are a
peace-loving people, and our pilgrimages to Akihabara don't harm you or
your obnoxious frat-boy friends. I hereby formally present you with a Cease
and Desist order. Failure to abide by it will result in us sending the
American guy who dresses up as Goku and does Akiba tours to your house
to should "bakabaka" through your mailbox for 72 hours straight.

Thank you.

Arg, should = shout* I = retard*

Shout through my mailbox? Yes, you are a retard.

You aren't a peace loving people. You are offensive to the eye. Your
piggish squeals of "kawaii" and other wapanese crap are an insult to
the very act of living.

I don't have frat-boy friends. I don't mind anime and manga, but I don't
feel the need to sqeual about it all the time. Here is *my* ultimatum;
how about you cease and desist, or I get a few people together and we
go a little "final solution" on your fat fangirl asses.

today i went out for the first time in ten hours,and suddenly a foreign person spoked me.first i embrassed because really suddenly and for the first time like that but i managed to tell him how to go where he wanted to go,probably.
he smiled and i feeled happy.
on the way home i bought a totoBIG for the third time in my life.

>>682
Christ, take a joke, will you?

>>684
lol, your frustration pleases me greatly.

You aren't the only one who uses sarcasm, Jeebus...

>>685
Sorry, I guess your bitterness got the better of me. ^_^ My bad.

何話してるか全然わかんないけどコミュニケーションって大切だよね！

>>683
Good on you, man. I love international communication stories with happy
endings.

today foreigner guy spok to me on the streat in english. so i punchd him in the face and
then gived him my hand say i buy you a beer. he buyed me a beer. a nice guy he was.

>>688
Are you japanese?im japanese.
i want to know those men chatting here is all japanese.

>>689
I love international communication stories with violent and confusing
endings too.

>>690
Actually, no, I'm not Japanese. I'm in Japan, but I'm not Japanese.

>>691
My favourite story of that type is the one where the japanese
reporter asked for directions in Burma :D

>>693
Ooh..too soon, man. Too soon.

Oh please, this is the internet. If you take it seriously, you're
gonna get kicked in the balls.

No, not my virtual balls! What about my potential future virtual children?
How will I cyber?

You'll have to have artificial cyber sex. Or just reply to one
of those penis enlargement emails.

>>692
great.i thought that you seemed that you are not Japanese because of your English.
what do you do?can you speak Japanese?

>>698
I can speak some Japanese. I can't discuss difficult topics, but I can do
normal daily things like ask for directions, go shopping, give simple opinions.

I'm sorry to say, I work for an evil Eikaiwa school right now.
How about you? What do you do? And where did you learn to speak English?

I hate those stupid japanese courses that tell you directions.
I don't want to go to the damn post office or train station, I
want to go to a love hotel!
...By MYSELF.

Put a sock puppet on your hand and you can truthfully say that it's your
intended partner for the hour. They might let you in the door.

But then I can't see my hand!

>>699
im a college student.i studied writing English to go to college.
i have never been to Eikaiwa school because i think that to pronounce like American or English or not is not the question.
so im not good at Eikaiwa.and i had never talked with foreign people in Engrish.therefore i really embrrassed at that time.
my english is all right?

>>703
Yeah, I think your English is good. The most important thing is to communicate
your idea, and I don't have any problem understanding you, so you're doing
all right.

>>699
tell me damn post office of >>700 means.i told then where the post office is.i think >>700 is not the man who i told the wrong way to the post office.i think told the right way.

im sorry.↓
tell me "what" damn post office of >>700 means.

Why would a foreign guy want to go to the post office? To get
more confused? Or to send a letter to some japanese guy to piss
him off when he realises it's in english?

>>705
I really don't think 700 is the same person you talked to today. ^^
Besides, he was talking about Japanese lessons that teach people how to
ask for directions (I think), not about real directions he was given.

im sorry again.↓
i think "i" told the right way.

'damn' is an adjective. You'll need someone in japanese to
compare it. It's an expletive to some extent.

It's like saying, in some ways, "I don't want to go to the stupid
post office!". In this case, you aren't suggesting that the post
office is actually stupid, it's more of a suggestion of how you're
feeling.

I'm a native speaker, but I'm not good at explaining. Also, >>700
is meant more of a joke. Sarcasm is hard to understand, but it's common
in western talk/humour.

>>708
thank you very much!
then why the foreign people ask where the post office is?

