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JPrufrock
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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:47 am Post subject: Quoting |
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I really enjoy the use of quotations on Dave's. Can we dedicate this thread to their use?
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canuck
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Interesting....
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
Do English teachers usually use two periods in the same sentence? 
| JPrufrock wrote: |
| Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. |
JPrufrock, please spell unnecessary for us.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
What are some of the other countries you like to visit on vacation (from your job in Japan)?
What are the costs of roundtrip airfare and hotel to those countries? |
To answer your question, many people often go to South Korea, China, Thailand and Cambodia. They are all popular destinations because the airfares are reasonable and the cost of traveling is lower than actually traveling within Japan. The costs of round trip flights vary according to the time of year, period of stay and country you are traveling to. Hotel prices also vary significantly.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
I know this has been covered in posts on various other threads, but I thought I would create an updated OP addressing the question directly.
In your opinion, what are some of the more glaring differences between people in Osaka and Tokyo?
As the poll bluntly asks, what are advantages, disadvantages, and preferences regarding the two cities? |
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=47839&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on Jan. 30, 2007.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=49007&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on March 5, 2007
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
In regards to suits, dress shirts and ties, what colors are acceptable? IS tan or light charcoal okay for a suit, or do eikawas prefer darker conservative colors?
Silly specificity, but I want to bring suits over with me, rather than buy them there. Though I was surprised to hear the fairly inexpesive prices Canuck mentioned. |
Blue and white are probably the most common and safest colours. Are colours are acceptable. Tan is not common for a suit. A light charcoal is not uncommon for a suit. Black, dark blue and grey are the most common colours. Tailor made suits can be purchased from 15,000 yen and up, with an average around 20,000 to 25,000 yen for something nice. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Well, since you're making the request, I'm sure everyone here will give it the old college try. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| southofreality wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Well, since you're making the request, I'm sure everyone here will give it the old college try. |
Oh, crap! I realized I did just what I wasn't supposed to do in the previous post.
Sorry, I'm afraid it's hopeless. 
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| southofreality wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Well, since you're making the request, I'm sure everyone here will give it the old college try. |
I disagree. Quoting often serves a purpose, often when the original statements are very silly,riddled with spelling mistakes or contain bad syntax. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| southofreality wrote: |
| southofreality wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Well, since you're making the request, I'm sure everyone here will give it the old college try. |
Oh, crap! I realized I did just what I wasn't supposed to do in the previous post.
Sorry, I'm afraid it's hopeless. |
I edited the above post. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| southofreality wrote: |
| southofreality wrote: |
| southofreality wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Well, since you're making the request, I'm sure everyone here will give it the old college try. |
Oh, crap! I realized I did just what I wasn't supposed to do in the previous post.
Sorry, I'm afraid it's hopeless. |
I edited the above post. |
Crap! I quoted everything again. |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 1660
Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Calm down, sonny. The length of a quote has no bearing on the number of pages a thread runs to. Each page carries 15 posts irrespective of length. Perhaps you should use a little discrection with your condescension. |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Tactician of the English language? Explain, English teacher! |
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callmesim
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Such childish responses from canuck and southofreality but I haven't had a good laugh like that on here in a long time.
Thank you  |
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canuck
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
| The length of a quote has no bearing on the number of pages a thread runs to. Each page carries 15 posts irrespective of length. |
That's an interesting fact. I didn't know that.
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| Such childish responses from canuck and southofreality but I haven't had a good laugh like that on here in a long time. |
Actually, I thought my responses were rather poignant and informative to the original poster with the condescending attitude. |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| canuck wrote: |
| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
| The length of a quote has no bearing on the number of pages a thread runs to. Each page carries 15 posts irrespective of length. |
That's an interesting fact. I didn't know that.
| callmesim wrote: |
| Such childish responses from canuck and southofreality but I haven't had a good laugh like that on here in a long time. |
Actually, I thought my responses were rather poignant and informative to the original poster with the condescending attitude. |
You people! |
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Precise
Joined: 23 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| canuck wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Interesting....
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
Do English teachers usually use two periods in the same sentence?
| JPrufrock wrote: |
| Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. |
JPrufrock, please spell unnecessary for us.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
What are some of the other countries you like to visit on vacation (from your job in Japan)?
What are the costs of roundtrip airfare and hotel to those countries? |
To answer your question, many people often go to South Korea, China, Thailand and Cambodia. They are all popular destinations because the airfares are reasonable and the cost of traveling is lower than actually traveling within Japan. The costs of round trip flights vary according to the time of year, period of stay and country you are traveling to. Hotel prices also vary significantly.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
I know this has been covered in posts on various other threads, but I thought I would create an updated OP addressing the question directly.
In your opinion, what are some of the more glaring differences between people in Osaka and Tokyo?
