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Thread: Combining Resources Post: Combining Resources I'd say concentrate on Heisig for now. You really do not have to limit yourself with just 1 lesson a day. Do more when you can and do less when you can't. It's better to set some minimal amount you wa... |
iAurora | Learning resources | 7 | 1,468 | 2011-06-29, 7:07 am | ||
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Thread: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do Post: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do Ah I see. I didn't really see your post as offending in any way. I was just worried that telling him he needed medical help was a bit on a dangerous side, given there were no obvious indications of hi... |
iAurora | Off topic | 45 | 6,877 | 2011-05-19, 9:02 am | ||
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Thread: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do Post: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do IceCream I've been through a couple of rather bad depressions myself and I'm very well aware of condition when no mental effort can help to gain control over body that just misbehaves. But I really do... |
iAurora | Off topic | 45 | 6,877 | 2011-05-19, 8:19 am | ||
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Thread: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do Post: My life is on hold. Don't know what to do Raschaverak You are young, free of responsibilities and you do have proper (as in complete) education (or you are on your way there at least). That doesn't sound bad at all. You can go pretty much an... |
iAurora | Off topic | 45 | 6,877 | 2011-05-19, 2:07 am | ||
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Thread: Doing more than one thing... Post: Doing more than one thing... I can really relate to what your wrote here. I also find it very hard to get my mind off something I'm seriously into at some particular moment. May be you could try a high school approach. Plan a sm... |
iAurora | Off topic | 5 | 2,178 | 2011-05-16, 2:27 am | ||
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Thread: Watching /Listening Japanese Anything on Mac Post: Watching /Listening Japanese Anything on Mac Try KeyHoleTV for live streaming of Japanese TV and radio. Tiger & Leopard version (OS 10.4 - 10.5) / Snow Leopard version (OS 10.6) |
iAurora | Learning resources | 3 | 760 | 2010-03-08, 9:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Language learning concerns/annoyances Post: Language learning concerns/annoyances vix86 Wrote:I suppose it probably depends on what you mean by "a lot more words." I find in general that Japanese tends to use less to express more, something that's quite Japanese (culturally). It de... |
iAurora | Off topic | 15 | 2,775 | 2010-03-05, 4:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Language learning concerns/annoyances Post: Language learning concerns/annoyances Evil_Dragon Wrote:Does anybody else start to leave out stuff that can be derived from context in their mother tongue? In spoken language I tend to leave out personal pronouns every now and then. Well,... |
iAurora | Off topic | 15 | 2,775 | 2010-03-05, 6:16 am | ||
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Thread: For people going to Japan soon. Post: For people going to Japan soon. Jarvik7 Wrote:True, but it annoys cashiers when you treat them like an exchange service, which is why they give the look or ignore the extra money (they do it in Japan too). -former cashier It's inter... |
iAurora | Off topic | 32 | 4,036 | 2010-03-02, 3:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream First of all I'm not really sure where this 'attacking innocent non-homophobic people' argument comes from that you seem to use against me quite a lot. Have you really seen me running around... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-09, 2:42 am | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream It was very nice of you to take a critical look at your own posts. Seeing the one you deleted actually made me smile. It was not because I felt you admitted losing anything to me or 'my side... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-08, 11:07 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... RTK1 check :) See you after RTK3. |
iAurora | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,748 | 2010-02-07, 7:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:Right. I suppose if i start using it the way my grandparents did, to mean joyous, it'll show my support for the homosexual community instead, and a beleif that homosexual people are all... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-07, 12:58 am | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:we were talking about picking people up for racism when they use a racist word, as opposed to picking someone up for saying "youtube's gay". Racist words aren't by definition more direc... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:... I don't see how racist words are any more direct than words referring to homosexuality. The only difference is that you chose to pic up a homophobic term and start using it causally... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 9:31 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage bodhisamaya Wrote:iAurora, I think Japanese society is a good example how people who want to hate will do so with language no matter how polite the language they use becomes. I am completely obliviou... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 7:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:personally i can't remember the last time i used the word at all Then it would be nice to think about the reasons you encourage others to use it or don't oppose it. It comes down to you... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 7:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:you asked earlier, what am i trying to protect? i understand, that to a lot of you, i seem like a complete shithead right now. I mean, why am i arguing so strongly about this? I just ... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 5:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage Swearing to be supportive and at the very same time keeping beating the same person you promise to protect just to prove him how unfair the world is and how he needs to learn to live with it is such a... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 5:04 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage Jarvik7 Wrote:I always assumed that "gay" as a negative adjective describing things was meant as a sarcastic use of the meaning it originally had, "happy". That test was gay. = That test made me happ... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 7:11 am | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage bodhisamaya Wrote:Why is queer an OK word but gay isn't? Its original meaning was "odd or unusual". I am getting confused. The mother of my first child is a lesbian, though I think she would prefer... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-06, 6:25 am | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream You do realize that the usage of the word 'gay' in negative meaning was started by aggressively homophobic people, don't you? It's obvious. You also probably see that it's not just one over-... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-05, 11:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage mirina Wrote:"Bitch" originally referred solely to a female dog in heat, and yet now also refers to an obnoxious, unruly woman. It started out as a completely neutral term, but spawned a completely di... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-05, 6:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:@iAurora: sorry, i just don't see how calling a piece of glass on a road "gay" for puncturing my tire, or the bus "gay" for being constantly late, or whatever other random situation som... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-05, 5:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage Post: Politically Correct: Word usage IceCream Wrote:exactly. its only by using terms in different ways that stereotypes and bad connections are destroyed. If you censor the words they will forever have a bad meaning. This may be true for... |
iAurora | General discussion | 231 | 30,707 | 2010-02-05, 9:55 am | ||
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Thread: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese Post: Your Very First Day of Learning Japanese mirina Wrote:I suppose this is completely subjective, but I don't see why Japanese should be any more difficult for an English speaker than a Chinese or Korean speaker. Yes, the language families are ... |
iAurora | General discussion | 98 | 13,968 | 2010-01-15, 3:26 am | ||
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Thread: A lesson per day? Post: A lesson per day? This site's Progress section actually gives you a list of all lessons and amount of kanji each of them contains, so you can check it yourself. The distribution is rather uneven: it can vary from under... |
iAurora | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 5,008 | 2010-01-10, 4:22 am | ||
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Thread: The zero primitive Post: The zero primitive Yes, I'm using something like this too. Sometimes primitives in kanji are too hard to connect to each other and throwing some extra link in really helps. Of course you need to make sure you don't conf... |
iAurora | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 1,530 | 2010-01-06, 7:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Western Europe Travel Advice Needed Post: Western Europe Travel Advice Needed Tobberoth Wrote:Well I guess it's a question of definition. It's not actually considered a part of western europe but Prague doesn't feel very eastern to me. And it's on the border so it's not like it... |
iAurora | Off topic | 9 | 1,165 | 2010-01-01, 4:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Western Europe Travel Advice Needed Post: Western Europe Travel Advice Needed Tobberoth Wrote:Prague is my favorite place to go in Western Europe. Rome is awesome as well. I like the Greek islands but Greece itself doesn't seem all that great. If I had the money to travel right... |
iAurora | Off topic | 9 | 1,165 | 2010-01-01, 3:05 pm | ||