Like 710 is saying, you use 'damn' in front of any noun to express anger.

Normal situation: "I don't want to go to the post office today."
I'm feeling angry: "I don't want to go to the damn post office!"
---
Normal: "My pen is broken."
Angry: "My damn pen is broken!"

^--- there's a few examples for you.

>>711

And he probably had to send a postcard or package to his family, or
something. Who knows.

>>713
Are you a frustrated English teacher who wants to get postal?

>>712
so is it like the word "fuck" in the many movies of Vietnam War?

>>714
My airsoft rifle is strictly for recreational use, and in no way reflects
a deep, hidden desire to dramatically downsize the staff at the local post
outlet.

Going postal in Japan would be so awesome. No one expects the
stupid gaijin dressed as a mailman.

My dream is to go on a shooting rampage on a motorbike dressed
as a catholic priest. I'd be a legend in my country for centuries
to come.

>>715
Yeah, but 'damn' is a lot less strong than 'fuck'. It's like saying
"くそ！".　It's not polite, but it's not very rude.

>>716
Come now, a lot of postmen have lost their job due to the
postal service privatization law enacted on Oct.1.
They deserve some mercy, lol

>>719
My pink slips are made of hot lead, and travel at the speed of sound.

..that actually sounds vaguely erotic...

>>720
Indeed...
This is the first time I've seen someone romanticizing 'pink slips', LOL

>>718
thank you.i understand.
by the way,there is 英語でしゃべらナイト on TV.パックン speaks Japanesevery well.do you think he is French American?

lol, French American. That's the craziest thing I've heard all
night.

>>722
I've never seen that show before. Is that on the NHK?

>>723 Hey! I'm French-American, or Franco-American, as I'd say.

>>725
Do you hate yourself?

>>724
YES.

>>723
what do you say フランス系アメリカ人？

a french fry?

No no no, they're called freedom fries now.
Here we just call them chips.

>>727
"French-American" or "Franco-American" is the correct name. I think 723
means that, because relations between France and America are usually not
very good, the idea of a French-American is a little unusual.

>>729
Are you English?

>>730
Love transcends boundaries.

>>729
Don't forget the "Liberty Waffles" with "Justice Syrup".

Liberty Cabbage

>>734
Do you have a cabbage patch baby doll?

Those dolls are so chubby and fat, it's hard to believe they
come from a vegetable garden.

I heard they're grain-fed.

oh!

>>725
is Franco Spanish?

>>728
i understand.

>>730
alright.
probably some WASPs are here.

http://www.uranking.com/vote.asp?member=48251
http://www.ai-ism.net

They must have hormones in the grain. You know, like the steroids
used to make chickens bigger. They must have a lot of violent mood
swings and temper tantrums.

>>741
Do you mean, the female short-track olympic medalist who retired
a couple days ago was a cabbage patch baby?

Probably. Ugly people all look the same to me.

I think Furikake is one of the greatest inventions of Japan, yum!!

>>743
Oh god, I'm totally using that line as a forum tag somewhere else.

>>730
Thanks a lot,but lgo to bed.
im sorry for this situation.
good bye!

make sure you quote it as from "Mr Anonymous". Or however you
say that in Japanese.

>>730
Catch you later, man. Nice meeting you.

>>746
Dammit, that number. Not 730.

i understand why the actor's studio's person use the words Francaise or Francaises.

>>750 why?

>>751
→>>728

No city can hold me.

>>753

（　＾ω＾）　　　　
　 （⊃⌒*⌒⊂)
　 　/__ノωヽ__）

Snake, I have a question...do you think love can blossom, even on the
battlefield?

Oh well, wrong Snake. But whatever...

SNAKE? SNAKE?! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!

I thought French American is a common term. Louisiana(terrible spelling.)
used to be a French territory, right? Cajun music and food represent
French culture back then If I'm not wrong. US bought Louisiana from
Napolleon.

Some seem like a story of an encounter of Japanese and a foreign tourist
in Japan. So I'll share my story with you.

I was 23 years old back then doing part time job. (Now I am proud to say
that I've evolved to NEET. ) After the job I was walking home when a
voice came from behind. "Excuse me..."

Back then I tried speaking to foreigners whenever I saw them in town.
The man who talked to me from behind had been in my sight, but somehow
I hadn't talked to him. I looked back and there was a man around my age.

