Comments on: English: The Best Way To Get Second-hand, Third-Rate Distortions of Japanese Reality /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Rick /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-92064 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:05:30 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-92064 Don Quijote is a better example to Yodabashi. at least yodabashi has high roofs.

]]> By: Lina /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-84703 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:21:33 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-84703 Well, most of the people now perceived to be Japanese *did* come from Korea….

]]> By: N/A /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-84473 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:57:50 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-84473 Couldn’t have better said it myself.

Ironically, I learned English (2nd Lingo) , the AJATT way (AEATT way actually) before knowing about AJATT, and now I’m learning AJATT to learn Japanese…
Life is wierd.

]]> By: salem /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-84411 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:44:40 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-84411 The real irony of foreign language taxonomy I’ve found is that they want it both ways: languages like Chinese and Arabic are so alien you’d have a better chance of understanding a species from Zeta Reticuli II, but so similar to English that you can grok them just by reading lists of English -> Chinese words and translations. It makes so little sense that you have to wonder why no one said “Hey, wait…” sooner.

]]> By: Andrew /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-83481 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:23:17 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-83481 Absolutely, I’ve been saying for a long time now that you cannot possibly understand a people and their culture, no matter how long you live in the country (looking at you, English-speaking expats who have been in Thailand or wherever for 20 years and still don’t speak the local language fluently), if you don’t speak the local language.

Also, on another note, have you read Tokyo Vice? Although it seems that most people are xenophilic or neutral on foreigners, there definitely does seem to be some xenophobia within the culture, especially if you actually want to live there and integrate yourself into the society as opposed to just visit.

Cheers,
Andrew

]]> By: brityan /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-83051 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:22:38 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-83051 I studied quite a bit about Japanese culture and society as part of my university major, and after becoming fluent in the language and living among the people, I realize what a load of BS all those English-language textbooks about Japan are. There are definitely two entirely different Japans that exist: the one translated for us English-speakers, and the one I’m living in now. (Not to say that the Japanese don’t have equally off-base misconceptions about Americans, though!)

]]> By: Rochella /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-80277 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:21:56 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-80277 When I watch the news in Japanese, especially about worldwide things -like the whaling-, I get a different picture of what’s going on. In anime/manga they don’t draw a lot of clutter (obviously because that takes money!) but if you watch enough movies and dramas, you’ll notice that that lack of clutter is more rare lol. Take モテキ, the lead guy’s apartment is completely stuffed head to toe, wall to wall.

Also another big thing I’ve noticed is when I talk to my Japanese friends. They’re not the stereotypes that bloggers painted, also they tell me that I’m not what they imagined I would be as an American. (apparently out in the world we’re all a bunch of fat selfish pride-filled haters!)

]]> By: Jason /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-79085 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:37:26 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-79085 English blogs or English youtubers talking about the Japanese language seriously bugs me.

I hate it when they say how Japanese is so “honorific” and only males can say this and females can say that…

seriously wtf…

]]> By: 星空 /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78996 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:50:24 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78996 全く、勝元先輩。。。　本当に可哀想なんです。主眼が死んじゃった、殺されたの！
　　（殺人犯さん）←ふりがな〕　　　　　　

誰にも信じられない事が欲しくなければ、これを　＊翻訳＊　しなさいよ！

]]> By: Jarome /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78785 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:31:01 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78785 And besides, dogs are D-licious.

]]> By: Lokideviluk /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78595 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:44:32 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78595 I’ve seen your stuff before and admit I’ve watched the in English.

An idea I had which I can’t do anything with right now but that may be interesting to you is this.

Create a show/video thats entirelly in Japanese, keep it to 10minutes or less.
Then take all the audio and then break that up into SRS’able sentence packs, so that you end up with maybe 200 sentences, and then you send that out to your email list, tweet the download link etc. The subscribers/fans then download that, input it into their SRS and bang away at that for a week so that at the end of that week you upload the video, entirelly in Japanese and that person having studied your sentences would be able to understand a full Japanese Vlog. Maybe hardcode timed Japanese subtitles into the Video as well, but no Furigana.

Then on the release of that video, it will come with links to the next set of audio/text SRS files for the next video, and so on.

Just an idea 🙂

]]> By: ジャスデヴ /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78576 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:57:29 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78576 Right on the money. As an economics grad I often read and write a lot of information about the state of the Japanese economy, but I constantly have niggling doubts because everything I read is English-language. If I were to read the Japanese news I’m sure I’d get a WHOLE different perspective.

]]> By: Japanese Level Up /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78564 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:23:52 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78564 I post videos on YouTube about Japan in both English and Japanese. And unfortunately, I find that the English videos become way more popular than the Japanese. So just because it is in English, doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t authentic.

]]> By: Herman Sheremetyev /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78556 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:11:56 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78556 For anyone that loves MST3K:

www.rifftrax.com/

Those guys are still around and doing awesome commentaries of current movies.

]]> By: 魔法少女☆かなたん /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78552 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:00:54 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78552 I hate reading most English-language fora and blogs about Japanese language and culture (except this one, of course!) because it’s all stuff like ZOMG HIVE MIND IN-GROUP!!! At some point, I think I realised there’s an issue with poor social skills and language ability that creates incorrect perceptions, which is pretty much like going into a disco without bringin’ the funk.

]]> By: Carl /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78444 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:19:09 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78444 I just wanted to say that MST3k fucking owns

]]> By: あんど /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78409 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:01:43 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78409 >she frequently mixes Japan in with China
I don’t know how many times, in response to “I’d like to live in Japan”, people have said “WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT THEY EAT DOGS OVER THERE”.

]]> By: harmony /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78390 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:29:38 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78390 Well, if gaijin forums are verbal sewers, then I cringe to think what youtube comments are… I mean just reading through the comments on some of those videos, ugh. I don’t recommend it. But yeah, all this “don’t bother learning Japanese because they are racist, etc” stuff gets to me sometimes. I just ignore it.

]]> By: ざっちー /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78383 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:50:03 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78383 I was gonna say I didn’t believe a word you wrote.
But, my joke got beat out. : [
I’m glad I at least got beat in Japanese. ha.

]]> By: Serena /english-the-best-way-to-get-second-hand-third-rate-distortions-of-japanese-reality/#comment-78361 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:54:20 +0000 /?p=3706#comment-78361 I need to direct my family to this article…particularly my grandmother. She has so many misconceptions about Japan and she frequently mixes Japan in with China. There is no difference between the two in her eyes.

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