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Thread: A stupid question about web sites Post: A stupid question about web sites Maybe the websites, you've visited are meant to be browsed mostly with mobile phones..? My impression of a Japanese website is eihter the overly simplistic mobile version or an overly flashy "welcome ... |
alantin | General discussion | 12 | 1,803 | 2009-09-04, 11:58 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese people are stressed because they can only read 500 Kanji. Post: Japanese people are stressed because they can only... That guy is way out there! |
alantin | General discussion | 99 | 19,314 | 2009-08-27, 4:23 am | ||
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Thread: Output FTL Post: Output FTL I once met a foreigner in japan that was pretty good at communicating in Japanese. He had learned what he knew just by living in Japan, mimicing others and, using what he heard. No books, no grammar, ... |
alantin | General discussion | 75 | 9,048 | 2009-08-26, 6:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Output FTL Post: Output FTL It took me two moths in Japan to get to any kind of conversational level that I was even remotely happy with. Every conversation I had for the first month was about the same as what the OP described. ... |
alantin | General discussion | 75 | 9,048 | 2009-08-25, 4:27 am | ||
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Thread: My Trip to Japan Post: My Trip to Japan Travel blogs are always nice! I skimmed through the blog and read your first post. You have a fun writing style and it is fun to read a first timers thoughts on railway station gates and stuff! ^^ I... |
alantin | Off topic | 2 | 675 | 2009-08-24, 4:28 am | ||
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Thread: Enviable problem - too much time Post: Enviable problem - too much time Go to "www.amazon.co.jp" and order a as many good movies as you can afford. Then watch them with Japanese audio and Japanese subtitles. Books are also good! My reason for not spending time doing fun ... |
alantin | General discussion | 24 | 4,838 | 2009-08-22, 5:17 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS on the go? What are the options? Post: SRS on the go? What are the options? I bought a mini laptop for that among other reasons. Got a real bargain too! |
alantin | Learning resources | 57 | 13,582 | 2009-08-22, 4:40 am | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here 1700 cards in my sentence deck. Making progress. Slowly but surely. :) Now that I have my thesis finally done (except for the foreword and conclution) and facing tons of free time for (practically) t... |
alantin | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,528 | 2009-08-21, 6:14 am | ||
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Thread: Studying with music on? Post: Studying with music on? I cant do it. Anything playing in the background distracts me to no end although an odd thing, that I noticed in the lab lately, is that if there are some other people listening to music and talking t... |
alantin | General discussion | 26 | 3,240 | 2009-08-11, 5:46 pm | ||
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Thread: 方 ほう or かた ？ Post: 方 ほう or かた ？ ① あの方 （かた） (That person) ② 読み方 （かた） 作り方 （かた） 観方 （み・がた） ③ フランス語と日本語を比べると、どちらの方が難しいですか。 （ほう） ④ 方法 （ほう・ほう） The first three examples have got to be the most common usages of that kanji and now that I ... |
alantin | The Japanese language | 8 | 3,763 | 2009-07-28, 4:36 pm | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Mex5150 Wrote:Really? I thought the 'How can morals exist without god?' line was a far older example of ignorance and stupidity. I just don't get how otherwise sane intelligent people can actually bel... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-25, 8:19 am | ||
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Thread: Wasting Time Post: Wasting Time Tobberoth Wrote:Heh, just look at my post count. I even POST in all the threads I don't care about :D Yeah.. That's something I have wondered before.. :P I have been here more than a year longer than... |
alantin | Off topic | 20 | 4,217 | 2009-03-19, 8:39 am | ||
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Thread: NHK High School Subjects Post: NHK High School Subjects Wow! This is cool! Thanks! :D |
alantin | Learning resources | 5 | 1,308 | 2009-03-18, 12:47 am | ||
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Thread: Learning Sentences Post: Learning Sentences I especially like the feature in anki that lets you limit the amount of new card shown to x per day! It regulates the flow of new material and keeps it constant. I can add huge junks of stuff but it d... |
alantin | General discussion | 77 | 10,546 | 2009-03-18, 12:45 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Thora Wrote:bodhisamaya Wrote:Four pages on what to say to a Japanese store clerk. Who da thunk it? People must love 7-11! Indeed. Language and culture, etiquette, philosophy of natural rights, soci... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-18, 12:32 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... sarek05 Wrote:I think he's mostly talking about the Old Testament. God wasn't as forgiving back then. You don't get the same warm fuzzy feeling from the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah or the great fl... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-17, 3:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Prefectures Post: Japanese Prefectures nac_est Wrote:Oh, I didn't know that. I actually created the cards myself. The format is: Q: picture of Japan with the prefecture in question highlighted A: name and pronunciation Hey! This sounds goo... |
alantin | Learning resources | 44 | 12,795 | 2009-03-17, 8:35 am | ||
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Thread: They should have stayed home and studied Post: They should have stayed home and studied So do you want to go to Japan so you can drink there? |
alantin | General discussion | 5 | 1,061 | 2009-03-17, 8:33 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... woodwojr Wrote:The message of the gospels, perhaps (I grant this point not because I'm sure it's true, but because it's been too long since I read them to argue and I don't feel like rereading them), ... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-17, 6:26 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... kazelee Wrote:*thinks back to Saturday night* What.. you mean s-s-she... lied... That whore! You'll get over it! :| |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-17, 2:36 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... woodwojr Wrote:SammyB Wrote:I am asking only how do you logically justify holding a moral position like 'treat others as you would have them treat you' without a belief in God? "Behave this way or a b... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-17, 2:35 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Jarvik7 Wrote:bodhisamaya Wrote:It hasn't gone off topic at all. You asked what is "supposed" to be said in a Japanese store. It was a question of etiquette in a specific situation. Why would speak... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-17, 1:51 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... @woodwojr I too would like to hear why you feel that people are not equal? If people are not equal, who decides their value? Is it defined only by his contribution to the society or is it the politi... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-15, 10:39 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Well said! Thank you! |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 5:32 pm | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... plumage Wrote:woodwojr Wrote:alantin Wrote:people are equal! Evidence? ~J Genetics. You must have heard that, because of genetics, a black man's mental abilities are always way lower than a white man... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 9:12 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... EnjukuBlack Wrote:No one ever said that the clerk was inferior to the customer. Jarvik even pointed out that the whole "above" "below" relationship has nothing to do with that person as a human being.... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 8:58 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... woodwojr Wrote:alantin Wrote:people are equal! Evidence? ~J You disagree? Would you like to be a butcher in the Indian cast system? Does a persons occupation determine his value? |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 7:08 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... I cannot think that the cashier is lower than I am or that I am higher than he/she is. The only difference in role is that they are doing their job which happens to be meeting my needs as a customer. ... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 7:02 am | ||
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Thread: Se habla español Post: Se habla español Whoa! It seems that there are quite a few Spanish users here! |
alantin | Off topic | 51 | 35,476 | 2009-03-13, 3:18 am | ||
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Thread: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store anyway? Post: What are you supposed to say in a Japanese store a... Jarvik7 Wrote:I think associating the two like that is a little bit much. You are not saying thank you with すみません. You are offering a small apology for whatever trouble/inconvenience you caused the ot... |
alantin | General discussion | 116 | 19,581 | 2009-03-13, 3:10 am | ||
