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Thread: Are you burning? Post: Are you burning? truando Wrote:What motivates you to get up 1 or 2 hours earlier in the morning, to review one last time before falling asleep? 1. Being placed in a class a little above my ability, and having to work ... |
auxetoiles | Remembering the Kanji | 35 | 7,666 | 2010-09-13, 9:19 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank liosama Wrote:Wrong actually, most linguists (academics) are vehemently descriptive when it comes to grammar. Not surprisingly, most prescriptivists are pompous bourgeois who think they know a thing o... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-09, 9:19 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank thecite Wrote:I used to be a grammar-nazi such as yourself; but now I've come to resent people who act as if language abides to laws of nature, usage is the only thing that I base correctness on. Tha... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-08, 7:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank Post: Japan Fattens Textbooks to Reverse Sliding Rank thecite Wrote:That's the stupid thing about English classes in general: apparently something is incorrect because the impenetrable laws of grammar say so. Surely 'correctness' should be judged purely ... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 43 | 7,805 | 2010-09-08, 10:09 am | ||
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Thread: Question on how to write primitive "road" (ex: 道) Post: Question on how to write primitive "road" (ex: 道) zachandhobbes Wrote:http://ploader.net/files/b17a1d922d08e5b...983427.png In that pic, your neck (on the road) appears to have grown legs...? I was going to say that maybe kanji stroke order and hanz... |
auxetoiles | The Japanese language | 6 | 3,527 | 2010-09-08, 2:34 am | ||
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Thread: Hannah Minx 花°ミンクス - JWOW Post: Hannah Minx 花°ミンクス - JWOW Nukemarine Wrote:The common complaint for gauging push-ups is proper depth. For people with large chest or those wearing loose shirts this is easy to cheat on. However, if you're in the down position ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 73 | 29,331 | 2010-09-08, 12:50 am | ||
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Thread: Hannah Minx 花°ミンクス - JWOW Post: Hannah Minx 花°ミンクス - JWOW Nukemarine Wrote:chest to ground push-ups where your hands must leave the floor in the down position I'm trying to figure out the mechanics of this. If your hands leave the ground in the down position... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 73 | 29,331 | 2010-09-07, 5:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Good study ideas for traveling? Post: Good study ideas for traveling? Another vote for passive listening only. I have a 30-40 minute drive to and from work every day, so I'm in a similar situation. Tried drills (the JSL ones) and shadowing (the green book from White Rab... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 12 | 4,115 | 2010-09-01, 2:30 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Game Shows Post: Japanese Game Shows I'm a fan of VS嵐(I have massive 嵐 bias going, though, so maybe it's only funny cuz I'm familiar with the group). Tokyo Friends Park is fun. モジモジくんHYPER 脳カベ is the human tetris game. There's also a l... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 11 | 5,787 | 2010-08-30, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Reading manga! Post: Reading manga! Um, I assume you mean よつばと！...? If you do a search of the forums, you'll see it's been discussed quite a bit over the last few years. Perhaps the info you're looking for is in there. How you go about... |
auxetoiles | The Japanese language | 24 | 5,463 | 2010-08-11, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: Hiragana Times Post: Hiragana Times I didn't know that, Aijin, and I'm a HT subscriber! Having said that, I just click the download link they email me each month, and never spend any more time on the site... It's basic Japanese, but goo... |
auxetoiles | The Japanese language | 21 | 11,597 | 2010-08-04, 1:13 am | ||
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Thread: The wondrous effects of audio only Post: The wondrous effects of audio only Tzadeck Wrote:Mushi Wrote:In my mind, learning French doesn't even count as learning another language, there's just no comparison. :) French is basically English with different words, and a lot of tho... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 24 | 7,963 | 2010-08-02, 2:42 am | ||
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Thread: Want to get a dog in Japan but... Post: Want to get a dog in Japan but... Hmmm, I'm not going to weigh in directly on the whether you should or shouldn't debate, but if you are getting a dog, you'd almost be better having two for companionship. If you don't have a yard for ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 28 | 6,684 | 2010-07-22, 10:32 pm | ||
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Thread: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows? Post: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows? It's tricky to recommend jdramas 'for guys' - there are different demographics and genres, so it really depends on the individual. Having said that, I watch a ton of the stuff (I'm not an anime fan; d... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 40 | 17,394 | 2010-07-21, 9:22 pm | ||
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Thread: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome) Post: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome) @ta12121 - if your stats are any indication of actual progress (which, as previous posters have said, may or may not be the case), then you're doing exceptionally well. I commend you on your dedicatio... |
