Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 94

>>948
whining coy voice?
I've never seen one but I can imagine.

a yammete kimochiiii aaunnnn yada------ hazukassiiii--- a---
iku--- iku---
like that? lol

>>939
Typical American image from Japanese perspective.

Very friendly. Speak loud. Athletic. graet build( in case of male)
Hopefull, blond and blue eyes, Don't depressed, always cheerful.

>>950

Just because you don't enjoy crowds does not make you abnormal.
Many people don't like being amongst crowds, I know I don't.
But I do like going out with my friends sometimes and getting drinks
and being noisier than I usually am.


I think only the people who obessively watch tv or play on the internet
are made fun of.

You have to do everything in moderation.

>>953
very close. but
blond and blue eyes
this is not my image. I know natural blond is minority in America.
Mr.Jeffrey Dahmer was blond though..

I think this fits the good old, typical american image.
http://www.mania.com/content_pics/30829_large.jpg
Hir hair colour was changed.

Jeffrey Dahmer was blond and tall...
He was a winner.
I think he will be a god in japan.
He would have had little problem making girl friend.

I wonder wheter he was a natural born boy lover or made to be gay
.

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>>955
TYpical image of American for Japanese is


Brad Pitt, Mat demon. That's all.

>>955
That's an American? In what alternate universe???? Maybe he's wearing
his Halloween costume.

In reality, most Americans have dark hair & eyes & we're supposedly getting
darker as a nation, as most minority groups are turning into the majority.
And how people act depends on what part of the country we're from.
Up here in the Northeast, we're considered cold and unfriendly by the
rest of the country. I think maybe we're just more reserved than most.

Incidentally, there are LOTS of depressed Americans. Of the most recent list of the
20 best-selling pharmaceuticals in America, 2 are anti-depressants. BTW, Viagra and
Cialis didn't even make the list.

Overly happy Americans on drugs. That's what it is.

>>960
Wheeee!!!! I'm high on life!!! (and caffeine)

I sometimes talk to foreigners when I meet them in my town.
When they seem to be lost I tell them how to get to their destination followed
by some chitchat.

I usually don't introduce myself but I heard that people from English
speaking countries feel restless or awkward when they don't know a person's name
and keep conversation going with them.
Should I tell them my name in the occasion?

You'd feel awkward or restless when I don't tell my name?

Brad Pitt

Nigger Face Pitt?

>>962
In America, people sometimes chat with strangers (in a long checkout
line, waiting for a train, stuck on a long plane or bus ride). No one would
ever give their name in that kind of situation (or they might give
only their first name). You'd only introduce yourself to someone you were
likely to see again, because you lived in the same town or had kids in the
same school or worked at the same place or whatever.

>>964
Thank you.
So in those situations, you don't have to introduce yourself.
I thought I was being rude and I'd better give my name even in those situations.

Mat Demon was laughable in the movie of "Ripley".
English actor should have played the role of Demon vice versa.

Demon is not comperable to Alain Delon. Delon's hand some image is too strong and
made Demon too ugly! Demon is basically not handsome!

we're supposedly getting
darker as a nation, as most minority groups are turning into the majority.

Do you accept these situations and wait for the death of white race?

Don't you stand up like Bill White and Hal Turner?
They are from the North East like you!

Gaijin in Tokyo, the worst kind of waste possible, probably NOVA teachers,
vandalized the train and stop the Yamanote line for 20 min for this stupid party.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZfAjRZ754

They think they can do whatever they want...

>>968
You hate those people, right?

Check here. http://japundit.com/archives/2007/11/01/7315/#comments

Read this blog entry. This entry is written by a man who participated in
the event and he doesn't feel bad at all about their behaviors.
All he does is just justify the party.

JR should demand compensation from those white trashes.
Japanese Train system is renowned for its punctuality.
They destroyed it. I wanna summon my comrades
and fight off those dispicable creatures.

USA, deploy them at front line in Iraq or mexican border.
use them as human shield.

It's usual that people who disturbed train schedule is
due to compensate.
People who do suicide dive have to pay somehow.
Even dead man does the duty. Why can't white trash?

And One more duty is left. dying!

