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Archive for January, 2008

If You Remember Nothing Else…

January 31, 2008
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Remember this. A language is not actually a skill. It’s not something you can take and “have”. We talk about “acquiring” it, which implies possession, but in fact it cannot be possessed as such. A language is a habit. It is a way of being. So if in doubt about just how to go about it, if in doubt...

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The Thrilling World of Legal Documents

January 27, 2008
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Legal documents are a wordy morass of redundant crap… …in English. But in Japanese, they’re…fun. No, I mean it. Filled with cool kanji, simple,...

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AJATT: Accept No Subsitutes?

January 26, 2008
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So if you want to read this website but green and orange are starting to bore you, then consider reading it in blue over here. That’s right, folks. Original and plagiarized quite without my permission and proudly in violation of copyright. And it’s all there. But in blue. And sidebar on the left hand side. Perfect for that “change...

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Just Do One: Lowering Your Standards and Using Patterns from Addictions to Achieve Success

January 23, 2008
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I’m not the first guy to ever write about this kind of thing, not the best, and not the last. But, let’s give it a shot. I don’t know if that comes out in this blog, but I can actually be a bit of a perfectionist. And this is a bad thing. I have over 300 drafts in my...

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Chinese Project Notes 8: Ch-Ch-Changes + Stuff That Applies to Japanese, Too

January 19, 2008
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OK, sometimes I hate writing these. Not because I don’t like you , but because they’re kind of a distraction from actually doing the doing. Nevertheless, I do have progress to report, so here goes: Cantonese Early Start One week before Thanksgiving last year (2007), I began some experimentation with Cantonese (but did not inhale? What? 1960s hippie references...

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Calm Down and Hurry Up

January 14, 2008
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I know exactly how you feel. You want to know Japanese and you want to know it NOW!!! NOW!!!!! NOW!!! I know your inner monologue: “ARRRRGGGGH!!! WHY DO I HAVE TO LOOK UP ALL THESE WORDS??!!! WHY CAN’T THEY LEARN THEMSELVES!!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO JUST BEING IMMERSED IN IT LIKE A CHILD!!! ARHfshaghffhggdvhngbcgcdcbweq qqwgwhy”. You, my friend, need to...

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