He was from Seattle. He said he is in architecture business and owns BMW.
I was far less fluent in English back then but I managed to communicate
with him in English. One thing I feel sorry for him is that I said to
him, "You are skinny for American." Skinny was one of the words I just
remebered at that time, so somehow the word popped out of my mouth.
What I meant to say to him was he was "slim" for American.

I told him I'm doing push ups everyday and he said, " That works."
Actually I have great build for Japanese and I was more maccho than him.
Just when I said to him he was skinny, I felt kind of sorry because I
knew skinny have a negative nuance.

>>758 That's ok!
I think he probably got it, especially since you said "for an American" and
the typical American is so fat.

I guess "thin" or "slim" would be clearer, but skinny can be more humorous, so long as he
isn't actually really skinny or bony like me, but even then they should be able to take a joke.

Your English is quite good, was it part of your NEET training?

(con.)

Walking along together, we talked. I had been listening to music with
my Walkman right before the moment we meet. He asked me what I had been
listening and he took earphone and put it in his ear. He said, "I know
this song."

He suggested he treat me a dinner. I was glad to hear that. We went to
a place where they sereves my town's speciality. I was kind of nervous, too
because I had never had a meal with a foreigner. Plus, I wasn't sure
I would be able to have a good conversation with him during the meal.
I didn't want him to know I'm a boring man.

I wrote that I tried speaking with a foreigner when I saw him/her in town
back then but actually all I was doing was just giving them directions.

While having a meal, I found myself in a corner. I didn't have much
to talk with him. He asked, "Are you scared?" I answered, "of course not."
But to be honest, I was a little shaking at that time. He may have
noticed that. He has blue eyes, which is a distinctive feature as a "gaijin" or a
foreigner and sitting next to him and having a meal with him is kind of
unealistic and I felt kind of awkward.

>>759 While we're making generalization against people, let me
further add all English people have rotten teeth, Jews are
very rich, the French are rude and cowardly, Muslims like to
wear bombs, and Canadians live in igloos and wear beaver pelts
all year around.

>>759
Thanks for the comment. I hope I didn't offend him.

This story still goes. It takes a lot of time to write in English so I don't know
what time I get this story done. I need a few more posts to end the story.

>>761

Typical, adj. - pertaining to, of the nature of, or serving as a type or emblem; symbolic.

Come on, you know it's true. If you were going to cast a "typical American"
wouldn't you want to make him fat? Of course there is an older, wartime
stereotype of Americans being highly athletic, blond, go-get-em type entrepeneurs,
Kind of like a Nazi, but less polite, I don't know if it holds much contemporary validity.

>>762
Keep up the good work. I'm enjoying it too.

I'm secretly hoping this to be a sexy story.
"A macho man meets a skinny man." Uhm, yummy-yummy.

(cont.)

We finished a meal there. I wasn't sure if he enjoyed having a meal
with me.

The day we met was his first day in my town. He had stayed with his
Japanese frined in Tokyo. He told me he enjoyed Tokyo very much,
especially its night life with his friend. He was expecting the same kind
of night experiences in my town, too.

He said to me, "take me one of the places where you usually hang out."
I understood what he meant. He wanted to enjoy the night as he had
in Tokyo. Bar hopping, clubbing or whatever as long as young people
gathe. The problem was I had no friends to hang around with, not to mention
at night.

I didn't know what bar is where, which club is where. I was driven
in a corner but didn't want him to notice that. He had a tourist
guide book of Japan with him so I said to him, "let's go to a place
your guide book has some info about."

In the list of the guidebook, there was a karaoke bar. There was a
map, too. I picked up the nearest karaoke bar and took him there.
The moment we enter the place, we found out that it wasn't a place
for the young. Once you enter the place we couldn't get out of there
at once so we sat side by side and ordered some snacks.

>>764
Thanks but this is not a "Uho" story. lol

ahah!
Stuck in a karaoke bar full of old people!

(cont.)

We didn't have much to talk about anymore so most of the time we watched
a monitor where lines of lyrics of Karaoke come and gone. I thought
he wasn't enjoying the palce. I was not in the mood for singing.
What's the point of being in a karaoke bar if you don't sing?
We decided to get out of there.

He looked a bit dissapointed and I was sorry for not meeting his expectations
of having a blast as he did in Tokyo. I wanted to go home because I
didn't have much to talk with him anymore and couldn't stand the feelings
that I'm a boring man. But I felt obligated to take him to a good
place where young people gather and enjoy the night.

