[Logan]

Yep ^-^
But can you both post small translation at end of post somewhere? XD
Unless you both talk in PMs. <3

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[Duchess]

*drowns in kanji*

I swear... I wanna start speaking random spanish/french now >>

[LadyCopperFoxx]

Michigan, USA.
It rather sucks.

[Logan]

oooooo~

Duchess AMOR <3
¿deja para hablar cierto español, para confundir a gente… qué usted piensan? JAJAJA <3

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[Duchess]

It should be known that I UNDERSTAND better than I speak XP Mainly because I think too much and I'm always worried that I'm saying something wrong... So I'd rather not .___.;;;

Esp when typing...... if in verbal conversation, I have no choice but to say it.. but typing.. AHHH my spelling... is soo off. Unless you dont mind tons of "k" instead of "que" etc xDDDD

[Logan]

el aww no se preocupa de esos errores, apenas charla en duquesa española, tonta XDDD

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[Blouses]

Fairborn, Ohio.
It's dull. But the people are amazing.

[Cronislee]

Originally Posted by Poggio

I always found it interesting how people wanted to go to Japan. Most people don't even know about its cultural background they just know about Anime. I pretty much figured it was like New York, over crowded and over rated at some points, but worth it if you're genuinely interested other wise, People in tokyo eat their dinner just the same as us, go to work just like us etc etc.

Dont forget the social higheracrchy. Where as here all you have to do is be born on American soil to be American, in Japan, your father has to be Japanese for you to be Japanese. Your the nationality of your father, and Japanese "Citizens" recieve the perks as such. Tho as a historian I can tell you that the Japanese history is rather interesting in many ways, aswell as their cultural backgrounds etc. Anyone who says there has never been a war in the name of Budhissm has never looked at Japanese history.

Also a fun fact about Japan is that, until rather recently, tattoo's were illegal because tattoos were only worn by Yakuza.

Also, The Great State of Mississippi.

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Ashurato

普通の言い方／書き方は「話す練習」です。
それと私のびっくりした理由はStaffの皆様の中で私以外日本語で話せる人がいると知りませんでした。（ 笑）

さらにCodaさんがもう十年間日本語の勉強をしていますか？素晴らしい！Codaさんの大学の日本語の授 業が難しかったですか？Codaさんにして。

私はここの日本語の教え方がわからなくて、アメリカ人の日本語の印象にすごく興味があります

ちょっと違う意味でしょう？「練習は友達と話すのです」ような意味と言いたかった。

まあ、ね、十年間じゃなくて、授業の終わりから僕もあまり練習しなかった。時々何かを読んだり、日本語の学 生と話したりしたけど、二年前ぐらいだけにもう一度自分で勉強してた。

難しくないと思うよ。英語よりやさしいよ！日本語はとても論理的と思う。

For you, Logan:

That's a little different meaning, isn't it? I wanted to say something like "My practice is talking to my friends."

Nah, it's not really ten years; after my classes ended I didn't practice much either. Sometimes I would read something or talk to Japanese students, but I only started studying again about two years ago.

I don't think it's difficult. It's easier than English! I think Japanese is very logical.

[Yuki]

Originally Posted by Cronislee

Also a fun fact about Japan is that, until rather recently, tattoo's were illegal because tattoos were only worn by Yakuza.

Also, The Great State of Mississippi.

Yes, and you still hear people with that opinion. It's considered kinda rebellious. lol Even piercings can be considered rare. I think it's mostly just those visual kei dudes and such that has a lot. So if you haven't been to Japan you could be confused...

And yeah lots of people are wondering is Japanese is hard to learn. Yes and no. It may take a while. I hear a lot of people finishing their studies on about 6 years. Well it could take less or it could take more. Depends on how much to like to study and has easy with languages an such...I do think I have kind of easy for languages becuase I naturally remember the meaning of the words after hearing them a few times in movies and stuff. Considering I haven't taken a lot of classes ( just one month in Japan actually ) I think I'm going okay. I don't need 100% subtitles for everything like I used to. I wanna take more but right now I don't have the time or the health.

