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Thread: What is/was your area of study? Post: What is/was your area of study? Mathematics here. But, the mathematics I'm most passionate about is all about theoretical computer science. Turing machines and such :) In short, I'm a logician. |
snispilbor | Off topic | 98 | 16,845 | 2009-09-02, 9:18 am | ||
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Thread: Enviable problem - too much time Post: Enviable problem - too much time If you have tons of free time, why not contribute part of your studies to the general cause? Start a blog and write articles about Japanese :) |
snispilbor | General discussion | 24 | 4,838 | 2009-08-23, 10:41 am | ||
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Thread: I have super powers Post: I have super powers sometimes my brain works at its absolute best exactly when I've gone a day or so without sleeping :) |
snispilbor | General discussion | 9 | 1,762 | 2009-08-22, 9:54 am | ||
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Thread: Pronunciations on WWWJDIC! Post: Pronunciations on WWWJDIC! I just noticed they've updated WWWJDIC with audio pronunciation for many of the entries! I haven't had a chance to really check them in any depth, but the one I did check was a male voice and my GF s... |
snispilbor | Learning resources | 5 | 1,416 | 2009-04-18, 9:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it a good idea to learn kanji and sentences at once? Post: Is it a good idea to learn kanji and sentences at ... I'm actually a rare advocate of doing sentences alongside kanji. However, I've recently started to realize that putting kanji and sentences in one deck was a mistake. I just wrote about this here: ... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 28 | 4,470 | 2009-04-07, 5:09 pm | ||
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Thread: One of the worst feelings in the world. Post: One of the worst feelings in the world. I don't know about army, but when I was in the equivalent training for Air Force (tech school at Keesler AFB) we were allowed to have whatever we wanted. One girl had a laptop with a wireless interne... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 40 | 6,686 | 2009-04-06, 9:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Funny/creepy video about a Heisig-like technique for cards Post: Funny/creepy video about a Heisig-like technique f... [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H7O_j2nz9U&eurl=http]://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=53564&feature=player_embedded |
snispilbor | Off topic | 3 | 1,109 | 2009-02-14, 1:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Academic papers on Japanese linguistics Post: Academic papers on Japanese linguistics What are some good places to find lots of academic, peer-reviewed papers on Japanese linguistics? I have access to JSTOR if that helps. |
snispilbor | General discussion | 5 | 1,093 | 2009-02-07, 5:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese grammar or AJATT?? Post: Tae Kim's guide, A Dictionary of basic Japanese gr... IMO, Tae Kim is good. I never read the Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, but if its arrange *alphabetically*, that can't possibly be very natural or progressive... |
snispilbor | Learning resources | 63 | 27,257 | 2009-01-30, 12:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Does anybody ever feel like this? Post: Does anybody ever feel like this? Virtua_Leaf Wrote:I think it's a sad trend that's emerging actually. I was just on Youtube and saw one of the currently most watched videos is a slide show of some cats with 'kawaii' in the title. Nat... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 34 | 4,224 | 2009-01-30, 12:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread. Post: The I love learning Japanese thread. I was really saddened when I realized this, but it seems like most Japanese girls (including my GF) would much rather talk in English. English is sexy and exotic to them. I used to go up to Japanese... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 71 | 13,040 | 2009-01-29, 4:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Multiple vs Consolidated Anki Decks Post: Multiple vs Consolidated Anki Decks I don't just separate decks, I even separate SRS's. My Japanese stuff is Mnemosyne and my French stuff is Anki. Eventually I'll probably make another deck entirely of some other language or topic on... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 43 | 15,733 | 2009-01-29, 4:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading Post: Reading Juukyuu Wrote:Hi everyone, first post here. I tried searching the forums for something like this but i must just suck at forum searching or something; because i couldn't find anything. I am currently... |
snispilbor | The Japanese language | 37 | 6,487 | 2009-01-29, 4:25 pm | ||
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Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread. Post: The I love learning Japanese thread. I like how there's a certain "logic" to Japanese which is missing in the European languages. |
snispilbor | Off topic | 71 | 13,040 | 2009-01-29, 4:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about this sentence Post: Question about this sentence Jarvik7 Wrote:な in the adjectival sense wouldn't be used with a verb like 酔う. Also, no one calls particles gobi except for Tae Kim, because he's wrong (about a lot of stuff really). In Tae Kim's defen... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 148 | 29,139 | 2009-01-23, 10:18 am | ||