So I decided that after I take him a place like that, I would say him
a good bye leaving him alone. I thought if I take him such a place,
I wouldn't have to stay with him anymore because he would find
someone to keep his company there.

You're really ambitious. I would have run away or weaseled my way out of the
situation.

(cont.)
After we left the karaoke bar, we hit the guidebook again searching
for another place. I definately wanted to take him a nice place.
There were many bars and clubs in my town listed in the guide book but
we couldnt't tell which is the best place, which caters to what age group
and all that.

I was confused. He said again, " Just take me where you always
hang around." I thought to myself, "not again. I don't do bar hopping
clubbing and partying." But I couldn't tell him that. If I had told him so,
it would have been like putting a poster on my face that reads I am a boring man.
That was the least I wanted.

So I randomly picked up one bar, saying to him, "This place sounds nice.
Plus, it's near where we are now. Lets go." It was really close to where
we stood together. It was supposed to just a few minuite walk away
from there. Before we go there, I called the place to know exactly how
we could get there. A man on the other line gave me a detailed direction
to get there.
----
smoking time... brb.

>>769
I didn't want him to judge my town is boring.
Anyway, puffing time.

We started walking together side by side with silence.
I was hoping the place is bustling and full of young people enjoying
the night.

We arrived at a building that the bar was supposed to be in.
That was a kind of an old building and I had an uneasy feeling.
We climbed the stairs feeling nervous. I don't remember what floors
it was on but anyway, in a few minutes we were standing in front of
the bar.

He opened the door and no sooner than he did it, I recognized he was
entering the wrong place. It was a narrow small bar with a counter and a row
of worn chiars against it and just a few tables and chairs. It was a shabby
place with just one or two middle-aged customers and dim light.

I thought to myself, "Oh my, you are just stepping into the least
expected place. Stop right there!" But it was too late. The bartender
said to him, "いらっしゃいませ！" The man from Seattle looked back at
me. I couldn't find a word to say to him. He looked like staying calm.
I may have sensed a confused expression on his face, or maybe not.

One thing was for sure. I took him to the wrong place again.
I didn't know what to do. I could have taken him out of there right
at the moment and looked for another place. But to be honest, I was
exhausted and wanted to have someone else take care of him.

But I knew the bartender and a few middle-aged customers weren't the right
people. The man from Seattle wanted to enjoy the night as he had in
Tokyo. I thought to myself, "What should I do? I'm in a jam!"

asamo hayokara heaa- no midare wo sesseto sesseto totonoeru
ore ni onnna ha iranaize （hurarehurareta sannbyakuninn♪)
ore ha su~pa~suta~a~~~ rokkunn roora---

bakanisurunaya tuppari neetyan♪
tuppatte(tuppatte) tuppatte(tuppatte)
naa neetyann orette baribarika~i?

>>772
You are very kind... Almost too kind, haha. Hopefully I'll meet friendly folks like you when I visit Japan.

And this story is very interesting.

>>774
Do you wear pelts?

It was just when I was thinking about my next move that he said, "
OK, thank you. You can go now." I tought to myself, "You decided that
you would drink here? But isn't this place.....?"

I was thinking about what to say to him. I knew he wouldn't enjoy here.
But all I could say to him was, " I enjoyed talking with you. Enjoy
your stay in *****." (***** is the place where I live.) with an
awkward smile.

I climbed down the stairs, feeling guilty. That was all I could do
at that time but I said to myself, "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry!!!"
Climbing down the stairs, I blamed myself, feeling depressed.

I wonder how he spent the night after we said goodbye, being in a
place with the middle-aged men and the bartender who, chances are,
don't speak English. I wonder if he managed to find a hotel or
an inn to stay at that night?

Seattle man, I am far better at English now than I was and I could
talk with you more about various subjects in English if we met now.
But I have to admit that I'm still a boring man. By the way let me
drive your BMW if we met again.

[END]

To Digg this story, click here *********

>>775
Yes, of course. I am also a lumberjack, and have a pet beaver.

>>774
Some people are eager to talk with people overseas in English, especially
if they are studying English.

Actually, I've heard some storys in which foreign people get annoyed
because Japanese people talk to them in English in a train, on the
street, even though the foreigners understand Japanese.

Japanse who are curious and studying English want to try if they
can make themselves understood in English.

Some people who are not good at English avoid foreigners because they
don't want to expose that they can't speak English well after studying
for years at school.