As the poll bluntly asks, what are advantages, disadvantages, and preferences regarding the two cities? |
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=47839&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on Jan. 30, 2007.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=49007&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on March 5, 2007
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
In regards to suits, dress shirts and ties, what colors are acceptable? IS tan or light charcoal okay for a suit, or do eikawas prefer darker conservative colors?
Silly specificity, but I want to bring suits over with me, rather than buy them there. Though I was surprised to hear the fairly inexpesive prices Canuck mentioned. |
Blue and white are probably the most common and safest colours. Are colours are acceptable. Tan is not common for a suit. A light charcoal is not uncommon for a suit. Black, dark blue and grey are the most common colours. Tailor made suits can be purchased from 15,000 yen and up, with an average around 20,000 to 25,000 yen for something nice. |
Happy monday! |
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User N. Ame
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| Precise wrote: |
| canuck wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Interesting....
| Quote: |
| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
Do English teachers usually use two periods in the same sentence?
| JPrufrock wrote: |
| Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. |
JPrufrock, please spell unnecessary for us.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
What are some of the other countries you like to visit on vacation (from your job in Japan)?
What are the costs of roundtrip airfare and hotel to those countries? |
To answer your question, many people often go to South Korea, China, Thailand and Cambodia. They are all popular destinations because the airfares are reasonable and the cost of traveling is lower than actually traveling within Japan. The costs of round trip flights vary according to the time of year, period of stay and country you are traveling to. Hotel prices also vary significantly.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
I know this has been covered in posts on various other threads, but I thought I would create an updated OP addressing the question directly.
In your opinion, what are some of the more glaring differences between people in Osaka and Tokyo?
As the poll bluntly asks, what are advantages, disadvantages, and preferences regarding the two cities? |
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=47839&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on Jan. 30, 2007.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=49007&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on March 5, 2007
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
In regards to suits, dress shirts and ties, what colors are acceptable? IS tan or light charcoal okay for a suit, or do eikawas prefer darker conservative colors?
Silly specificity, but I want to bring suits over with me, rather than buy them there. Though I was surprised to hear the fairly inexpesive prices Canuck mentioned. |
Blue and white are probably the most common and safest colours. Are colours are acceptable. Tan is not common for a suit. A light charcoal is not uncommon for a suit. Black, dark blue and grey are the most common colours. Tailor made suits can be purchased from 15,000 yen and up, with an average around 20,000 to 25,000 yen for something nice. |
Happy monday! |
Is there a DVD version of this? I got as far as, "Do you people really need...."  |
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markle
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: Quoting |
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| User N. Ame wrote: |
| Precise wrote: |
| canuck wrote: |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
Do you people really need to quote someone else's entire post in order to reference it? Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. Okie dokie?
Quote a sentence or two. Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts).
Now as Bush, one of the greatest tacticians of the English language has said, "Bring 'em on." |
Interesting....
| Quote: |
| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
Do English teachers usually use two periods in the same sentence?
| JPrufrock wrote: |
| Let's discontinue the lazy quoting that drives threads into unnecesary multiple pages. |
JPrufrock, please spell unnecessary for us.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
What are some of the other countries you like to visit on vacation (from your job in Japan)?
What are the costs of roundtrip airfare and hotel to those countries? |
To answer your question, many people often go to South Korea, China, Thailand and Cambodia. They are all popular destinations because the airfares are reasonable and the cost of traveling is lower than actually traveling within Japan. The costs of round trip flights vary according to the time of year, period of stay and country you are traveling to. Hotel prices also vary significantly.
| JPrufrock wrote: |
I know this has been covered in posts on various other threads, but I thought I would create an updated OP addressing the question directly.
In your opinion, what are some of the more glaring differences between people in Osaka and Tokyo?
As the poll bluntly asks, what are advantages, disadvantages, and preferences regarding the two cities? |
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=47839&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on Jan. 30, 2007.
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=49007&highlight=tokyo++osaka
This question was asked on March 5, 2007
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| Use some editorial discretion. You are an English teacher after all. (a fact that I often find shocking reading these posts). |
| JPrufrock wrote: |
In regards to suits, dress shirts and ties, what colors are acceptable? IS tan or light charcoal okay for a suit, or do eikawas prefer darker conservative colors?
Silly specificity, but I want to bring suits over with me, rather than buy them there. Though I was surprised to hear the fairly inexpesive prices Canuck mentioned. |
Blue and white are probably the most common and safest colours. Are colours are acceptable. Tan is not common for a suit. A light charcoal is not uncommon for a suit. Black, dark blue and grey are the most common colours. Tailor made suits can be purchased from 15,000 yen and up, with an average around 20,000 to 25,000 yen for something nice. |
Happy monday! |
Is there a DVD version of this? I got as far as, "Do you people really need...." |
oops!! |
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