At the time I have to be satisfied with what I can lean online. But I think it's fun and my goal is to try writing something in the future. I mean like a manga or something. Does it sound crazy? I know I'm still a noob but I don't think it's impossible. I feel so comfortable in the story telling and have been thinking about it for YEARS. And I'm still young so...and I have always of course loved to draw whatever. I think I tried to draw "manga" already when I was 4. Count backwards from 19 and you'll get the idea. It's not something I just found like "hey this seems new interesting". I lol'd every time people talked about these "new" Japanese comics. As I had been all over them way before nobody even knew what they were called here. No well I didn't know what they were called eitehr but I knew where they were from. At least...heh...

Omg I can talk forever about this. Anyway, Sweden is great too. Kinda. Except that were so boring sometimes and don't wanna learn something new. Yet half of the people here pretends like it's America junior. We're not a freaking multi culture country. Forget it. If you mama's from Iraq and Daddy's from Maroco you're not freaking Swedish. You're a Swedish citizen but you're not Swedish. makes sense? How about if I move to China do I become Chinese? Not really huh? lol

Not just that, 80% of all shit on TV is American. It's not even funny anymore. What about other countries like Korea, Japan and maybe India? For an example....Demand I guess but Japan and Korea should have no problem imo. Their TV dramas should be watch able for most people. But no...lets just bring all popular America shows so teens will be happy. And then bring all the talk shows that has nothing to do with anything happening here. Tyra banks, Ellen...whatever they all talk poop. And they go "in America right now, American here, America there"...wow...okay...that was a little interesting but what's next? America again? Okay...woah woah woah! No, I don't hate America, but lets have some variety okay?

*tries not to write more*

[Ashurato]

あ、そういう意味ですか！わかりました！Codaさん偉いですね。
でも最初Codaさんは何のために日本語の勉強をし始めたんですか？いつか日本の会社で働きたいみたいな希 望とか日本の何かにすごく興味がある理由とか？

英語が複雑すぎると思います。日本語の感じの書き方が難しいですが、英語が面倒くさい。

@Yuki - Wall of text! *stares at in wonderment*

[Panda]

Peoples and their Japanese. D:

[Ashurato]

I can just imagine the look of utter confusion on people's faces when they first get on this thread. XD

[johnny]

You guys should totally go make a Japanese-Speaker hangout.

I would hang out there and try to get you to teach me stuff.

I've been trying to teach myself Japanese (because I don't have any Japanese tutoring/classes available in my area) for the last three years. :[

[Yuki]

Yeah...I'm hopeless. I think I could win a price for being Japan obsessed. But if I do I hope it's a good thing. I'm still sometimes looked weird at for "knowing" so much, apparently. (?) Cause like I said most people here still only knows about here and America. They are like "uuhh Japan?...wut?...do they speak Chinese there?"...like...NO...they DON'T...except if a Chinese guy goes there, duh? lol I swear I could bring up tons of subject about Japan and talk ALL DAY. Without making people bored, it's amazing. At least if they haven't heard it before, which they usually haven't. Before I talked to many people hey thought Japan was still like in the Edo period. Like people running around in oriental clothes and rice hats. ( which some people on the country might do but yeah yeah you get what I'm talking about. ) It's sad and it's not even animes fault cause I'm talking about adults here. gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I'm talking again. *hits the ground with shame* Make me shut up...

[Ashurato]

Silly Yuki, it's nice to hear that people are interested in Japan. ^^ There's still quite a few people in the rural areas who dress up in traditional clothing (and those who run more traditional Japanese businesses like dance schools, flower-arrangement schools, and tea shops).

There's also places in Japan where you can dress up from earlier periods. The last time I went on vacation to Kyoto, I actually went to Eigamura where you get to dress up in period costumes and walk around an area built like the Edo period.

@ johnny - Hmm... that's an idea! I'll think about setting one up for both people who can speak and those who are interested in learning.