All in all I think Japanese people are friendly to "Western" people.
I would take you a shabby bar where middle-aged men sing karaoke. ;)

>>778
And then, after that, who knows? You are a guy, right?

>>779
I'm a guy. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
Got a go now. Hope you enjoyed the story.
As I said, I used to talk to a foreigner who are looking at a map in
my town. At one time I was given a small gift as a token of
gratitude when saying a goodbye. Maybe next time.

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.
I sleep all night and I work all day.

BARBER:
I cut down trees. I wear high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie,
Just like my dear Papa.

MOUNTIES:
He cuts down trees. He wears high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra?!

[talking]
What's this? Wants to be a girlie?! Oh, My!
And I thought you were so rugged! Poofter!...

[singing]
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

He's a lumberjack, and he's okaaaaay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

Drinking maple syrup is wrong.

It is not wrong. It is delicious.

No, it's wrong.
Keep it on the pancakes.
Maple Syrup in a glass.... no.

No..!!!!!!
You put lots of snow in a flying-pan, make the snow hard and flat,
then pour maple syrup on the snow, making a shape of animals, stars, etc.
This way, you can make delicious maple syrup candy!!!

oh, I see!
Like shaved ice, but you have to be sure the snow is clean.
No yellow snow and such.

Of course the snow must be clean, but the point is,
you don't eat the snow in this case.
Snow is used only to harden maple syrup to make candy.

I like the way Fernando Alonso speaks English.

When I speak English, I try to care about the relations between new informations and given informations.

So, what do you guys think about file sharing, for music for instance?
Do you think it's simple stealing, or do you think we've entered a phase in which
information can no longer be monopolized the way it used to, and we should change our
definitions?

This woman is being sued for $222,000 (\26,019,527.06) by the RIAA for illegal file sharing.
She lost the initial case but she is appealing with the help of a team of ambitious lawyers to try
to stop the RIAA's anti-piracy practices.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9791383-7.html?tag=tb

Since she can't possibly afford the expenses, she's set up a site to try to raise money, with some interesting
discussion about the issue, between pro-piracy populists, conservatives, and record company stooges trying to descourage
donators.
http://www.freejammie.com/

What do you guys think?

It seems like my little bro and his friend (who was he nitially
used as a sex toy)
became a real couple these days. I think they finally confirmed
their love recently. She trust him and he trust her. That's
a good thing. But the weird thing is that he stalks one another lady
still now. She is older than him. She seems very busy career woman
while he is a bored student. She called our house and told my mom
about the fact that my bro has been stalking her days and nights. She
is very busy and tired so that she wants to relax at home but he calls her
and appeared her house and say an obscene things so we got angry and
warned him
not to stalk her anymore. But still he does. But why does he stil do that
even he has an officially approved girl friend in his life?
It's so hard for me to understand his mind. He said he is enjoying doing
it. Isn't it wasting time and energy?

>>791
Yikes! I guess your brother's just going to have to grow up. But it might
be bad if his girlfriend finds out, in which case he'll learn the hard way.

Stupid men and sex. He should be able to just masturbate and focus on his girlfriend.
Masturbation should be mandatory.

>>792
masturbation? he has his gf that he initially used as a sex toy.
he sleeps with her all the time. so my question is this. even though he is
satisfied both mentally and physically, why he still stalks
the other woman who doesn't give him anything. (she's busy. she does
not go out with him. she has no interests in my bro).

I am a native speaker of English who is studying Japanese.
I don't think this is the right thread, but would it be possible to
ask a question about how to say something in Japanese? Or is there
a more appropriate thread where I could probably get help?

>>793
Hrmmm... that's tough.
Looks like both your brother and your friend are out of luck. This sort of thing
is good for no one. Has the other woman regected him yet? I'm not sure if even
that would stop him though. This is a tricky one. I guess your brother is just
stupid and it can't be helped.

>>794
This is the right thead for asking any language realted question.
There is also another thread called something like "hey native speaker,
come on and help us!".
I think both will do.
BTW, what is your question?

>>795
that's not my friend. my bro's friend (sefure)became his gf now.
of course, the lady (the one my bro has been stalking) is strongly
rejecting him. She even said she reported this case to the police.
what should I do? my mom is really scared if my bro would be caught
one day. All he should do is to stop. that's all, but how should
I convince him?

