I've never heard her sing. I'm not kidding. She is not an important singer for me. Are there any MP3 files that I can download to check her English? Otherwise, I can't join in this interesting topic.
>>2 You can find lots of her mp3s by using WinMX or Morpheus. I'd rather like to listen to her speak English , but the files you can check out the way she talks are hard to find, so if you have some files , pls upload .
Hi, I listened her Another Chance. And... Gosh! I couldn't make head or tail whether she sings in Japanese or English at first. I'll give a darn to her pronunciation. You know myth sells well, fact doesn't.
I've never heard Utada speak English, or actually Japanese either, but the above conversations remind me of Tetsuya Kobayashi. He sounds like a real American until you understand what natural English is. He has millions of gimmicks to make him sound better to Japanese listners, but has failed so far to get rid of his own accent.
>>27 What do you mean? That doesn't turn me on because I've got a taste for danger....Yeah,I am into kinky stuff. Did you know I loved to get fisted? It's fun....Real fun!
It is amazing to see people that dislike her so much know literally everything about her life (at least they think they do)the smallest details that would certainly not be interested if i werent to like a certain person.Only time when that happens (not liking someone yet know everything about that person) when people are in some way Jealous of one or more aspects of that person's lifepoint ; the fact that this topic was being posted and got so many replies basicly means Hikaru is an hot item.
>>1 What do you really care? She sings songs and shows off her little English knowledge and damns Japanese honorific form system. She is just a kid who got confused between two different cultures. Give her a break.
Sorry guys, but the truth is that not too many people living in the states can speak English as good or fuluent as she dose,and the truth also is that they manage to lead off the ordinary life by making themselves understood with their rough English. Seeing from that point,I don't see why you guys like to place so much importance on the accuracies of the pronounciations and the grammars in her songs. Afterall, this is just a English-mixed song sung by a 20 year-old girl and I don't remember if she ever said that she was an English instructor for somebody?
I almost all japanese singer cannot speak english at all.they ask lyricist to translate their word into english or sing their words without being cheked. So,there english words are terribly incorrect.
You know what? You have no right to say anything here while you are sticking to Japanese. The bunch of critics above somehow makes me wired. Your communication styles are totally reflections of Japanese. You just stay silent until someone opens the fire. You all are really pathetic!!
Let me just guess 106's appearance and background to be like ...
Age to be around 28 - 34, weighs 70kg,stands 168cm,and wares a thick pair of glasses. Does a simple work of collecting garbeges for living, has a bad breath and and always chews gum only to make his breath smell worse...
No experience in having any kind of sexual relationships with oter sex since he had failed to achieve with a prostitute in Kawasaki at age of 24,
Being unable to stop jerking off that counts at least 4 times a day, despite the strong warning from his doctor whom he visited this spring.
>>111 In the original context (i.e., 110), "weighs" is grammatically correct, is it not? I have no idea why you wanted to replace the verb with the noun there.....
I have read an article that there is an overt relation between job the one is doing for living and time the one has to spend to attain one level of speaking language. Have any of you heard of that? The article had it said that the one who has highly status in social life or considers oneself belong to privilege (even if its just one's illution) shows comparatively slow progress in English achievement. Maybe it has nothing to do with a job or privilege, maybe people who are in favor of true or false type quizes about grammer and words usage will never have a chance to use it for real. You reminded me of that article.
I have read an article that there is an overt relation between one's job and time s/he spends to attain a certain level of [oral (?)] language skills. Have any of you heard about that? The article [had it] said that one who has high status in social life or considers oneself belong to a privileged class (even if its just one's illusion) shows comparatively slow progress in learning English.
I don't quite undestand the passage below....Can anybody help the original author rewrite this so that I can possibly make correction language-wise (if necessary, of course)?
***Maybe it has nothing to do with a job or privilege, maybe people who are in favor of true or false type quizes about grammer and words usage will never have a chance to use it for real. You reminded me of that article. ***
***Maybe it has nothing to do with a job or privilege, maybe people who are in favor of true or false type quizes about grammer and words usage will never have a chance to use it for real. You reminded me of that article. ***
3月放送の『うたばん』に豚が出演したとき、石橋貴明が豚に「英語で何かしゃ べってよ!」と言った。 すると豚はドモリながら "I'm gonna decide what to do when I am at the third grade" と言い、メチャクチャな発音&日本語 からの直訳英語だった。 次の瞬間、勝ち誇ったかのような石橋のニヤニヤ顔が アップに。 どうやら豚が英語を話せないことに感づいたようだ。 ハリウッド 映画に出演した石橋を騙しきれるはずがない。 中学英語で教えないgonnaを使っ てネイティブを気取ろうとしたが、すぐに馬脚をあらわした。 「×年生になった ら×××する」というのは日本的な表現で、アメリカでは2年後に3年生になると わかっていても "in a couple years" というふうに言う。 オンエア後生き恥 になったことに気づいた豚はニューヨークにトンズラしたが、私の耳から彼女の 中学英語がこびりついて離れない。
>>122 "I'm gonna decide what to do when I am at the third grade."
3rd grade? Is Utada still at elementary school? How old is she now? I thought she is around 20, finishing (or starting?) her freshman year at Columbia....
She is cute. She is talented. She made tons of money by teasing people who adore english. She deserves it because most japanese people don't even understand what she is singing in English. She is not beautiful nor gorgeous but she is at least cute. Besides you all are hikky the same as her..