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  Topic: japanese application and character
PaulTB

Replies: 5
Views: 11403

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:01 pm   Subject: Re: japanese application and character
My apologies for locking this thread.
As I am not very computer literate, I misunderstood the question.
No worries. I only found out about AppLoc myself quite recently - comes in very handy if you' ...
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:44 pm   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
Before we get all excited here, keep in mind that the poll was conducted in a very non-scientific manner
Hence Well that bit is true enough.
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:34 pm   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
Hard to make any reall assessment of that poll since it was done via the internet...
Well that bit is true enough.
It's pretty obvious that Japanese-Americans are the most sensitive to the term, so ...
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:10 pm   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB,
I'm curious as to where the poll was taken - as in, what country - not, which publication.
Like I said, [url=www.japantoday.com]JAPANTODAY.
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:11 am   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?

Hmm, where was the poll conducted?

JAPANTODAY
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:10 am   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
"Mr. ____'s hidden hobby is writing novels in which he himself is the main character." ;)
Ack! I should have got that one.

"Mr. ____'s hidden hobby is writing Mary Stu fiction."

He darn well sh ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:05 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
can someone please translate this:
����̉B�ꂽ��́A��������l���̏������������Ƃł��I
Mr. ____'s hidden hobby is writing novels about the [hero/heroine/protagonist]!
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:40 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
can someone translate this...."jon san ni nani wo agetara yorokobu deshouka"...im seeing this as "If you give what to jon, will he be happy?"...idk, something about it seems awkward....thanks

What, ...
  Topic: My kanji cards
PaulTB

Replies: 20
Views: 28733

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:38 pm   Subject: My kanji cards

Er ... nope. Must be some other PaulTB.

I expect you found http://www.jref.com/forum but elsewhere I tend to use other screen names.
  Topic: My kanji cards
PaulTB

Replies: 20
Views: 28733

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:15 pm   Subject: My kanji cards
Paul, thanks. Xoops helped me a lot to do this website (search the web to see what is it ;) ).
Actually I was referring to the kanji cards.

What do you want to do exactly with these kanji "you ar ...
  Topic: My kanji cards
PaulTB

Replies: 20
Views: 28733

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 3:34 pm   Subject: My kanji cards
huh?

That's strange cause I think a lot of people have already downloaded it :sweat:

I don't why you get this error? Which client do you use?
Latest version of the original vanilla bittorrent ...
  Topic: My kanji cards
PaulTB

Replies: 20
Views: 28733

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:19 pm   Subject: Re: My kanji cards
I've released a "torrent" for this one, you can find it

"Bittorrent was passed a filename that does not exist."
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:02 pm   Subject: Re: Ok as an abb
it's a bit offensive, but on this forum as an abb for japanese drama, it should be ok.
There's a reason this is (now) jdorama.

As an abbreviation it should have a period at the appropriate place ( ...
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:11 pm   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
Here's an incident, in regards to this topic, that just occured within the last two days... American Football coach Bill Parcells referred to surprise football plays as "jap plays".

6/7/2004
http ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:05 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
q is not used to romanize any japanese sounds.
Mostly right.

q may used to enter Japanese text in an IME. A representative selection is shown below.

qa �N�@ : qwa �N�@ : ka �J : kwa �N�@
qi � ...
  Topic: Japanese Proficiency Test
PaulTB

Replies: 52
Views: 204562

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:45 pm   Subject: Japanese Proficiency Test
i think u can take 2 levels as long as they dont crash, a lot of my frens took 2 levels at a time, 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon...bt it is very taxing :sweat: :rolleyes2:
It may depend w ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 8:51 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
demo, nihon de mitanjyanakute amerika ni kitehajimetemitandesu
"But it wasn't that I'd seen (them/it) in Japan, I saw (them/it) first in Ameica."

kiitehajimete wakaru koto ga yoku arimasu kara ne ...
  Topic: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
PaulTB

Replies: 541
Views: 888614

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:27 pm   Subject: Use of the word 'Jap' - is it offensive?
Sounds like a double standard to me.

Either it's wrong or it's not. When it starts becoming a "they can say that, but those guys? Those folks over there? THOSE folk cannot say that," certain iss ...
  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:12 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
fast question....my dictionary has a million entries for "subtitle." what is the word most commonly used in japan in terms of the subtitles that appear on the bottom of ur tv screen? thanks

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  Topic: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
PaulTB

Replies: 2027
Views: 1711007

PostForum: Learn Japanese   Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:37 pm   Subject: Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.
but sensei, we all know you are fluent and you're watching it for entertainment value, and not for educational purposes. ;)
Hah! I'm no sensei.

But you may just have a point about the 'education ...
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