>>797

(-_-)?
hrmmmm... does he have any nasty secrets he wouldn't want to reveal to the
lady in question you can threaten him with? Dunno, honestly this guy sounds
like an idiot, no offense. Can you really reason with an idiot, I wonder?

I just had a nice Chili red wine and Italian bread-stick, so
I'm very happy and I feel snuggy now.
Ask me any question, you'll get a positive answer!

ok got it. no more. I gtg. I am too busy to care about
my bro anymore. he can manage his life by himself. non of
my business. thanks! bye

>>794
There used to be the most appropriate thread for that type of question, but it is
no longer available. If there was enough demand, it could be possible to make
one again though. In the meantime, you can ask here, I guess.

It's not necessary anymore. Thank you!

>>799
Will you marry me?

>>803
Go f*** yourself, lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_rvR7ykoI
This is real America and real Americans!
Pure heart & soul.

sweet jesus.
What a load of crap that video was.
I'm starting my own religion. Who should I worship?
Apollo doesn't seem to bad. Who else should be in my list of
things to worship?

>>806
Are you an american?
You go to hell...

The Internet Addicted housewife is missing.
Maybe she went for help and joined a group of Internet addicted
therapy.

>>807
No, it is you who will go to hell. Worship the golden calf, or
be sent to Hades.

She was splapped by his husband.
It was a discipline. You know.
Women can't do anything without men.

Oh, no.... her husband. ahahaha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_rvR7ykoI
Why are these guys so fat?
Why do these guys have so cool hairstyle?

So I hear the Playstation 3 is getting another price cut.
44,980 yen (US$384; €273)

I'm kind of hoping this console recovers, because the ps2 was awesome.
But there have got to be better games is all. It isn't difficult to
beat the Wii in terms of game quality, but the Xbox is a bit tougher,
although I don't think the Xbox sells very well in Japan, am I right?

Please someone,give a solution to my probrem my friend who might be bisexual wanna hang around much with me and then there's my big matter that recently somewhat Im gonna be attracted to him even though i hate to be because i wanna have my familly
Is it worth being with him for my future?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4EfBcfTcw&mode=related&search=
No black or person of color? Find them.

This is Where's Black Wally?

>>814
Excute him or bring him to church.

go with it...

>>814
Are you married?

>>815
No, I doubt you'll have much luck with that.

>>815
These videos really don't deserve any more views.
For the good of everyone, you don't have to link to them!

In Japan, some kids fart in front of people to make everyone
laugh. This type of kids is kind of like a comedian type.
If I'm right, this kind of kids is called class clown in English.

During lunch time or time between classes when kids gather and talk,
some kids fart intentionally to make everyone laugh. I don't know about
kids nowadays but at least when I was a kid, there were this type of kid.

What about in your country? Do kids in your country fart to make everyone
laugh? I heard in U.S. Burping in public is considered to be worse
than farting. Am I right?

I'd appreciate it if you tell me where you are from. Thanks.

>>821

No, no, farting is still worse, because it smells.
I'm sure in most schools you can find kids farting for fun, but they would
probably be scolded by the teacher, because farting is gross for everyone around.

This reminds me of that movie by Ozu Yasujiro, where the kids press each-other's foreheads
to make eachother fart.

I'm from New England.

i like how my fart smells tho.

Takuma Sato speaks English very well.

But if I were to race him in English, I would probably win. ^^

>>822
Ohhhhhh. So situation is the same as Japan. Yeah, if a teacher is near
by, they'll scold the kid here, too.

But in Japan, you can see a professional comedian fart on TV to make
everyone laugh. That's rare but I have seen some did that. I suspect
we are more tolerant to fart.

>>824
There's something like a proverb in Japan.
That is "Your own fart doesn't smell," meaning if someone around you farts,
it smells bad as it does and feel disgusted, but if you fart, it feels
like it doesn't smell as bad as it actually does. It's something like
self justification.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4EfBcfTcw&mode=related&search=
I found Warry!
At 1:30! in a blink of an eye. LOL

But there have got to be better games is all.

How do you interpret and analyze this sentence?
better games have got to be better is all?
I think it is not a correct grammer.
Better is a noun?

better games have got to be is all?

Sorry. I meant this.

>>829
But there have got to be better games + is all

この場合、"is all" = "is all I mean to say" です。

But there have got to be better games

I know it's SVC. Is "there have got to be better games" strange?
If I get inversion sentence back to normal, it'll be
"better games have got to be there".
"Better games have got to be there is all" ?
But "there" seems like a Suject too.

