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    Thread: Magnets - How do they work?
Post: Magnets - How do they work?

Magnet, my butt. That's a Gaia Memory! Somebody call W! :O
BoccKob Off topic 59 8,994 2010-05-29, 4:05 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

ropsta Wrote:Because if you say you haven't gone through any of the above then all assumptions hold true (as they're all linked). If you say they are all false, then you were either instilled with the...
BoccKob The Japanese language 92 22,904 2010-05-28, 4:22 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

Tobberoth Wrote:Too bad it won't work out okay now. Take a peek through any of the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar books and tell me how much it hurt when your jaw hit your desk. There's WAY too much d...
BoccKob The Japanese language 92 22,904 2010-05-27, 2:02 pm
    Thread: Any other lawyers? (Please no lawyer jokes!)
Post: Any other lawyers? (Please no lawyer jokes!)

I have played two Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games, so I feel I'm qualified to offer people legal consultation. :) I notice that as I go through RTK, my English writing skills go down because I kee...
BoccKob Off topic 42 6,738 2010-05-27, 1:54 pm
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

ropsta Wrote:Yeah. You did. Maybe you just don't remember. I do. In fact, I remember the first time I asked my teacher what "however" meant. I remember reading through English books and being befuddl...
BoccKob The Japanese language 92 22,904 2010-05-27, 2:42 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

ropsta Wrote:No it didn't. You've been studying grammar your entire life. Not consciously!
BoccKob The Japanese language 92 22,904 2010-05-27, 12:09 am
    Thread: Having issues trying to learn grammar.
Post: Having issues trying to learn grammar.

My plan to learn grammar is to completely ignore it until I already know how to speak and write, after which I will continue to ignore it. It worked out okay when I learned my native language. :D
BoccKob The Japanese language 92 22,904 2010-05-26, 10:39 pm
    Thread: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved
Post: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved

Yeah but, but see, those quotes were all edited by the liberals to further their socialist agenda!
BoccKob Off topic 33 13,797 2010-05-26, 5:44 pm
    Thread: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved
Post: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved

... Sou desu ne.
BoccKob Off topic 33 13,797 2010-05-26, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved
Post: Old News But... Texas Textbook Changes Approved

Quote:They also replaced the word “capitalism” throughout their texts with the “free-enterprise system.” “Let’s face it, capitalism does have a negative connotation,” said one conservative member, Te...
BoccKob Off topic 33 13,797 2010-05-26, 1:29 am
    Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?
Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?

I may have a bit of a problem. :O
BoccKob General discussion 127 24,779 2010-05-25, 1:55 pm
    Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?
Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?

So, err, what should we dumb schmucks for whom a four year degree is absolutely out of the question do to get into the country? Become a mail-order bride? :O
BoccKob General discussion 127 24,779 2010-05-25, 2:05 am
    Thread: Japanese Video Game Web Sites?
Post: Japanese Video Game Web Sites?

Like Famitsu? http://www.famitsu.com/
BoccKob Learning resources 2 777 2010-05-24, 12:52 am
    Thread: why when and how will i speak and think japanese?
Post: why when and how will i speak and think japanese?

I'm still a language noob, but for other skill-type things, I've often found a correlation between how well I do something and how often I attempt to do it. My plan for building oral skills is to fac...
BoccKob General discussion 50 11,823 2010-05-23, 3:26 am
    Thread: Where does you nickname come from?
Post: Where does you nickname come from?

I stole it from Bob Cock.
BoccKob Off topic 66 10,383 2010-05-22, 1:05 pm
    Thread: Guy talking in japanese on youtube
Post: Guy talking in japanese on youtube

Is speaking Japanese with a foreign accent considered sexy like speaking English with one is?
BoccKob General discussion 33 6,553 2010-05-18, 9:50 pm
    Thread: What's with that rolling R thing?
Post: What's with that rolling R thing?

