November 26, 2006

I guess I'm getting there...

I've started to dream in Japanese. I can't remember enough to know if it was correct Japanese, but still.
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In Japan, you will meet a lot of foreigners that are linguistically snobby, who will shoot you down for not saying something in perfect Japanese. The snobbiest remark I ever got from one of these kids was, "don't even try," while I was trying to ask a woman to order us a cab and searching for the words to use. I let that one slide at the time cause the guy was drunk, but that type of stuff ain't cool.
But there are plenty of people that know tons of stuff about the language and never show off. Those are the type of people I hope to emulate.

13 comments:

  1. THANK YOU! You are so right about people here...some want you to have perfect or nothing, isnt it enough that i am tryin (AND slowly getting it?)! LOL, anyway, if you are coming up to Kyoto tell me when you are thinking, Im not going to have a home (i dont think, unless i convince someone to let me live with them) since our school is closed, but I could meet up with you in Kyoto somewhere (only if you wanted of course)...I love kyoto...its pretty.
    whats your email? i can send you my keitai infomation, if you want it...mata!
    i must attend to hw...ack jikan!
    -beth (elizabeth)

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  2. im confused, am i suppose to answer here or on mine? i think on yours so here goes...>_<, i am going finish the book of mormon in english, then try japanese (thats my goal at least)...I live in Kobe in a matchi call Nishinomiya. when i get kicked out i have to ummm find a place to live, either with a host family or a hotel? to be honest im not sure whats going to happen...meh, not there yet. so yeah...tokyo...-_^, whoops. Meh,
    anyways i will try emailing you we'll see how that goes..mata

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  3. actualy yours would have worked but I broke the rules too...

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  4. ahhh ok, so if i comment here, i stay here, if you comment on mine i stay on mine...interesting, what other nifty rules have i broken recently?

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  5. overuse of the word "lol" ha ha jk lollerskates!

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  6. ACK! rules...hmmm, gomen ne...i tend to forget about rules im not supposed to forget...so...yeah. i think i over use "..." these too...yeah now that i think about it more and see this, hmmm...so where was that email address link again?

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  7. under that dashing picture of me to the right of the blog posts (you need javascript enabled)
    and isn't it time for bed?

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  8. Ahh, yeah its getting there, but i have to read some stuff for class tomorrow that i forgot,>_<, so little time in a day.
    shouldnt you be in bed?

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  9. yes. *tries to sign off* oh wait this isn't a chat program...

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  10. oyasumi - sorry it turned into on...

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  11. 'sall about communicating right? All good.

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  12. ahhh sweet sweet english communication...

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