Learn Japanese: The Nehemiah Method

[Erik Lumberjack]

Hi everyone,

If you study Japanese really hard and then
breath deeply, gather courage and speak,
but the other person smiles back and answers
in perfect English instead -- please try the
Bible-based solution below that I've found in
the Book of Nehemiah, chapter 13, verse 25.

Nehemiah 13:24-25

13:24 And their children spake half in the speech
of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language,
but according to the language of each people.

13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them,
and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair

http://www.genesis.net.au/~bible/kjv/nehemiah/

You studied a long time.

You deserve to speak!

You have rights and things
that you rightly deserve!

You came all the way over
here.

If you don't respect your own
rights and speak you won't
respect the rights of other
people either, because you're
in a non-respecting mode.

So it's bad for everyone, for
the whole world.

Thank you!

Love Erik

^_^)/ te wo furi furi furi furi furi

Disclaimer: This post does not condone smoting.
Hair plucking should only be done by prior written
consent of pluckee.

[Andocrates]

Now that was funny, but a little sad because it's true and a little wrong because it's almost never perfect english. In fact most times your poor japanese is better then their horrible english but good luck convincing them of that.

Speaking of bible stuff, I think the average Japanese view themselves as Levites and thus only the Levitical pristhood may utter the holy language of Japanese.

Not only that, I think that holy indignation if you mispronouce a word or miss a particle blows japanese goats.

[Taro Toporific]

[Evil Gaijin]

All hail the Lumberjack!

[Taro Toporific]

All hail the Lumberjack!

YES! All together now in four part harmony...

Ohhhhh, [b]I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
I go to the lav-a-try]