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kerryn
Joined: 30 May 2005 Posts: 34 Location: africa
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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38)japan has the the maddest,craziest,wildest trance parties!!!! EVER!
Yamerarenai!!!
3 Its a common classroom habit amongst small boys to try stick their fingers up eachothers bums! And laugh hysterically after..
37) When you in it(tokyo) it all seems to big.. when youve left it... nothing compares to it! And you compare everything with it! ahhhhhhh...(missin IT) |
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GIR
Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 64
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Zzonkmiles wrote: |
57. Summers are very, very hot. Winters are very, very cold.
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Winter, cold? You must live in Hokkaido...or come from California. Winter in Kansai is ridiculously mild. It hardly ever even drops below freezing.
36) The tiniest obasan is still capable of taking up an entire sidewalk.
35) The train is a great place to catch up on sleep.
34) Fast food is really, really fast.
33) At some point in their education, all Japanese are taught to ask the following questions to foreigners:
a) Where are you from?
b) When did you come to Japan?
c) Why did you come to Japan?
"How old are you?" and "Do you have a Japanese girlfriend?" are optional. |
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:18 am Post subject: |
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32 When are you going back to your home country?
(I often get this one, as some of my students can't imagine more than a week away from their own)
31 Is your wife from England or the US?
(after being told she speaks English, sorry Kiwis, Aussies and S. Africans)
Of course the answer is none of the above, she's a through and through Edoite. |
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sumyunguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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30: Benches are not in high supply. But you can always buy a drink.
29: Female custodians don't mind cleaning the men's room (while you're in it).
28: You should pass other (oncoming) pedestrians on the left, same side as driving. It's funny how we take after our cars even on foot.
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sumyunguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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I agree, a thread like this isn't about bashing Japan, just making observations. Anyway, Japan is a strong/unique/fascinating enough culture it's not like poking some fun is going to kill it. |
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sumyunguy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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27) Customer service has in no way been overrated.
26) Dropping articles and limiting tense change is not only the easiest way to communicate, it starts to seem like a generally good idea after a while.
25) I've never seen Japanese sitting at one table listening in on Japanese at another. Never. They mind their business. |
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cvmurrieta
Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Sendai, Japan
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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24. Japanese are also taught to ask the following questions:
a.) Can you use chopsticks?
b.) Can you eat Japanese food? |
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JabberJabber
Joined: 16 Feb 2009 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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23. For any job outside of teaching English, you must know how to speak Japanese. |
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Vince
Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 559 Location: U.S.
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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22. Living space is underappreciated back home.
21. A small living space is much more tolerable with intelligently designed amenities. |
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anne_o
Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 172 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:43 am Post subject: |
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20. japanese men are sexy....oh lesson.....japanese men are not what western men say about them! |
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Conor_Ire
Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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19. The Japanese have always been more in tune with quality and always will be. They know what it is and it shows in most of what they do , even the vending machines! In heathrow airport I saw a woman kicking a vending machine in frustration before i left for Tokyo. HAHA |
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David W
Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 457 Location: Japan
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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sumyunguy wrote: |
25) I've never seen Japanese sitting at one table listening in on Japanese at another. Never. They mind their business. |
This is so wrong I literally stifled a guffaw. You've obviously never lived in a rural area here. |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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I thought that was an odd one too. Japanese obasans- an inspiration to nosy busybodies the world over |
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cvmurrieta
Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 209 Location: Sendai, Japan
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:37 am Post subject: |
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18. Japanese co-workers who have never spoken a word of English to you can launch into nearly flawless English and tell you they improved their English speaking by living a year in Oz (I had known this co-worker in question for 8 months).
I am glad I never said out loud in the office that I wanted to grab her tush |
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icehockey23
Joined: 28 Feb 2009 Posts: 72
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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17) Japan is filled with some of the strangest non-Japanese "native English speakers" that you are ever likely to meet anywhere. I mean peple from but not limited to Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the U.K. and the USA. What is also interesting is that many of them will spend a significant portion of their life there and actually profess to hating the place. |
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