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Thread: Remembering Of and From and the like Post: Remembering Of and From and the like This might seem a little weird, but it works for me. I associate "of" with the Spanish "de", which I in turn associate with the Japanese へ particle, which is pronounced え. Of course, 之 is just a les... |
snispilbor | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 1,643 | 2009-01-23, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Non-Typical Anime Post: Non-Typical Anime A very non-typical anime, great for learning everyday japanese, is atashinchi. |
snispilbor | General discussion | 104 | 23,884 | 2009-01-02, 7:46 am | ||
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Thread: My new favorite story on this site IS...! Post: My new favorite story on this site IS...! The story for "chestnut" by inuki: "Chestnut tree, west nut tree" (栗) |
snispilbor | Remembering the Kanji | 27 | 6,079 | 2009-01-01, 1:52 am | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... It's a misconception that ethics defy evolution. Ethics are a perfect example of evolution. Over long periods of time, certain humans mutated so that their brains were physically programmed to follo... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 465 | 58,549 | 2008-12-30, 12:25 am | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... igordesu Wrote:"Actual Christianity, as Jesus actually established it, is ridiculously simple: "Believe you're saved, and you'll be saved. Have a nice day." That's IT. There's nothing else." Actu... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 465 | 58,549 | 2008-12-29, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate about religion thread Post: Continuation of tangent discussion/civil debate ab... Actual Christianity, as Jesus actually established it, is ridiculously simple: "Believe you're saved, and you'll be saved. Have a nice day." That's IT. There's nothing else. No bible. No church.... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 465 | 58,549 | 2008-12-29, 2:58 pm | ||
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Thread: 'R' or 'L'? Post: 'R' or 'L'? Erubey Wrote:Ever try speaking japanese without opening your jaw, closed teeth? sounds eerily...good I was actually told by my barber (barbers are excellent at detecting oddities in speaking) that I d... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 44 | 5,892 | 2008-12-25, 10:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you use "cool" Japanese? Post: Do you use "cool" Japanese? I like doing volitional ("let's") + ぜ. Examples: 行こうぜ 飲もうぜ 遊ぼうぜ |
snispilbor | General discussion | 15 | 2,062 | 2008-12-25, 10:48 pm | ||
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Thread: ﾊｯﾋﾟ クリスマス Post: ﾊｯﾋﾟ クリスマス This Christmas my GF is in Tokyo and I'm sitting on my ass in the freezing wasteland called Ohio. I'm using it as an exercise in being productive when I'd rather just go to sleep and wake up in Janua... |
snispilbor | Off topic | 6 | 1,428 | 2008-12-24, 6:53 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS Sentence question Post: SRS Sentence question tibul Wrote:Thanks alot for that especially your article which has given me some great info, i think your right about the fact a word is just hard i.e. i have a sentence with "expressway" which just n... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 13 | 1,795 | 2008-12-24, 6:35 pm | ||
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Thread: 'R' or 'L'? Post: 'R' or 'L'? Here's how I learned to pronounce a fan-freakin-tastically good Japanese R. (only works if you have a US accent) Start by saying "water" repeatedly. Note that the "t" is actually a strange sound, s... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 44 | 5,892 | 2008-12-24, 5:32 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS Sentence question Post: SRS Sentence question The "answer" side of your card does have the readings on it, right, so at least when you fail the card you look and see what the right answer is? If a particular word is giving you lots of grief, try... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 13 | 1,795 | 2008-12-24, 5:22 pm | ||
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Thread: 親父 ギャグ - Old man jokes - Puns Post: 親父 ギャグ - Old man jokes - Puns Frenchbread is フランスパン, German bread is ドイツパン... but what is Japanese bread? ジャパン! (Of course, this is from the opening of the hilarious anime about bread) Another favorite of mine is from an Uruse... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 7 | 3,629 | 2008-12-22, 3:23 am | ||
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Thread: Survey: Do you write kanji during your reviews? And what's your goal? Post: Survey: Do you write kanji during your reviews? A... 1. I usually write the kanji, but if I don't have something to write with, or if getting something to write with would be a big bother, sometimes I'll just do them in my head. But that's a fairly ne... |
snispilbor | Remembering the Kanji | 65 | 10,890 | 2008-12-22, 1:39 am | ||
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Thread: Heisig is rote memorization Post: Heisig is rote memorization Of course, in some sense, we can never really fully "understand" anything. I can't really fully understand my mom, because she's actually bidrillions of quantum particles swirling around following th... |
snispilbor | General discussion | 42 | 10,196 | 2008-12-21, 9:11 pm | ||
