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    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

I'm sad because there's nothing this awesome on Opera. not even vanilla rikaichan! I hate this browser, why do I keep using it...
zachandhobbes Learning resources 859 244,126 2012-01-07, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling
Post: Introvert vs. Extrovert - general rambling

I don't know if this topic has digressed to something else, but here's my two cents. I've been described as "quiet, but when he talks, it's always something worth hearing". I see most intoverts as be...
zachandhobbes Off topic 222 48,813 2011-11-03, 4:39 am
    Thread: iOS5 new features
Post: iOS5 new features

Interesting discussion here! I never realized that my choice could affect my studies. Thanks for the information. This helps a lot.
zachandhobbes Learning resources 17 4,663 2011-10-18, 5:06 am
    Thread: enjoy japanese fun time now
Post: enjoy japanese fun time now

Gingerninja Wrote:I was studying in the university library the other night (for jlpt) and one my Japanese friends who was working on one of the computers came over to say hey, so we were sitting talki...
zachandhobbes Off topic 81 14,185 2011-10-18, 1:37 am
    Thread: iOS5 new features
Post: iOS5 new features

I'm trying to decide between the iPhone 4S and the samsung Nexus Prime (Android)... it's a really tough decision. iOS5 seems so cool! And the 4S seems really slick and fast.
zachandhobbes Learning resources 17 4,663 2011-10-18, 12:32 am
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

I agree with what icecream and suffah pointed out, especially icecreams point on "staying inside all day." I'm a hard working student (or so I like to believe) with various hobbies including Japanese...
zachandhobbes Learning resources 503 66,736 2011-10-17, 3:11 pm
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

imabi, you don't need to be so defensive. You tout your "5" on the AP English test yet you make simple mistakes in every post you make here. "Besides, all of you haven't written perfectly English," i...
zachandhobbes Learning resources 503 66,736 2011-10-17, 2:51 pm
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

Your English seems restrained.
zachandhobbes Learning resources 503 66,736 2011-10-16, 8:25 pm
    Thread: Just because you can say it, doesn't mean you should
Post: Just because you can say it, doesn't mean you shou...

Nah, in America saying "How are you" to staff isn't too uncommon.
zachandhobbes General discussion 23 6,419 2011-10-09, 10:54 pm
    Thread: how far does 2 years of university classes take you?
Post: how far does 2 years of university classes take yo...

Well, think about it this way. I hear that Japanese natives typically get like in the 80s range on it, so if you can get that then I don't see how much better you could possibly do.
zachandhobbes Learning resources 81 18,126 2011-10-01, 12:31 am
    Thread: Teaching at a university
Post: Teaching at a university

yudantaiteki Wrote:Wow, I don't think it's that bad -- I'm in my 7th year of grad school (yikes) and I enjoy it a lot. The job market is a worry, though. Now, I don't know how it might be different ...
zachandhobbes Off topic 39 5,153 2011-09-30, 3:09 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Jarvik7 Wrote:Quote:"Anymore you have to go online to get good deals." (or at the end, "I watch hulu instead of TV anymore.") Really? That's not even comprehensible to me. "Come with" is pretty commo...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-26, 10:35 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Here's a case where you took what I said, turned it into something totally different, and then ignored what I actually said completely. All I am trying to say here is, how 'wrong' is 'wrong' to you, ...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-26, 4:22 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Saying "English has exceptions" doesn't mean "the wrong things are right." Wrong things are wrong. Exceptions are the right way to do thing, in a way that you wouldn't expect in context of the way yo...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-25, 8:34 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

magamo Wrote:zachandhobbes Wrote:what not.. "Whatnot" is a one-word (See Merriam-Webster). You do not put two periods at the end of a sentence. Use either exactly one period or three if it is an elli...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-25, 1:28 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Okay, you know how I said people would think of you as dumb if you said "should of" instead of "should have" in a writing paper? Well, I was speaking about professors and English degree holders and w...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-24, 1:30 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Sebastian Wrote:zachandhobbes Wrote:You could go around writing "I should not of" instead of "I should not have" and eventually a bunch of people might even start believing that it's right, but that d...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-22, 9:30 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

yudantaiteki Wrote:zachandhobbes Wrote:I'm just saying that it's not correct grammar. It's not the same as 'didn't form' because while that is technically correct grammar, it's informal so you wouldn'...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-22, 1:30 am
    Thread: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?
Post: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?

I agree with you magamo, but for people who are not immersed in a Japanese environment, a spaced reptition system can be extremely helpful for bringing back old things that you learned in the past tha...
zachandhobbes The Japanese language 51 24,266 2011-09-22, 12:23 am
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

I'm not saying that you should never be creative and have your own writing styles and stuff, and I'm not trying to have a 'stick up my butt.' I'm just saying that it's not correct grammar. It's not t...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-22, 12:19 am
    Thread: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?
Post: How did people learn Japanese ~50 years ago?

No offense nadiatms but what you seem to be saying is better than SRS is basically rote memorization, going through word lists and stuff. I'm not saying that doesn't work - it's worked for students f...
zachandhobbes The Japanese language 51 24,266 2011-09-21, 7:00 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Sean2 Wrote:My vote is: Apologize to Nest0r. Move on. Oops we don't get to vote. It's Fabrice's forum. Never mind. What does nest0r deserve an apology for? By the way, if you use 'their' or 'they' in...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-21, 6:57 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Well, I have no real references on hand (no pun intended regarding the topic of this thread), but I've always been told in my English papers to always use 'he' as it is a gender neutral word - this co...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-20, 8:33 pm
    Thread: nest0r - keep in touch
Post: nest0r - keep in touch

Haven't we seen this all before though? He's quit the forums a bunch of times for a long period of time because of similar arguments. Arguing with nest0r was an exertion in futility, and if he ever...
zachandhobbes Off topic 161 22,524 2011-09-20, 7:35 pm
    Thread: / t͡ʃ / VS / t͡ɕ /
Post: / t͡ʃ / VS / t͡ɕ /

I hear a very subtle difference... the second 'ch' sounds more 'juh' ish
zachandhobbes The Japanese language 49 14,506 2011-09-06, 8:27 pm
    Thread: My name is a joke (literally)
Post: My name is a joke (literally)

Well, my name (ザック) means "sack", which could be interpreted in various ways... It's also the onomatopoeia for crunching leaves below your feet. joy.
zachandhobbes General discussion 26 7,854 2011-09-05, 11:07 pm
    Thread: run through X,000 most common words
Post: run through X,000 most common words

Thanks to both replies, they were informative. At Mezbup, I'd rather not understand 1/5 of words being said, than not understand 4/5. :D (At the point where I am right now, I pretty much understand ...
zachandhobbes Learning resources 34 9,123 2011-09-05, 3:24 am
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

I never saw you as the religious type, nest0r.
zachandhobbes Off topic 567 98,524 2011-09-05, 2:26 am
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

It's time to face facts, if you have more than 10 posts in this thread, you have an obvious man crush on Khatz and you're tsundere for him.
zachandhobbes Off topic 567 98,524 2011-09-05, 2:13 am
    Thread: run through X,000 most common words
Post: run through X,000 most common words

I have a slightly tangential question. When people refer to the "X000 vocab will cover 95% of convos"... Does this statistic account for different forms of verbs? 行く 行きます 行って etc etc
zachandhobbes Learning resources 34 9,123 2011-09-05, 2:12 am