auxetoiles | The Japanese language | 175 | 34,983 | 2010-06-18, 11:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. thegeelonghellswan Wrote:I haven't really thought about bullying, but I suppose it happens, it is the military, not ballet after all. Funny you should mention that - I have another rellie in the Austr... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 24 | 8,404 | 2010-06-11, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Military trained linguists. Post: Military trained linguists. thegeelonghellswan Wrote:I believe our secret service does not train linguists, but recruits those with the required skill set. Unless this has changed in the past 5-10 years, you're 100% correct. My ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 24 | 8,404 | 2010-06-10, 11:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Super High Voice Post: Super High Voice Katsuo Wrote:Ajinomoto Stadium has a cure for those squeaky voices. Lucky I read to the end of the thread - I was going to link to the same thing ;) In terms of pitch, I actively raise mine a bit whe... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 38 | 9,440 | 2010-06-06, 4:04 am | ||
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Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan? Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan? efeilliaid Wrote:I was fighting with myself before deciding to post this - karma and all that jazz... and I feel sorry for the person running this business... but at the same time this information mig... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 127 | 24,775 | 2010-05-25, 11:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Awareness and attention-span: A Breathtaking Discovery! Post: Awareness and attention-span: A Breathtaking Disco... I didn't even finish the article, because it was making me breathe irregularly :P All I managed to get from it was that the fact that I hold my breath when I'm concentrating (sometimes to the point wh... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 28 | 6,811 | 2010-05-14, 2:44 am | ||
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Thread: Trouble speaking...in english!! Post: Trouble speaking...in english!! zanzou Wrote:This is...complete nonsense? You're just confusing yourself, maybe. ... So anyway, I think you're overthinking it. Especially messing up your own native language seems strange. Maybe ... |
auxetoiles | The Japanese language | 32 | 5,196 | 2010-05-05, 12:09 am | ||
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Thread: A message to the Admin Post: A message to the Admin Thora Wrote:IceCream Wrote:i like turtles. Thanks to Mister Administrator, this has been my image of Nest0r for months now. (Nest0rspeak in a purring and cooing voice adds another dimension too). :p ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 51 | 7,920 | 2010-05-03, 6:52 am | ||
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Thread: "texting" Post: "texting" Most people I know here (and to clarify, that means 18-35 year olds in Sydney and Melbourne) use the word "message" in place of text, and pretty well always have. We used to say "sms" when it first ca... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 12 | 4,571 | 2010-05-01, 1:59 am | ||
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Thread: Erin's challenge Post: Erin's challenge Ah, I remember this! It was on the Japan Foundation website ages ago, but there were only five lessons and no English (which I still would've needed back then). It's pretty good now, hey? Think I migh... |
auxetoiles | Learning resources | 58 | 26,909 | 2010-05-01, 12:33 am | ||
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Thread: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan Post: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan Well, there you go, no worries then, hey? :) Could've sworn someone (here or another messageboard or on a blog somewhere) said they got detained at immigration when they tried to go WWOOFing on a tou... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 33 | 12,214 | 2010-04-12, 9:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan Post: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan ... uh, yeah. I'm referring to why the Japanese government would look upon it as a job. I'm not suggesting that I would consider it a job. I would expect significant monetary compensation for 'work', ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 33 | 12,214 | 2010-04-12, 9:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan Post: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan I guess you can look at it this way: most jobs pay you cash, which you use to pay rent and buy food. WWOOF just cuts out the middle step. Overly simplistic? Yep. But that's how a lot of volunteering/v... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 33 | 12,214 | 2010-04-12, 8:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan Post: Volunteering & Home Stay in Japan @gyuujuice: WWOOF isn't something you apply for, like JET or something. You just pay the membership fee (5500 yen) and then contact hosts about positions. The only concern you might have is trying to ... |
auxetoiles | Off topic | 33 | 12,214 | 2010-04-12, 7:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Studying Japanese at a University Post: Studying Japanese at a University ta12121 Wrote:Have you noticed when watching japanese news or talk-shows, why they have subtitles almost everywhere. It's because the language itself uses a high-level of different contexts. Uh, I cou... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 74 | 13,282 | 2010-04-10, 10:28 pm | ||
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Thread: WHat do you think about AJATT's commercialization? Post: WHat do you think about AJATT's commercialization? I'm in the "if he wants people to pay, more power to him" camp. As wccrawford said, no-one's forcing you to buy what he's selling. And insofar as I can see, he's not restricting access to the original... |
auxetoiles | General discussion | 142 | 43,289 | 2010-04-07, 6:11 am | ||
