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    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

haha i guess they take a little while to make their way through, as mine hasn't arrived yet either. patience is a virtue!
sup3rbon Off topic 168 22,147 2009-11-20, 1:07 pm
    Thread: Google Wave Invites
Post: Google Wave Invites

i may have dropped a teeny bit in terms of japanese studies, but what better way to kick them back up than with new technology (and clearing my thousand or so reviews on my sentence deck)? sup3r DOT ...
sup3rbon Off topic 168 22,147 2009-11-18, 4:46 pm
    Thread: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild
Post: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild

After reading through all of these posts, I realized I'm going about this whole thing totally wrong, as I'm depending too much on the SRS. I definitely need to start reading more rather than just goi...
sup3rbon The Japanese language 17 3,202 2009-09-25, 5:51 pm
    Thread: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild
Post: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild

It sounds like lack of reading must be the reason, considering I haven't actually done any real reading outside of the context of anki. I guess I just need to step outside more...
sup3rbon The Japanese language 17 3,202 2009-09-24, 2:26 am
    Thread: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild
Post: Reading Sentences Out in the Wild

So earlier today I made my way over to the yahoo japan kid's news site, and decided to see how much, if any, I could manage to read. I ended up being somewhat surprised at how much I could actually r...
sup3rbon The Japanese language 17 3,202 2009-09-24, 1:28 am
    Thread: Best Japanese teacher ever...
Post: Best Japanese teacher ever...

Haha I love namasensei. Fun fact, he is how I learned the katakana/hiragana, and a bunch of other japanese grammar rules and etc. This was all before I started with RTK. I strongly recommend watc...
sup3rbon General discussion 21 7,792 2009-09-23, 11:24 pm
    Thread: What happened to the subs2srs topic?
Post: What happened to the subs2srs topic?

I indeed get the same error. That's a shame, that topic was a goldmine.
sup3rbon General discussion 11 1,918 2009-09-22, 2:10 am
    Thread: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum?
Post: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum?

blackmacros Wrote:The word "skeeves" skeeves me out. I just checked my thesaurus, there's no entry for skeeve. Looks like I'll have to keep using it anyway. Actually though I'm really surprised ther...
sup3rbon Off topic 41 6,558 2009-09-16, 11:34 am
    Thread: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum?
Post: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum?

captal Wrote:I also like to watch the fights that pop up. I can't remember how much time I wasted reading that thread about the dude from the states who had heaps of cash and wanted to go to Japan and...
sup3rbon Off topic 41 6,558 2009-09-15, 7:44 pm
    Thread: いつも小さな質問があるんですよ / half a million mini-questions
Post: いつも小さな質問があるんですよ / half a million mini-questions

That makes perfect sense, thank you!
sup3rbon General discussion 10 1,705 2009-09-13, 7:52 pm
    Thread: いつも小さな質問があるんですよ / half a million mini-questions
Post: いつも小さな質問があるんですよ / half a million mini-questions

Ironically your topic title prompted me to remember a little question I had a couple days ago. What exactly is the difference between 小さい and 小さな? I've seen both, and to me they seem to mean the s...
sup3rbon General discussion 10 1,705 2009-09-13, 7:43 pm
    Thread: early birds vs night owls
Post: early birds vs night owls

It said in the article that both groups took about an hour and a half after waking up to get their minds into working shape, so I don't think there was any time wasted in the morning for either group....
sup3rbon Off topic 9 1,330 2009-09-10, 9:02 pm
    Thread: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?
Post: Why does Japanese TV use so much subtitles?

I'm sure the homophone thing plays a part, but I think it just makes sense to have subtitles when you're watching the news. It's much much quicker and accurate to read something than to just hear it,...
sup3rbon General discussion 45 19,565 2009-09-10, 7:03 pm
    Thread: early birds vs night owls
Post: early birds vs night owls

Every single time someone would tell me "you can't be staying up so late and waking up so late" (I was staying up until 7am and waking up around 3pm) I would always try to explain that it's better for...
sup3rbon Off topic 9 1,330 2009-09-10, 6:43 pm
    Thread: 親知らず対策
Post: 親知らず対策

Have you ever been under anesthesia before? If not, be prepared to be very confused when people tell you stories about what you did later. I had never gone under before I had gotten my wisdom teeth ...
sup3rbon Off topic 7 1,290 2009-09-10, 2:24 am
    Thread: At a partial block
Post: At a partial block

