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!).

[omae mona]

Pardon me for reviving an 18 year old thread. But this is funny (to me). Something reminded me of this guy today. And somehow I remembered his name. So I googled him. He seems to have gotten in a bit of trouble with the law (I’m pretty sure this is the same guy, for a few reasons):

https://coconutcreeknews.net/helpful-ne ... 60-169.htm

September 14, 2018
Thanks to some caring Publix employees, police were able to build a case against a man who allegedly used a blind man’s debit card to make charges and get cash back for himself.
..

On September 11, Bruce Wilner, 55 was arrested on four felony charges:
Grand Theft>$300<$5000,
Illegal use credit card-more 2x in 6 months goods $100+
Fraud-attempt use ID of another person without consent
Abuse elderly or disabled adult without great harm

Here’s the original brilliant travel journal entry: http://cgibin.erols.com/bdwilner/.../japan/

[matsuki]

Florida is definitely not sending their best...who posts pictures of their rail pass with full info and passport number on the net? I'm sure he thought his ID was stolen by l33t hackorz but he handed it to the world. I definitely want to visit this Dijunii Ranzo he speaks of, is it new?

Seriously though, stealing from a blind senior, the morals on this guy need to be quarantined. Maybe some ivermectin? I heard it works on parasites.

Remind me to never get on the wrong side of Omae Mona, who knows what 2040 holds for me.

[traycerb]

that a fairly epic and sad follow-up. i mean he seems like an ass, but i feel bad for his (still?) wife...

[Buraku]

Different to the usual Debito stuff

https://infogalactic.com/info/Debito_Arudou
?
https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Arudou_Debito

If you’ve ever had to endure a Tokyo commute at rush hour, you may not get the sense that the Japanese are very happy.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/podcast/hey-japan-happy/
However, Japan Times senior staff writer Alex K.T. Martin has been keeping track of the mood of the nation, and he thinks the country could be a lot happier than we are usually led to believe.

[Coligny]

Hey look !

We found the last guy caring aboot Debilto…

[Buraku]

twitter or 'X' gossip

the old Emperor Island culture, confucianism assimilation conformist group sees a foreign 'activist' got her education for free

Anti-Japan woman saying Wakanda is Kangz activist studying at Doshisha University in Japan with full scholarship covering feminism Naomi Osaka raps education,
she got her free tuition but turns out to be one of the BLM organizers in Kansai district

https://x.com/tanomuzeA/status/1857405673908146298

they Hive mind of Wa reacts, 'time to debate whether they should be allowed to stay.'... 'Organization is anti-Japanese'? ...BLM is a foreign scam that divides and exploits racial identity politics...anti-Japanese groups are Communists Imperial Alien Socialists... 'University values and people values ​​don't match those of Japanese people, so please leave Japan'...lots of similar online comments of frustration