That vision dream thing isn't really working for me, but I can get a good half-second roll going if I keep saying これ over and over. :P Maybe just learning Japanese will help develop it on its own or ...
BoccKob The Japanese language 22 11,660 2010-05-18, 2:08 am
    Thread: World's first robot-led marriage held in Tokyo
Post: World's first robot-led marriage held in Tokyo

IceCream Wrote:my god, did you see the link at the bottom of that page ("single ladies" girls)?!? This is totally offtopic, sorry!! i'm pretty laid back about most things, but i can't beleive people a...
BoccKob Off topic 8 1,458 2010-05-16, 8:49 pm
    Thread: Japanese Commercials thread
Post: Japanese Commercials thread

There's this commercial I've been seeing on TV Asahi lately with this big banana head man and his banana man dancers, where they sing this banana song and the big banana head man's head swells up and ...
BoccKob General discussion 28 5,966 2010-05-15, 8:46 pm
    Thread: What's with that rolling R thing?
Post: What's with that rolling R thing?

I've been seeing on some dramas and anime shows that certain characters will occasionally or frequently roll their R's when they're being rude or arrogant. Is that generally its purpose or is it somet...
BoccKob The Japanese language 22 11,660 2010-05-15, 8:36 pm
    Thread: Survey - Where are you at?
Post: Survey - Where are you at?

1. How many facts (production and recognition are only 1 fact) do you have in your SRS not including RTK? I dunno, bunches. 2. What sentences have you and are you putting into your SRS? Whatever th...
BoccKob General discussion 104 20,805 2010-05-14, 6:12 pm
    Thread: feminine particles
Post: feminine particles

Grinkers Wrote:Especially like "寒いわ" which means kind of like "I'm cute and cold, give me your jacket". I vow I will use this line someday.
BoccKob The Japanese language 26 7,775 2010-05-12, 6:17 pm
    Thread: Handwriting kanji. Which can the Japanese remember?
Post: Handwriting kanji. Which can the Japanese remember...

I'm pretty sure I don't know how to read, write, hear, and say six thousand words in English and I've been immersed in that language since birth. D:
BoccKob Learning resources 46 8,180 2010-05-12, 4:22 pm
    Thread: Today I Learned... Thread
Post: Today I Learned... Thread

Jarvik7 Wrote:Maybe it'll short out the microchip the government implanted in your brain. What about the nanomachines they injected into my bloodstream? D:
BoccKob Off topic 71 9,147 2010-05-10, 3:03 pm
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

I was watching some show on KeyHoleTV last night that as far as I could tell, involved some people putting odd toppings on instant ramen and yakisoba, then tasting it. I'd never thought of trying to...
BoccKob Off topic 358 111,179 2010-05-10, 12:56 am
    Thread: I study Nihongo because...
Post: I study Nihongo because...

At first I just wanted to play imported games and understand song lyrics, but then I decided I'm going to move over there and become a celebrity, so I figured it would help to know the language really...
BoccKob Off topic 358 111,179 2010-05-10, 12:33 am
    Thread: Today I Learned... Thread
Post: Today I Learned... Thread

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BoccKob Off topic 71 9,147 2010-05-09, 2:14 am
    Thread: "Don't quit poem" a little motivation for all the RTKers out there
Post: "Don't quit poem" a little motivation for all the ...

I'll never remember all that. :mad:
BoccKob Remembering the Kanji 5 1,813 2010-05-08, 12:32 pm
    Thread: Today I Learned... Thread
Post: Today I Learned... Thread

I learned that it's important to un-ball the ramen before boiling it. D:
BoccKob Off topic 71 9,147 2010-05-07, 3:27 am
    Thread: That line between efficiency and laziness (mostly kanji)
Post: That line between efficiency and laziness (mostly ...

Using RTK's keywords and ordering are what I've been doing so far, while ignoring the stories. I've just been wondering if doing it this way will mess me up later somehow. :P I tried to make my own A...
BoccKob The Japanese language 11 2,600 2010-05-06, 8:53 pm