Comments on: Broken English, Broken Japanese http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/ back from the dead Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: ubiquitous_tom http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1367 ubiquitous_tom Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:37:39 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1367 thanks roy!! well i'll look around on the net.. if i find nothing i guess i'll come back to bother you (^0^)/ thanks roy!! well i’ll look around on the net.. if i find nothing i guess i’ll come back to bother you (^0^)/

]]> By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1366 Roy Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:06:10 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1366 tom, thanks for your comment. I was wondering how I could offer you advice on such a broad question. There are a lot of forums about living in Japan that may be useful. I suggest you take a look at some of them. If you have a more specific question I might be able to answer. Thoughtfire, you have a point. Maybe it's the people who cannot speak a second language that do that. tom, thanks for your comment. I was wondering how I could offer you advice on such a broad question. There are a lot of forums about living in Japan that may be useful. I suggest you take a look at some of them. If you have a more specific question I might be able to answer.

Thoughtfire, you have a point. Maybe it’s the people who cannot speak a second language that do that.

]]> By: Thoughtfire http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1365 Thoughtfire Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:55:18 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1365 No one has spoken to me in broken...well Chinese. I am a white guy who speaks mostly Chinese at this point and lives on and off in Chinese-speaking lands. Every once in a while someone will practice broken English on me 老外 loudly enough to impress everyone around. I don't mind unless we are in a Chinese-speaking social occasion in which case I deftly slip away for another appetizer and chat with a more normal person. Sadly, there are plenty of white guys who speak in pidgin (as opposed to pigeon which would undoubtedly be much harder) but those are mainly the boneheads who have no interest in learning Chinese. No one has spoken to me in broken…well Chinese. I am a white guy who speaks mostly Chinese at this point and lives on and off in Chinese-speaking lands. Every once in a while someone will practice broken English on me 老外 loudly enough to impress everyone around. I don’t mind unless we are in a Chinese-speaking social occasion in which case I deftly slip away for another appetizer and chat with a more normal person.

Sadly, there are plenty of white guys who speak in pidgin (as opposed to pigeon which would undoubtedly be much harder) but those are mainly the boneheads who have no interest in learning Chinese.

]]> By: ubiquitous_tom http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1364 ubiquitous_tom Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:15:45 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/opinions/broken-english-broken-japanese/#comment-1364 well i totally agree man!! i'm thai in america too and once in a while some caucasian would talk to me like that.. even worse.. i'm trying to learn japanese now with all my japanese friends and some japanese guys or girls would talk to me in broken japanese just to get his or her point across.. well i feel dumb and sometime i just dont' know why... well anyway.. just my 2 cents.. but i totally understand what you mean... ps. well roy.. i'm also wondering.. i wanna move to japan and get it working there.. if you dont' mind could you share some of the tip on how and what to do? and i'm a newbie on your site so.. and your site is great.. i like it alot :) well i totally agree man!! i’m thai in america too and once in a while some caucasian would talk to me like that.. even worse.. i’m trying to learn japanese now with all my japanese friends and some japanese guys or girls would talk to me in broken japanese just to get his or her point across.. well i feel dumb and sometime i just dont’ know why… well anyway.. just my 2 cents.. but i totally understand what you mean…
ps. well roy.. i’m also wondering.. i wanna move to japan and get it working there.. if you dont’ mind could you share some of the tip on how and what to do? and i’m a newbie on your site so.. and your site is great.. i like it alot :)

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