So that's what Gaijin think of Japan.

[tidbits]

http://www.nsli.com/.../japan/index3.htm#sun20

Quotes:
...........Oddest of all is that "occupied" is rendered as "convenient usage middle" 便用中. The Japanese do not express thoughts the way we do. We learn words, plus rules for combining parts of speech into sentences; they learn combinations of words that express specific abstract concepts. This medium offers nothing approaching the expressive range of English. How could such a technological giant muster itself on this preposterous basis?...............


'Occupied' is 使用中　not 便用中, if he keep want to translate one kanji by one kanji, and further more in wrong kanji , then it will definately sound odd. And by the way, non smoking is 禁煙　not 煙禁....

ok about that word 子, it means child whether slanting or not. Anyway I notice that Bruce hasn't corrected some mistakes, like from the above passage, even though it was pointed out 3 years ago. I am wondering if that PM is from Bruce..

[jingai]

ginko (bank) on the site is two characters, not 3 as it is written.
銀行　not　金艮行

The Japanese do not express thoughts the way we do. We learn words, plus rules for combining parts of speech into sentences; they learn combinations of words that express specific abstract concepts. This medium offers nothing approaching the expressive range of English. How could such a technological giant muster itself on this preposterous basis?

Ha!!!! Bruce, if you're around, this is utterly indefensible. I challenge you to find anything from an academic linguist to corroborate this.

1. Japanese has characters (and particles) which only serve a grammatical purpose
2. "They" also learn words (unlike you, Japanese don't read words one kanji or radical at a time), plus rules for combining parts of speech into sentences.
3. "This medium offers nothing approaching the expressive range of English. "- prove it. Give me a sentence in English that cannot be expressed in Japanese. Some concepts may be expressed more elegantly in one language than another, so no demerits for style.　　Did you know there are novels, and even poetry in Japanese?
http://www.nsli.com/.../japan/index3.htm#sun20

[Korrito]

Anyone here from Sierra Leone? Apparently he doesn't like them very much......

I'm from Téa Leoni, which is a small but cute island in the leftern Pacific.

[dr_astin]

[omae mona]

They're definately Jewish:

You're "definately" [sic] illiterate. By the way, who the fuck are you?

I hate waking up to shit like this. No more turning on the computer first thing in the morning.

[ttjereth]

Jumping jiminy christmas!



Somebody really went after this family with the ugly stick

[Iraira]

Jumping jiminy christmas!



Somebody really went after this family with the ugly stick

Dad looks like a normal oyaji, but mom's got the Lon Chaney thing working overtime.

[ttjereth]

Dad looks like a normal oyaji, but mom's got the Lon Chaney thing working overtime.

Perfect!







I still kinda think the old man looks more like somebody wearing old man make up rather than a real old man though...

http://www.alyssaravenwood.com/photo-albums/makeup/age-prosthetic.htm

and the kid is kind of a weird androgynous homely too..

[maninjapan]

guess after dodging bullets and mortars in Israel from the Palestinians, perhaps Japan was too sedate for them?

and shojo = beautiful girl?!

can I stop laughing now?

[yanpa]

guess after dodging bullets and mortars in Israel from the Palestinians, perhaps Japan was too sedate for them?

and shojo = beautiful girl?!

can I stop laughing now?

Maybe he misheard and they were actually saying "shôbu".

(PS thanks to whoever caused this thread to pop up from obscurity, very amusing!).