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    Thread: Japanese and Synonyms
Post: Japanese and Synonyms

Think it would depend on the commonness of the word, just like in our common-tongue, English. Incredibly common words, it isn't weird to repeat them in most common contexts, because they're so common ...
QuackingShoe The Japanese language 9 1,849 2010-06-04, 1:34 pm
    Thread: Koyuki - "The Other Woman"
Post: Koyuki - "The Other Woman"

I'm more interested in the word 'partner'. Do you fight crime?
QuackingShoe Off topic 27 7,052 2010-06-03, 7:15 am
    Thread: How is suicide different in Japan?
Post: How is suicide different in Japan?

masaman Wrote:Ryuujin27 Wrote:Anyway, color me genuinely surprised that a forum of people learning about Japan and Japanese could not seem to know about how romanticized suicide was in Japan for a lon...
QuackingShoe General discussion 59 11,959 2010-06-01, 9:24 am
    Thread: Just became friends with exchange students from Japan.How to learn...?
Post: Just became friends with exchange students from Ja...

aphasiac Wrote:(One of them asked me the difference between "I went to France" and "I've been to France"..totally had me stumped..) Whenever people say things like this on a forum I have to engage in ...
QuackingShoe General discussion 13 2,839 2010-02-17, 3:41 pm
    Thread: Flame Warriors
Post: Flame Warriors

Who am I? Who am I?
QuackingShoe Off topic 2 786 2010-02-15, 8:42 am
    Thread: Forum / Chat-room - get instant help from natives?
Post: Forum / Chat-room - get instant help from natives?

I don't know anything about that room, but it might be worth noting that it's 2 AM in Japan at the moment.
QuackingShoe Learning resources 16 2,812 2010-02-11, 12:34 pm
    Thread: Blind leading the blind?
Post: Blind leading the blind?

yudantaiteki Wrote:It's very rare to see anyone say a good thing about a teacher or a class. Well, being a language teacher is better than being on unemployment. For society. Arguably.
QuackingShoe General discussion 92 16,248 2010-02-06, 2:17 am
    Thread: New website anime-manga.jp
Post: New website anime-manga.jp

Fun site. Have some friends who I think will find it amusing.
QuackingShoe Learning resources 8 4,616 2010-02-05, 8:21 am
    Thread: Perfect example of how NOT to learn a language
Post: Perfect example of how NOT to learn a language

[Comment ostensibly related to OP criticizing personally disliked study method]
QuackingShoe General discussion 8 2,015 2010-02-02, 10:38 am
    Thread: に vs で
Post: に vs で

に marks the agent of passive verbs.
QuackingShoe The Japanese language 2 708 2010-01-22, 9:03 pm
    Thread: Invasive SRS
Post: Invasive SRS

IF YOU'RE NOT STUDYING LIKE I AM YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
QuackingShoe General discussion 23 2,770 2010-01-22, 3:17 pm
    Thread: Invasive SRS
Post: Invasive SRS

But! You said you didn't care about the holy schedule.
QuackingShoe General discussion 23 2,770 2010-01-22, 11:56 am
    Thread: Progress in Japanese (Constructive criticism is welcome)
Post: Progress in Japanese (Constructive criticism is we...

Pssssst you're supposed to be inspired by greatness and disappointed by mediocrity, not the other way around pssssst
QuackingShoe General discussion 37 5,301 2010-01-22, 11:01 am
    Thread: Invasive SRS
Post: Invasive SRS

Since there's hardly a practical difference between the two, I don't see the need for contention! I- I guess unless you just like contention.
QuackingShoe General discussion 23 2,770 2010-01-22, 10:59 am
    Thread: Invasive SRS
Post: Invasive SRS

Codexus Wrote:I don't want to be like those people posting about how they ended up deleting the deck they spent so much time and effort building because they can't keep up with reviews anymore. You sa...
QuackingShoe General discussion 23 2,770 2010-01-22, 9:23 am
    Thread: You are now all my friends.
Post: You are now all my friends.