Just seems like yet another example of foreigners trying to force
their culture on another. Over here, there's no way that could happen.
I'm sure a lot of people would find such a situation very uncomfortable,
as well as disruptive, and the damage, littering and inconvenience would
add up to extra time, effort and money needed to clean it up. I'm sure
a few of those people would be breaking more laws, by passing around alcohol
and cigarettes, probably some underage people there too.

I'm just surprised that security at stations and on the train itself isn't
tighter.

>>969
That is the lamest thing I've ever read.
It's a shame that the moron doesn't realize they are spreading the totally misleading
concept of Halloween to people in Tokyo as well as giving Gaijin a bad name.
I agree that it could attract those who love to get wasted for whatever reason, though.
A multi-national/multi-cultural event? I don't know about that...

>>973
Is it the case costume players play havoc(drinking and singing) in train and even
wreck train schdule on the day of Haloween?
I might as well ask 米人 though.

I don't think and don't wanna think that's the american or european
manner.
I think they downplay japanese because japanese are meek, especially to
apaprently (big) so-called white guys.

It's time for biker gangs(暴走族) and yankee to act!
They don't act when there is a cause... They bully the inferior and
fight more big guy... shame, coward.

don't fight bigger guy, I mean.

>>973
Imagine Indian or Pakistan people start curry party on Tube. lol

>>974
I find the blog entry disgusting. I read on daily basis the blog
itself to which some foreigners contribute. I knew from posts in 2ch
that lots of foreigners threw Haloween party on train in Yamanote line,
but didn't expect to read the very post by a man who actually participated
in the party. He should behave himself.

I think the reason why Americans may seem happy to you folks in Japan is because the Americans are happy to be traveling Japan and not working!
There are plenty of people who don't like to celebrate Halloween, usually they just go to work as usual, or turn of the lights in their home, so children won't come to their door asking for candy.

I really really hate seeing people disrespecting others in their own country. =__=
What, do they think being drunk is an excuse to be an idiot? Then don't drink in public!

I know that eventually, If I want to properly learn Japanese I'll have to be in Japan for a couple of years,
but I don't know how I'll be treated in the society. Probably people won't really care that I'm there, right?
But I feel that I'd like to randomly talk with people (like I do here). Would that be recieved well by the Japanese? xD
I'm not too worried about racism. While in japan I was refused service a few times, but I figured that it was only because they don't want to bother with speaking English.
If I spoke to them entirely in Japanese, do you think they would acept me more?
Sorry for all the quesstions! >_<

***Sorry for all the typo's as well. xD

turn off*
accept**

>>975
Hallowe'en is definitely not celebrated as much (or so much in that way)
over here, compared to the USA. We do get a few children coming to the door
asking for treats, but not many. Tonight, there were only about 7 kids.

It's still mainly a religious festival in the UK, celebrating the evening
before the Christian "All Saints' Day" - the Eve of All Hallows (Holy),
which is where the name comes from, rather than celebrating a night where
monsters and the dead walk the streets again.

Of course, the Christian festival was placed over an older festival, celebrated
on the night of 'Samhain', which was the beginning of the new year to the native
people of Britain and Ireland. It was also a time when the dead were remembered,
which is why Hallowe'en is associated with such ideas. Some of us still celebrate
it as Samhain, rather than Hallowe'en.

>>977
That is a fantastic idea! I'll mention it to some Indian people I know and see what
they say...

Well, I watched the video and read the blog and it looks like they're a
bunch of drunken idiots. What they did was stupid and wrong. Unfortunately,
Halloween, which used to be mostly a celebration for little kids, has in some
places metastasized into a annoying and even dangerous event. I heard on the
radio that Long Beach, CA isn't celebrating Halloween this year after last year
a group of teens beat up 3 girls so badly they were hospitalized with serious
injuries. And mostly back in the '80's, the night before Halloween was known as
"Hell Night", and poorer cities like Detroit would have numerous cases of arson.
Of course, the police have cracked down on that practice. In lesser crimes, ever
since I was a kid, teenagers have decorated trees with toilet paper and thrown raw eggs
and sprayed shaving cream on people's cars and houses.
That's the ugly side of Halloween.

>>978
I think you are worried too much about how you'll be treated here.
Judging from your posts in the past, you know a lot about Japanese
culture and customs and that's great. I know you respect other cultures
and I think you'll try to adopt to it.

