Category Archives: linguistics

JLPT system to be changed

Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 by admin

JLPT system to be change Revision of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test: Second Progress Report It seems I was a little slow to pick up this news, but basically all the things I (and, apparently, countless others) have put in … Continue reading →

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Japanese Practice #3

Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2008 by admin

娘　はい、何ママ お母さん　私のどらやき知らない？ 娘　知らない お母さん　私のどらやき知らない？ 黒人さん　知りません お母さん　（笑い声）なんでみんなここにいたんじゃない？あなた、あたしのどらっ ちょっと、どこに行くの、あなた？ ちょっと！ お父さん（犬）　ヤバいヤバい お母さん　あたしのどらやき？！ お父さん　食べました アナウンサー　家族関数は無料ソフトバンク

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習ってる言語にすごい上手になりたければ。。

Posted on Friday, April 4, 2008 by admin

こうして見てください。難しすぎたら、CDとかで初めてね。 Youtubeで短い（４０秒以下）英語のムービーを見てください。広告がやくにたちます。 何を聞くのを書いてください。そうするように、何回も見るかも知れませんね。はじめにすごい難しいから、がっかりしないでください！ 英語ネーティブ話すメールともに、リンクと書いた会話を送って、その友だちが直してもらいます。毎日したら、めっちゃめっちゃうまくなりますよ！僕の日本語先生にそうされてよかった。 例： http://youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=7UHKB6nQrzM http://youtube.com/watch?v=vQrDEYT9JwY http://youtube.com/watch?v=VcQIwbvGRKU http://youtube.com/watch?v=WEJJUGJZxpU http://youtube.com/watch?v=qObhmS8zX8M

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人間の関係

Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 by admin

(to anyone learning Japanese: please see possibly very helpful link below!) 昨日、Newport Beachと言ういいところに行く途中で、Costa Mesaにある日本のスーパーのミツワで泊まってから、買い物をした。漢字が上手になるように、がんばって日本の本を読むことにした。だから、そっちの本屋でいい本を探していた。「人間の関係」の本を見るとたんに、興味をそそった。作者の「五木寛之」を聞いたことがなかったけど、日本に有名な作者だそうだね。 哲学の興味があって、日本人の思い方が知りたいから、作者のことも本のことも知らないでのにとにかく買った。今日読み始めた。難しい！ほぼ本より、天使辞書のほうを読んでる！（笑） Hey folks, I decided to start doing some heavy reading in Japanese. A book called ningen no kankei (Human Relations) by Hiroyuki Itsuki. He (yes, … Continue reading →

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Japanese Practice #2

Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2008 by admin

Aさん　ソフトバンクは何を始めたって？ Bさん　無料通出来る「友達をふやそうって」言うプロジェクトです Aさん　やるな。おい、聞いているのか？ こくじんくん　すみません、聞いてませんでした。 ねえちゃん　だめじゃない。そんな消極的じゃー。ねぇ、おとうさん。 わんぱぱ　だめだぞ！

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日本語の練習 (Japanese Practice)

Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by admin

Anyway, here’s the best I can come up with for what they’re saying.. I don’t know why TV is so hard for me! update: I fixed this to the right translation (thanks かなちさん！) お兄ちゃん:すみません。遅れました。 お父さん(犬):遅い！ お母さん: 遅れるなら、電話してね。 お姉ちゃん: 家族関数がご利用なんだから。 お兄ちゃん:ちょっと瞥見で電話してて … Continue reading →

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English I Don’t Follow

Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 by admin

Here are some English rules I willfully ignore. There are more, but here are ones that come to mind. English is full of rules that were invented by Latin-obsessed pedants that don’t make the language clearer or do any of … Continue reading →

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Orophily

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2008 by admin

The childish love of standing on top of a mound.

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Type runes on your Mac

Posted on Sunday, December 23, 2007 by admin

I finally got around to making a Mac OS X keyboard to let you type Futhorc. I don’t know why I waited until just now (probably because it’s not important?), but it was really easy since they even have a … Continue reading →

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How to Learn Japanese

Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 by admin

People ask me how I get so good at Japanese, even though I’ve never lived there. Well, the short answer is I had a Japanese girlfriend, but that’s not the whole story. Here is how you learn Japanese. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Cunt-a-lickus

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 by admin

cuntalickus n. : Cunnilingus. Slang. Vulgar. Used among rednecks. Folk etymology of the latter.

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Iron…

Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 by admin

Pronounced (Eye-rahn): the smallest indivisible unit of irony. A homograph with iron (Fe) a very conductive metal.

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ᛏᚢᛞᛟ᛫᛫᛫

Posted on Saturday, July 15, 2006 by admin

ᚦᛁᛋ ᛁᛋ ᛗᛁ ᚠᚱᛥ ᛈᚩᛥ ᛁᚾ ᛗᛁ ᛞᛁᚪᛚᛖᛣᛏ ᚩᚠ ᚱᚢᚾᚷᛚᛁᛋᚳ᛫ ᚫᛏ ᚠᚱᛥ ᚦᛁᛋ ᛁᛋ ᚻᚪᚱᛞ ᛒᚢᛏ ᛋᛚᚩᛚᛁ ᚦᛖ ᚱᛖᛞᛖᚸ ᛒᛖᛣᚩᛗᛋ ᛋᛖᚳᚩᚾᛞ ᚾᛖᛏᚣᚢᚱ᛫ ᚦᛖ ᛈᚱᚩᚾᚢᚾᛋᛁᛖᛋᚳᚩᚾ ᛁᛋ ᛗᚩᚱ ᚦᛖ ᚩᛚᛞ ᚹᛖ ᚫᚾᛞ ᛗᚩᚱ ᛖᛝᚷᛚᛁᛋᚳ ᚹᚱᛞᛋ ᚪᚱ ᚣᚢᛋᛖᛞ ᚫᚾᛞ ᚠᚣᚢᚹᚱ ᚷᚱᛁᛣ ᚫᚾᛞ ᛚᚫᛏᛁᚾ … Continue reading →

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Conversations In Another Tounge

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 by admin

It is fun.. talking with friends but sideways.. but akin to playing the tambourine poorly in a band full of skilled musicians.

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Millihelen

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 by admin

Fortune is so freaking hilarious. This is a quote I got this morning: Millihelen, adj: The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. So, I’m gonna measure girls in millihelens as soon as I can configure the conversion from … Continue reading →

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