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    Thread: Experimental language learning website seeking feedback
Post: Experimental language learning website seeking fee...

I have received great feedback already, very informative. The reason why I'm passionate about this is because of the potential. But to actually crack the code and go from 'gimmicky' to 'useful' is m...
nycity Off topic 8 1,393 2010-04-02, 3:51 pm
    Thread: Experimental language learning website seeking feedback
Post: Experimental language learning website seeking fee...

Hi guys, I'm a last year student soon graduating (hopefully). I find it really fascinating how the web is changing so many aspects of our life and how it is able to bring people together from so man...
nycity Off topic 8 1,393 2010-04-01, 6:29 pm
    Thread: annoyed: Rice Field stroke order
Post: annoyed: Rice Field stroke order

aha... yeah i guess that makes more sense ^^
nycity Chinese and Hanzi 3 2,607 2009-09-07, 6:31 pm
    Thread: annoyed: Rice Field stroke order
Post: annoyed: Rice Field stroke order

So I started with RtH today.. and I noticed that the stroke order of 'Rice field' in hanzi is different from the stroke order in kanji. That's not what annoys me however... it's the text under the ch...
nycity Chinese and Hanzi 3 2,607 2009-09-07, 5:38 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

"up here"? don't be so condescending :P
nycity Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,362 2007-06-24, 4:05 pm
    Thread: Some tips for improving your handwritten kanji
Post: Some tips for improving your handwritten kanji

thanks, I needed this! Now I can hope to turn my ugly handwriting into more natural, but probably equally as ugly, handwriting :)
nycity The Japanese language 3 4,013 2007-06-12, 4:41 pm
    Thread: Help...less than 300 to go but procrastination kicking in big time
Post: Help...less than 300 to go but procrastination kic...

wow me being at only 577 kanji, I couldn't imagine anyone having problems finishing when already so far along! I'd think I'd be more motivated than ever to just finish things up in that case. But I d...
nycity Remembering the Kanji 56 9,396 2007-06-04, 10:11 am
    Thread: Most difficult part
Post: Most difficult part

I'm now 1,5 month into RTK and for the most part, it was smooth sailing, adding 10-20 kanji every day (577 now). I seem to be stuck however, seeing that I haven't added any new kanji for almost a week...
nycity Remembering the Kanji 10 2,245 2007-05-25, 1:43 pm
    Thread: I don't quite get how mnemonics work from a kanji-based context.
Post: I don't quite get how mnemonics work from a kanji-...

Mighty_Matt Wrote:I guess a mnemonic will only work for you if it's something that comes naturally into your head upon seeing the keyword. Otherwise you'll just be frustrating yourself. This is true,...
nycity Remembering the Kanji 13 5,160 2007-05-16, 8:40 am
    Thread: I need help with the locket primitive
Post: I need help with the locket primitive

For cap I use : 'If you try to wear a towel as you would a cap, you run the risk of looking kind of dumb' Just keep the story for canopy
nycity Remembering the Kanji 6 2,267 2007-05-13, 9:43 am
    Thread: Essential Resources
Post: Essential Resources

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/forum/ http://www.crisscross.com/forum/Learning..._81/tt.htm http://www.jref.com/forum/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/ http://forum.wordreference.com/forumdisplay....
nycity Learning resources 100 133,416 2007-05-01, 4:03 am
    Thread: Remembering the Hanzi....
Post: Remembering the Hanzi....

Hey.. I don't want to hijack this thread, but since this concerns Hanzi, I thought it would be ok. I was just curious about how much one would benefit from knowing Kanji when studying Hanzi. I alread...
nycity Chinese and Hanzi 79 37,412 2007-04-30, 3:36 pm
    Thread: Why do you like Japanese?
Post: Why do you like Japanese?

For me, Japanese is the key to an otherwise quite inaccessible culture. Studying languages is fun because it's a form of exploring the world, and it caters to a need of belonging. Then why do I like...
nycity Remembering the Kanji 3 2,075 2007-04-23, 4:58 am