Comments on: Why Have You Been Killing Babies? /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/ 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: Why Are You Acting Like A Deadbeat Dad Language Learner? | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-1000507537 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:37:05 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-1000507537 […] Baby care doesn’t end at birth. Parenting doesn’t end when the baby can walk. So why, as soon as your linguistic baby can walk, are you thinking of abandoning her? I can hear an objection: “Khatz! Calm down, son! I need new challenges! New vistas! I can’t stagnate! I gotta grow! I’m not abandoning the baby! I’m just making another one!” […]

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By: When Are You Going to Stop Trying to Score Only Three-Pointers, Start Making Friends with Mediocrity and Start Realizing That Excellence Comes From the Rejection of Perfection? | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-1000068188 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:37:26 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-1000068188 […] Why Have You Been Killing Babies? […]

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By: The L Word | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-1000062981 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 05:37:07 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-1000062981 […] The fields of language-learning, Japanese and otherwise, are littered with the dead bodies of babies…. Because, think about it, what the #### good does a compliment do you when you’re already on top? It’d be like complimenting Bill Gates on his business skills — the market is all the reinforcement he needs. The time to be nice to yourself is when you’re at you’re weakest, which is probably right now; you’ll never be this weak again, because you’re always getting stronger, but you’ll only get stronger if you’re nice to yourself. […]

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By: Language Is Peeing: The Approximately Top Ten Reasons Why Language Acquisition = Micturition | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-269336 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:25:35 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-269336 […] Conversely, drinks that taste gross → less drinking → dehydration → acute and chronic health problems (including impaired mental function) → death. Watching and reading boring Japanese will lead you to avoid all Japanese, which will lead to Japanese “dehydration“, which will lead to the death of your Japanese (baby). […]

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By: Boredom Kills | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-102372 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:18:58 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-102372 […] will suffocate and kill your Japanese baby, baby. Each boring thing you don’t kick out is like…like a fine cashmere blanket, and […]

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By: アメド /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-44616 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:25:32 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-44616 Hmm, I always kept thinking I was so sucky(is this even a word? lol) in Japanese. So that intern made me work harder for it. But now since I’m 9.4 months of learning it(not counting 3months of RTK1+3). I feel I’m really far from the beginning, my skills in the language aren’t where I want them to be. But nowadays I have been giving myself a pat on the back, no need to be harsh on yourself. If you just keep putting in the time,immersion, the “equipment” necessary to become good. You will become awesome in the language in no-time. There is absolutely no reason why you cannot get native-abilities in the language. But it does require time to allow the “equipment” to grow.

I’m sure I’m speaking for everyone when I say, don’t put yourself down. Just keep plugging into Japanese and you will be rewarded for your effort(your skills will do the talking people!)

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By: Zach /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43971 Wed, 26 May 2010 18:04:11 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43971 I have a lot of thirst. But at the same time, I almost don’t want to learn too much. Because I’m still in the RTK phase.

Since I’m there, I don’t want to go through sentences yet. And yet, It’s hard not to learn and pick up little phrases! Especially when listening to music, watching anime, and Star Trek. You pick things up. It’s almost like you can’t not pick it up.

Focus… I’m still in the RTK phase and I can only do so much kanji in a day. Okay, enough. Time for more reps.

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By: zaynah /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43849 Tue, 25 May 2010 15:23:56 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43849 great post. i killed me my last baby around a month ago, around the time i found this site!

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By: Neal - Sax Station /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43787 Mon, 24 May 2010 23:56:01 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43787 Hey Khatzumoto,
Awesome site man! Love your approach to learning! Seems like it could be applied to all sorts of things- music, martial arts, almost anything.

Babies are often encouraged so much by their parents with language- anything they say is amazing and if they say something wrong it’s ‘cute’. And people are constantly talking to them and encouraging them. Plus all these people that talk to the baby have mastered that native language already!

-Neal

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By: Stefan /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43784 Mon, 24 May 2010 22:11:29 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43784 well the godam baby wouldnt SHUT THE F—.

Good post but.

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By: Jaybot7 /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43767 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:47:51 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43767 ‘Infanticide = very uncool. Stop killing babies.’ (笑)

You still crack me up Khatz 🙂 Keep doing so.

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By: Dr Talon /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43737 Mon, 24 May 2010 02:05:38 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43737 Don’t kill your Japanese Baby now, make sure you feed it and love it until it turns 18. Just think, after that age you will no longer be paying its bills.

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By: James /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43719 Sun, 23 May 2010 17:02:43 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43719 Wow I just love these analogies. They make you realize in an easy to understand way of….whats going on. I don’t want to kill my baby. D:

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By: will /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43695 Sun, 23 May 2010 09:41:44 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43695 凡是蘋果日報所報到的新聞都很戲劇化,還配了動漫跟神秘的音樂。。。應該是因爲在臺灣,新聞只不過是娛樂的一種。

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By: パウラ /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43685 Sun, 23 May 2010 05:19:23 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43685 Nice post. I think a lot of times I underfeed myself… well, maybe not… I’m almost always listening to Japanese music (and when I’m not, I long for it desperately).

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By: Ramen Fanatic /why-have-you-been-killing-babies/#comment-43682 Sun, 23 May 2010 04:19:21 +0000 /?p=1677#comment-43682 記事はすごいです。大好きです!

This is something I myself have to watch out for all the time, that I’m not punishing myself for being “thirsty” or “hungry”, but to instead quench that thirst/hunger in a controllable way. It has to be a balance. If you eat too much too fast, you’ll choke. If you eat too little too slow, you’ll starve. Balance your “diet”.

Love the post title by the way, “Why have you been killing babies?” ^^;

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