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    Thread: The ばか's Guide To RTK 2
Post: The ばか's Guide To RTK 2

The main problem I have with Movie Method/KanjiTown is that I want to learn the Korean readings as well. And that has a much wider range of syllables! Guess I'll just have to be more creative with it ...
PATRICKRL Remembering the Kanji 18 9,272 2011-03-07, 7:40 pm
    Thread: Post your daily achievements and goals
Post: Post your daily achievements and goals

Finished Assimil Japanese today!
PATRICKRL General discussion 42 5,659 2011-02-25, 11:28 am
    Thread: 人名用漢字[じんめいようかんじ] Anki Deck
Post: 人名用漢字[じんめいようかんじ] Anki Deck

That's a good idea. Thanks for doing this!
PATRICKRL Learning resources 23 5,829 2011-02-16, 12:35 am
    Thread: Rush Limbaugh Chinese Accent Imitation
Post: Rush Limbaugh Chinese Accent Imitation

I would rather listen to Rush Limbaugh than the Young Turks, Rush is slightly easier to ignore
PATRICKRL Off topic 38 8,784 2011-01-29, 1:16 pm
    Thread: Zeitgeist Moving Forward
Post: Zeitgeist Moving Forward

Doesn't seem like they're giving the computers enough control here. I vote for full-fledged robotocracy.
PATRICKRL Off topic 65 8,600 2011-01-28, 11:29 am
    Thread: cabbage primitive
Post: cabbage primitive

In Japanese, flower. In other variants, twenty.
PATRICKRL The Japanese language 3 717 2011-01-11, 8:50 pm
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

http://tinyurl.com/32p3awk I think this is the right thing. http://www.teamalexandriz.org/?s=maigret These guys scan in an amazing amount of stuff As to the Jehova's Witnesses stuff, somebody messag...
PATRICKRL Learning resources 497 278,570 2011-01-10, 10:38 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Here's French texts of Sinuhe Egyptiläinen, whose corresponding Finnish audio and ebook are on rutracker. http://tinyurl.com/3afwb7h http://tinyurl.com/33ruepp
PATRICKRL Learning resources 497 278,570 2011-01-10, 10:09 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Wow, I'm surprised they're so adamant about that CD's uploading, it seems like something they should be encouraging. I'll set up some (bountied) requests on a site which should be able to get them. It...
PATRICKRL Learning resources 497 278,570 2011-01-05, 10:10 am
    Thread: How to study massive hours?
Post: How to study massive hours?

I don't timebox, I just set aside a certain number of chapters in a novel or lessons in a textbook to do per day, and I do that for lots of novels and textbooks. As long as I switch around what I'm do...
PATRICKRL The Japanese language 6 5,103 2011-01-03, 3:38 pm
    Thread: RAP News ft. Julian Assange
Post: RAP News ft. Julian Assange

magamo Wrote:I think the problem Wikileaks has is the lack of political belief or opinion. I think that's what makes it great. If they truly have no particular political opinion, the goal is then to r...
PATRICKRL Off topic 83 12,292 2010-12-08, 6:13 pm
    Thread: Selectable kanji avatars?
Post: Selectable kanji avatars?

Yeah, I usually look them up through http://kanji.sljfaq.org/draw-canvas.html but there are some which are really quite complex and don't copy over very well.
PATRICKRL General discussion 5 2,195 2010-12-04, 6:21 pm
    Thread: Jehovah's Witnesses site: audio+transcript+translation
Post: Jehovah's Witnesses site: audio+transcript+transla...

That's really amazing, thanks for the source. Really surprising how many languages they concurrently put out.
PATRICKRL Learning resources 21 8,056 2010-11-28, 10:57 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I do, but Hitler doesn't! Plus there's already a few words like "bountiful" and "amass", and several keywords are incorrect anyway
PATRICKRL Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,535 2010-11-28, 8:37 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I finished in a pretty huge rush of cards, and I've been reviewing them for a few days, so now I think I'll declare my being done. Working on Assimil, Core, and Miller's Japanese Reader now. random e...
PATRICKRL Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,535 2010-11-28, 12:20 am
    Thread: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)
Post: Yearlyglot on flashcards :)

I agree. I've been using Anki for a few months and I must say flashcards don't work too well for me for anything but kanji and cramming for tests. Of course, using monolingual dictionaries or just "do...
PATRICKRL Off topic 74 10,209 2010-11-14, 1:55 pm
    Thread: Japanese System Messages unreadable
Post: Japanese System Messages unreadable

chamcham Wrote:get a Mac :-) for the love of god please don't start this
PATRICKRL The Japanese language 9 1,476 2010-11-02, 8:19 pm
    Thread: Somebody punch me
Post: Somebody punch me

Drink more water. Seriously that has always been the solution to the problem whenever I had it.
PATRICKRL Off topic 55 11,194 2010-11-01, 2:53 pm
    Thread: Halfway through - my evaluation
Post: Halfway through - my evaluation

I have no idea why he decided to have both "each" and "every" as keywords. Even most native speakers don't consciously realize the distinction between them.
PATRICKRL Remembering the Kanji 6 1,845 2010-10-31, 10:43 am
    Thread: Why AJATT does not work (for my listening skills)
Post: Why AJATT does not work (for my listening skills)

In my opinion, reading Japanese texts (preferably with an audiobook) will give FAR more benefit than the other things, such as TV shows, video games, etc, because it's simply more exposure packed into...
PATRICKRL General discussion 140 51,113 2010-10-31, 10:38 am
    Thread: 10月23日~日本語マラソン (10/23 Japanese marathon)
Post: 10月23日~日本語マラソン (10/23 Japanese marathon)

I'm joining. Aiming for 200 new Kanji today to push past the 1500 mark, the Spider-Man ones are extremely easy and fun to memorize (as were the Mr. T ones), so this does seem feasible. EDIT: First 10...
PATRICKRL Group study 6 2,006 2010-10-23, 2:12 pm
    Thread: The Top Part of 左、右、有る, etc and stroke order
Post: The Top Part of 左、右、有る, etc and stroke order

http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...enDocument So is this not reliable...? I've been using it for a while
PATRICKRL The Japanese language 20 7,052 2010-09-15, 3:50 pm
    Thread: The Top Part of 左、右、有る, etc and stroke order
Post: The Top Part of 左、右、有る, etc and stroke order

賄 starts horizontal but 有 starts vertical X_X
PATRICKRL The Japanese language 20 7,052 2010-09-15, 12:53 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Done 514 of them. I'm starting to notice troubles with similar keywords, such as before/former, fishhook/needle, every/each... but I think I'm doing pretty well... Funniest story so far: The "hot dig...
PATRICKRL Remembering the Kanji 526 167,103 2010-08-05, 8:58 pm