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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji JimmySeal Wrote:Speaking of French, probably close to half of the English language was imported en masse(<---) from French. Would you claim that the English raped their language? A little less tha... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 12:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Yeah, that too. My scare quotes were meant to portray that sentiment, but spelling it out probably works better. :) |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 11:35 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Look, loanwords happen. In a few years, some of them will have fallen by the wayside and some of them will have become a natural part of the language. This isn't not caring about - or even "raping" - ... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 11:22 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Nah, still looks like an incredibly small and petty change. It's not that I think it'd ruin Japanese, I just think the effects are too irrelevant to even *start* to bother. It's similar to how I thi... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 7:53 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Betelgeuzah Wrote:alizarine Wrote:I simply don't get your focus on katakana - arguing for a complete overhaul of Japanese writing in order to get rid of the kanji in favour of kana or romaji I could s... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 5:56 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Betelgeuzah Wrote:Quote:I learned to read and write them in a *day*. Did you learn the alphabet in a day? We spent 2 years practicing them in school, and many more to make our handwriting better. The ... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 5:40 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji I just don't get the "it's too complex" argument in favour of replacing specifically the katakana with romaji at all. I learned to read and write them in a *day*. I'm still noticeably slower than I a... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,953 | 2012-01-19, 5:00 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... I'm through! Checking back in Anki, I've been at it for a little under eight weeks. Now it's time for the fun part of language learning! I'll probably do the supplement, too (which shouldn't take mor... |
alizarine | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,808 | 2012-01-18, 8:31 am | ||
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Thread: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on the internet)? Post: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on th... Just as an observation: I find that there is close to zero overlap between the categories of "feminists" and "women who expect men to shower them with gifts and pay for everything". I firmly believe... |
alizarine | General discussion | 204 | 49,074 | 2012-01-13, 5:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on the internet)? Post: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on th... Holy shit. There goes another bit of my faith in humanity. |
alizarine | General discussion | 204 | 49,074 | 2012-01-10, 1:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Today I realised that I'm already over three-quarters through - I've reached 1615! And to think that only six weeks ago I knew, what, five kanji? Seems like I'll be through with RTK1 (plus supplement... |
alizarine | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,503 | 2012-01-08, 3:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Sarcasm in Japanese Post: Sarcasm in Japanese Irixmark Wrote:daaan Wrote:alizarine Wrote: Ah ok. I've lived in Germany for a few years, and if you put it that way, I agree. You can see this very clearly during the carnival shows: Comedian: Sorry... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 34 | 14,183 | 2012-01-08, 6:57 am | ||
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Thread: Sarcasm in Japanese Post: Sarcasm in Japanese Hinode Wrote:daaan Wrote:This thing certainly varies across cultures. For example, in the Netherlands this kind of sarcasm would generally be understood and considered funny, but in Germany the same w... |
alizarine | The Japanese language | 34 | 14,183 | 2012-01-03, 8:07 am | ||