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Archive for February, 2007

No Speak English

February 21, 2007
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When you first set out to learn a language, it’s an act, a game. A game whereby you acquire a habit of writing symbols and making sounds in a certain way, a way that is called . Unfortunately the word, “game”, carries with it a negative connotation, one implying a lack of seriousness or significance. Games...

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Great Starter Dictionary

February 21, 2007
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Looking to start going to Japanese-Japanese only, but having trouble with the dictionary entries. Well, it turns out that the Sanseido Dictionary is really good because it’s a “concise” dictionary. The entries are short and to the point, rather than long and encyclopedic. Which makes it great for a learner. Japanese text can be intimidating when you’re just getting...

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Language is Like a Video Game

February 21, 2007
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Specifically, fighting games. You know, Mortal Kombat, Tekken(鉄拳), Soul Calibur — the good ones. Anyone who’s played these before has seen (or experienced first-hand) complete beginners defeat advanced players. Just yesterday a make-up-wearing non-video-gaming girrrrrl ripped me to shreds in Tekken 5 on a friend’s PlayStation 3. I told her it was because the “X” and “O” buttons are...

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Not Yet?

February 7, 2007
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Not Yet?

This is the story of a fictional boy, his fictional laptop and the fictional operating system “Mado QG”, a piece of software (in the most liberal sense of that word) that takes its sweet time starting up. It’s all a thinly veiled jab at Microsoft Windows, with the added benefit of being a fun way to learn some Japanese...

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