IceCream Wrote:omg. seriously, have all you phallologicocentrists been thinking that for 8 months?! .o. >_< T_T:P! You're thinking too much. Actually I was just riffing on him saying 'icecream'....
QuackingShoe Remembering the Kanji 34 6,646 2010-01-21, 12:09 pm
    Thread: You are now all my friends.
Post: You are now all my friends.

Daizumi Wrote:I don't think of BJs, but if I see 'suck' I do. I am sorry, but I don't think of icecream or lolipops. I think of IceCream
QuackingShoe Remembering the Kanji 34 6,646 2010-01-21, 8:09 am
    Thread: You are now all my friends.
Post: You are now all my friends.

You're looking at it wrong. I'm proud of getting so excited at the mere mention of something as simple as playing the shakuhachi on the internet, and take her post as a cautionary warning of the fulfi...
QuackingShoe Remembering the Kanji 34 6,646 2010-01-20, 8:51 am
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

Does it change if I weigh, like, 500 pounds? Or if I'm 6'5? Not in the distasteful, just in the stand out area. Does being 6'5 make me stand out more or less than being distasteful due to word choice?...
QuackingShoe Learning resources 120 31,076 2010-01-19, 4:35 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

You said stand out, not make me 'distasteful'. I'm not really arguing your point, I just thought the remark that speech patterns would make you stand out in a racially homogeneous country was a bit si...
QuackingShoe Learning resources 120 31,076 2010-01-19, 3:15 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

I thought being white was what would make me stick out! Now I know better?
QuackingShoe Learning resources 120 31,076 2010-01-19, 2:36 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

Is there something bad about archaic words? D:
QuackingShoe Learning resources 120 31,076 2010-01-19, 1:03 pm
    Thread: Reasons for learning japanese?
Post: Reasons for learning japanese?

Words like "隔靴掻痒" But seriously, just no reason to stop, now, as others have said. Already into it. I'd like to use it for something useful, but I don't know what. Original motivation was a bad ca...
QuackingShoe General discussion 36 9,210 2010-01-16, 10:51 am
    Thread: Lang-8, Best Place to Practice Japanese Writing
Post: Lang-8, Best Place to Practice Japanese Writing

bladethecoder Wrote:Why does this happen? If I wanted to express the same idea myself without having seen the post in question, surely I would think of a better way to say it. The problem is that, if ...
QuackingShoe General discussion 55 12,771 2010-01-12, 4:33 pm
    Thread: Japanese Names
Post: Japanese Names

和製英語 aren't the same as your example, because 和製英語 are not loanwords or an evolution from loaned words. They're words created in a foreign language that they don't even speak, and then used in their o...
QuackingShoe JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 59 14,877 2010-01-08, 8:16 pm
    Thread: 'festival of abusive language' at saishoji temple
Post: 'festival of abusive language' at saishoji temple

Evil_Dragon Wrote:... Howdy, neighbor!
QuackingShoe General discussion 8 1,351 2010-01-08, 5:54 pm
    Thread: Voices Of Authority: Speak!! (calling all 2007-2008 members)
Post: Voices Of Authority: Speak!! (calling all 2007-200...

I don't feel like this post is aimed at me, but I'm bored enough to answer, so. 1. Texbooks; RTK; website guides; countless bits of software for all purposes, but mostly for flashcards; Japanese Lang...
QuackingShoe General discussion 18 3,445 2010-01-08, 4:10 pm
    Thread: The way things used to be, a condensed history of AJATT
Post: The way things used to be, a condensed history of ...

lagwagon555 Wrote:Wow. It's amazing what one post can do to change how you think. I always thought of khatz as a god-on-earth until I read ^. I need the [satire][/satire] tags so I know if you're actu...
QuackingShoe Off topic 97 24,503 2010-01-08, 11:18 am
    Thread: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese
Post: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese

The mnemonics are mental work, and mental space. My learning wasn't extra work, because it wasn't work at all; I just casually used an online flashcard program in-between waiting for my friends to rep...
QuackingShoe General discussion 98 13,960 2010-01-07, 12:20 pm
    Thread: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese
Post: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese

How long it takes to learn the kana (and most everything else) depends on expectations, held already by the student and placed on the student by the teacher. Personally, I learned both sets in a coupl...
QuackingShoe General discussion 98 13,960 2010-01-07, 9:31 am