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    Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK?
Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK?

nadiatims Wrote:When you really think about it, RTK really is akin to learning the spelling of 2000 odd english words without learning how to pronounce them... I don't think comparing old english to ...
jhgoforth The Japanese language 107 23,190 2011-08-24, 5:21 pm
    Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK?
Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK?

i don't get this 'spending all that time learning rtk and not able to read' nonsense. Anybody who is going into RTK 1 thinking they will exit the book with the ability to read japanese is an idiot th...
jhgoforth The Japanese language 107 23,190 2011-08-22, 4:30 pm
    Thread: How pretty should my kanji be?
Post: How pretty should my kanji be?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive has some examples of US 'cursive' handwriting. It is quite different from what we consider calligraphic writing styles. Which I did learn both of when i was a k...
jhgoforth Remembering the Kanji 65 19,008 2011-08-20, 12:45 pm
    Thread: Blog about turning Anime/stuff into learning material
Post: Blog about turning Anime/stuff into learning mater...

Quote:haha, i don't really watch j-dramas to begin with. I have watched gokusen which was fun at first but it was the same old stuff over time. I do like some j-movies which are interesting to watch b...
jhgoforth Learning resources 18 2,778 2011-08-11, 8:31 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

i love how anything is bashed in this forum because it's not whatever ideal someone else espouses. lol. i love you interwebz. I wasn't bringing up textfugu as a comparison of ideals. I brought it ...
jhgoforth Off topic 567 98,586 2011-08-11, 8:27 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

bodhisamaya Wrote:jhgoforth Wrote:From: Fayetteville Arkansas US Woooo Pig Soooey!!! hahaha indeed, 'Go Razorbacks!'.
jhgoforth Off topic 567 98,586 2011-08-09, 8:10 pm
    Thread: Blog about turning Anime/stuff into learning material
Post: Blog about turning Anime/stuff into learning mater...

my biggest problem is I can't honestly find any J-dramas that I like. :\ then again i'm not really a fan of dramas in english either. I'd prefer Scifi or comedy but i suspect those would be harsh o...
jhgoforth Learning resources 18 2,778 2011-08-09, 6:45 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

i've only been seriously studying since the end of June (including just recently finishing RTK1 in right at a month). The info is so easy to find on the web, that it makes me wonder about people that...
jhgoforth Off topic 567 98,586 2011-08-09, 6:38 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

meant to post sooner, finished Saturday evening. took me just a day over a month. the benefit of no job or school at the moment, I suppose. :P taking a little break from learning any new kanji from...
jhgoforth Remembering the Kanji 1,845 425,103 2011-08-09, 2:34 pm