>But I feel that I'd like to randomly talk with people
(like I do here). Would that be recieved well by the Japanese? xD

If you talk to them in English, they might be kind of bewildred.
Many Japanese are not good at talking in English, and they'd feel
ashamed because they aren't able to talk with you in English so they
might avoid being talked in English. But if you talk to them in Japanese,
at least they don't ignore you.

Still, we aren't accustomed to talk to total strangers but as long as
your attitude is friendly,(and I know yours is friendly) we accept
your habit of talking to a stranger randomly. You are understood as
a person who are friendly. That's all. As for details of communication
style's differences, you'll learn and adopt to Japanese style, I'm sure.

Do kids visit houses asking for candies at random?
As long as lights in a house is turned on, they visit the house?
Or the route they take and houses to visit are desided in advance
before trick-or-treating?

>>983
Kids usually go with their parents or older brother or sister. They
mostly go visit houses in neighborhoods with lots of other kids. You would
only go to houses that had lights and decorations. The route isn't decided,
but which neighborhood you go to would be decided in advance. Hardly anyone
comes to our house because we have a busy street and no sidewalks.

>>983
When I lived in Germany, the North American communities used to have
massive trays and boxes of sweets outside the door, taking shifts
between family members to hand things out. It was made very clear
who welcomed trick-or-treaters, and who didn't.

It's not so clear here in England though. Some people might have a pumpkin
by the footpath outside their house, but most don't. It's just luck
if they come across a house that's welcoming, but usually they try
just the houses on their block, or maybe a couple blocks.

>>978
>I really really hate seeing people disrespecting others in their own country. =__=

I don't get this part. Are you referring to the Japanese who don't like those?

>>984
I see. So people/person who live in a house know in advance kids'll visit their house
or not? I wonder what happens if they didn't expect kids to come to
their house and hadn't prepared for candies to give kids but kids come asking for
candies. That never happens?

>>985
Ah, I see. It's obvious which houses welcome kids or not in case
of North American communities you observed.
In case of Halloween in UK, it's not so obvious. I see.

>>986
I guess >978 were referring to the certain gainjin ppl
who live in Japan with no respect of Japan/Japanese.

>>978
I guess it's good to talk to random ppl freindly.
you can get friends in street if you are cute and friendly.
good luck!

>>989
What if you are ugly but friendly?

>>987
It does happen. Often to college students living in apartments who
aren't aware of the kids in their neighborhoods. Then you just say you're
sorry and try to remember to have some candy around next year.
But in most cases, the kids have so much candy anyways, it doesn't matter.
Tonight my two were out for about 2 hours and came home with 2-3 pounds of candy
each. And I'm going to have to be in the house alone with that massive pile
of candy during the day! It's really difficult for me and my chocolate
addiction this time of year...

>>991
Tell them the cat ate it all.

>>992
I'm not sure what effect eating 1/3-1/2 of her body weight in chocolate
would have on the cat...
But that much chocolate would poison the dog.

>>993
They would not know the effects on a cat, and the cat could not tell
them that you really ate it. It is perfect plan.

One person tonight was handing out fortune cookies.
I wonder if they had been saving them from all of the Chinese
take out they had been eating all year. Needless to say, the
kids gave me their fortune cookies and the boxes of raisins.

Argh. Annoying kids across the street are keeping me up. I should take a bat to that noisy lady's head.

Ah, whatever. Halloween is not something I look forward to. Here in the South, it's either too hot or too muggy on Halloween. Plus my house has gotten pumpkin'd a few times. Damn kids.

So, how goes it Channel of Two?

>>982
Thanks for a nice long reply!
I'm glad that for the most part people won't think I'm annoying. x]

>>989
Yes, that's whats I meant.
And thanks! I hope I'll make lots of friends. But they'll have to put up with my bad karaoke. xD

>>995
Haha, I always liked it when I was a kid and got strange treats from neighbors.

>>996
Yeah, tommarow one of my nicely carved pumpkins will probably be thrown into the street. I guess I don't mind too much.
But if my car is egged.... >:C

The conversation among native speakers has a lot of phrases whose meaning I don't know.
So I always have to consult them with my dictionaries.
Still, sometimes even a dictionary doesn't carry some of them.
In such cases I really get frustrated.
By the way,誰かエロイ人、my car is egged ってどういう意味か教えてチョンマゲ！

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