There is no problem with relying on the stories of other people. In fact, I rarely came up with a story of my own, and used other people's stories (found on this site) almost exclusively.
sup3rbon Remembering the Kanji 7 1,404 2009-09-06, 7:35 pm
    Thread: アタシんちの男子 atashinchi no danshi group transcription
Post: アタシんちの男子 atashinchi no danshi group transcription

If my level of japanese were actually high enough to be of any use to this project, I would definitely help. Sadly, I wouldn't be useful. This is definitely an excellent idea though, and it's a sham...
sup3rbon Group study 5 4,354 2009-09-01, 6:25 pm
    Thread: The Koohii Wiki (post updates & requests here)
Post: The Koohii Wiki (post updates & requests here)

I think a Koohii Wiki would be awesome. Especially since it would also be very easy to keep a record of threads that are incredibly useful, but not really the type of thread you would sticky.
sup3rbon Learning resources 97 52,149 2009-08-31, 5:10 pm
    Thread: clueless with IT loanwords
Post: clueless with IT loanwords

juniperpansy Wrote:To put this in perspective, I'm sure at least 50% of the population in North America has no idea the difference between a hard drive and a motherboard. To put it simply, regular pe...
sup3rbon General discussion 16 2,787 2009-08-29, 3:42 pm
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

Okay I think we should start compiling a formal list of these, because some of them are priceless. Also it'll make me feel less guilty about buying KO2001 and then switching to pretty much only using...
sup3rbon General discussion 148 35,170 2009-08-29, 12:58 am
    Thread: Japanese people are stressed because they can only read 500 Kanji.
Post: Japanese people are stressed because they can only...

Obvious troll is obvious! Also he deleted my comment to, and all I said about his girlfriend was that she was being modest, and clearly knew more than 500 because she was able to get into university....
sup3rbon General discussion 99 19,317 2009-08-28, 4:53 pm
    Thread: What is/was your area of study?
Post: What is/was your area of study?

Physics/Math double major. Although I'm slowly realizing that I only picked that because I had the ability. I did some work over the summer with a physics professor in a lab, and it's really just t...
sup3rbon Off topic 98 16,846 2009-08-28, 12:03 am
    Thread: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word
Post: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word

undead_saif Wrote:もしもし Every time a japanese person answers a phone I laugh. Every single time.
sup3rbon The Japanese language 39 10,674 2009-08-27, 10:23 am
    Thread: Output FTL
Post: Output FTL

mezbup Wrote:what does FTL mean?? All that I think is FML when I read it. For the lose! I assume someone made it up after seeing "FTW" meaning "For the win!", as I'm not sure why anyone would want to...
sup3rbon General discussion 75 9,052 2009-08-27, 3:59 am
    Thread: Japanese people are stressed because they can only read 500 Kanji.
Post: Japanese people are stressed because they can only...

I like how in the comments, when anyone says "Uh look dude, I'm not Japanese and I've only been studying Japanese for a couple months and I already know [number greater than 500] kanji..." he says "we...
sup3rbon General discussion 99 19,317 2009-08-27, 3:58 am
    Thread: Do your friends think you're crazy?
Post: Do your friends think you're crazy?

My friends don't exactly think I'm crazy, they just see it as another language. As a group though, I'd say people probably think our interests are a bit strange compared to most other people's. We a...
sup3rbon Remembering the Kanji 119 30,357 2009-08-27, 3:54 am
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

Blank Wrote:I'm only about 160 Kanji into the book but yesterday I had to laugh at the unexpected morbidness of 「子供が線路で遊んでいて、電車にひかれた。」 Haven't gotten this far yet, but does that by any chance say "A k...
sup3rbon General discussion 148 35,170 2009-08-25, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Enviable problem - too much time
Post: Enviable problem - too much time

Atashinchi no danshi! Fantastic, I've been trying to figure out what show I was talking about for awhile, glad to be able to go back and start watching it again, thanks! And it seems we do have oppo...
sup3rbon General discussion 24 4,838 2009-08-25, 9:47 am
    Thread: Output FTL
Post: Output FTL

Nii87 Wrote:Tobberoth Wrote:Get drunk, speak Japanese while drunk, nothing is more effective. Noone actually noticed this part of Tobb's post, but its surprisingly true. I can confirm this, as it work...
sup3rbon General discussion 75 9,052 2009-08-24, 10:36 pm
    Thread: Enviable problem - too much time
Post: Enviable problem - too much time

IceCream Wrote:Aishiteru is about a little boy who kills another little boy, based on some real life stuff in Japan, though tbh i found it unwatchable and slightly tedious. Haha I loved Aishiteru. I ...
sup3rbon General discussion 24 4,838 2009-08-24, 3:34 pm