There's Nothing Funnier Than a Good Language Barrier

Oct 18, 2006 08:38

Since coming to Japan the language barrier has been my adversary. In the past six weeks I have managed to butcher the Japanese language in more ways than even a Japanese person could come up with. There are just so many syllables it's easy to slip up. For example, "thank you" is "do-u-i-ta-shi-ma-shi-te." What a mouthful! And conjugation only ( Read more... )

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zelita42 October 18 2006, 16:39:56 UTC
hehehe, I'm glad to hear you are conversing with your host family more flealy now. What do your host parents do for a living? are you seeing much of the japanese friends you made recently? have you tried cooking anything there? they rarely use cheese right?

Dont forget that registering for next semester's classes starts nov 6th! I lost track of time and wound up in all early morning sections ^.-*

I love reading about your adventures, you are so much cooler than me it hurts!

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usfsteve October 18 2006, 23:48:04 UTC
Who put thier testicles on you?

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don_cristobal October 19 2006, 03:41:17 UTC
Ah, that is a such a good movie... Ni doru!

Don't worry Justice, we are all praying for your shit.

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