"That" there have got to be better games is all?

Can I put "that" in front of the clause to make a sentence more
clear?

>>831 has it right.

>>833 it doesn't hurt, but I don't think it's necessary.

Sorry I wasn't more clear.
"...is all." in this case is a casual way of shortening a longer phrase, like
"...is all I mean" or "... is all I have to say about it".

It's used as a conversational way of quickly summing up an argument.
like: "I don't mean to say you're a bad driver, I just think you should be looking
at the road is all."
It's something you might say, but probably not write, which is why it looks strange.

Thank you all for all the replies.

SLIM SHADY IS IN ALL OF US.

OK?

「〜is all」は「〜だけだ」と同じようなもんじゃないの？

no way. just in wiggers like you.

日本語的には、「第一に良いゲームソフトがないと話にならない、
それが全てだ」みたいに解釈したんだけど、
これはどうかな？

Matsuyama Kenichi is cuuuttee! (death note guy)
chotto suki! ^^;

米人さん、is he your type?

ttp://www.horipro.co.jp/talent/PM026/image/photo_26.jpg

>>838
Call me Japanigger if you know what I mean.

And again, SLIM SHADY IS IN ALL OF US

Ha? looks like korean.
horipuro is one of the most powerful talent agency.
horipuro can do everything.

>>842
there are more good looking guys in Korea than in Japan.
horipuro is a powerful agent that's why this soso guy get a big
role, is that what you mean? His grouchy face appeals girls a lot.
his lips are cute.

>>841
There is already term. It is jigger. Not jigger used for mixing cocktail drink, but
for Japanese who adopt African-American gangter style.

How did the agency become so powerful?

>>843
Most guys in Korea rather play Starcraft than run after women. If I was Korean
man, I would too. All Korean women are crazy!

>>846
I generally agree with you, but Kim Basinger still looks pretty sane to me.
We would at least have to admit that there are execptions, after all.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Robert_E._Lee.jpg/506px-Robert_E._Lee.jpg
How about this korean?

>>848
Is this Korian? realry!?
It seems to be diligent.

He is Koraen

>>848
Are you sure he is not a Chinese?

If you pick up whatever is important to you in your life,how many things
are there before money?

family, friends, health, and internet!!!! ww

lmao, my sisters.

Computer, towel and Kleenex.

towel?

Korean eat dog more than enough

\(^o^)/

>>852
Pussies, of course.

>>844
Jigger is new to me. Thanks for the input.

>>859
You are welcome. Don't mention it.

im touching my pennis

>>861
How is it?

>>862
Misspelt

>>861
I reported you to the pilice !!! lol

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OTR--^ ＼

I am massaging my pennis just now.
Hurry up! Hurry up!

>>866
Is it difficult to type and massage at the same time?
Or is someone typing for you?

>>851
HaHaHa. Good point. But he is a Lee from korea.

>>867
no it is easy.
I would practise typing and massaging same time, while I am in an army.
I got possible to do it all too soon.
My friend of the army colled me "the legend of self generation".

>>869
I didn't know that instructor in the american army
teachs musturbating.

>>856
He uses Kleenex and towel after self-ejaculation
to clean mess up.
Or he may shake his hip and rub his pennis against a towel.

>>871
綴りミス (pennis)
>>870
綴りミス (musturbating)
>>866
綴りミス (pennis)
>>864
（わざと？）綴りミス (pilice)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8_rvR7ykoI
Long time No see, Debbie Gibson. I saw her
for the first time in a long while.
The second blonde woman from the left is Gibson.
She starts to sing after 1:19.

>>870
Ok.
I recommend you challenge to massage with the left hand while typing with the right hand.
you should pay attention to surroundings not to be found by your mother.

>>655
i could hardly see her ass cleavage.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Hiphuggers.jpg/200px-Hiphuggers.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/healing/1/0/z/J/chakracise_pelvcthrust.jpg
As long as I remember, her fashion was close to these.
And much bigger breasts!

Yes when they stoop, thing gets better.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/151633808_be4c897b78.jpg

She was not like a woman with tatoo and looked more intelligent
than she wore though.

Nobody blatantly looked her.
But she was really eye-catching and breath-taking,
a rare type in japan. So many people must have noticed her,
but pretended to be unaware.

And I can say I may be one of nerds. But look better than
him. lol

はげ