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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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Something that every single person posted so far has missed (well NZ came close) is that all the street signs and directional signs are in both English and Kanji in Japan.
Maybe in major cities, but not in the boonies where my grandma used to live.
They have no "street signs", and street name are all painted on the ground...in Japanese, no English.


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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Originally posted by RETed
Maybe in major cities, but not in the boonies where my grandma used to live.
They have no "street signs", and street name are all painted on the ground...in Japanese, no English.


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yeah that could be.. I have only been in the bigger cities there.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:12 PM
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Originally posted by Icemark
I was told that almost everyone learns English in school, but unless they are very good at it (or are younger women), they generally do not speak it.
younger women eh? wonder why...
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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On a related note, I wonder how they pronounce the name of the Acura RL?
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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Since Acura doesn't exist outside North America, I doubt they even need to pronounce it.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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I know, but in some honda exec room, somone has got to have a reason to talk about it. Well, maybe not, but still. I belive you knew full well what I ment.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 04:55 PM
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Japanese is actually a bastardization of three different languages: Chinese, English, and I’m pretty sure the third one is Klingon. So they have three disparate character sets, used randomly and interchangebly to generate sentences for different scenarios. They also use Subject Object Verb sentence structures – mostly because they hate logic and kill puppies out of spite.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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uh ok


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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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Originally posted by bryantho
Japanese is actually a bastardization of three different languages: Chinese, English, and I’m pretty sure the third one is Klingon. So they have three disparate character sets, used randomly and interchangebly to generate sentences for different scenarios. They also use Subject Object Verb sentence structures – mostly because they hate logic and kill puppies out of spite.
Lol, but at least they're coherent. Wth are you talking about man?

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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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LOL i'll give him that the language is tough to learn and the sentance structure is crazy, but the puppies thing is just strange
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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well think of the english sentence structure. Its pretty complicated. Ive lived here almost all my life and i still find japanese easier for me. ore mo nihongo hanaseru yo! -Alex
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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Ah, I guess I should have used the sarcastic font.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 10:46 AM
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Originally posted by igottafc
Us japanese people call it Engrish.



www.engrish.com

Good for a laugh.
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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Originally posted by RETed
Yes.
"Always greener on the other side."
Japanese thing American culture is "cool".
They look up to American actors/actresses, movies, food, language, etc.
If you can speak, write, read English in Japan, you are cool.
I'm not joking.



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man im moving to japan! ill be sooo cool!
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Old Feb 27, 2004 | 12:03 PM
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www.engrish.com

Good for a laugh.
lol that reminds me of the jurassic park game in the arcade. "Must leave island make dinosaurs quiet!"
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Old Feb 28, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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haha. I have a RX7 manual from japane. On the front it says "Rotaly Powa!" and it also spells the word "handling" -> "Handring". funny stuff
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