tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post5896703262067197998..comments2023-04-04T07:49:08.032-07:00Comments on Kimyoo Films: Arte-Y-Pico Award memeLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08299794216340067897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post-23819703308270440732008-07-28T01:19:00.000-07:002008-07-28T01:19:00.000-07:00Ooh...those are good, too...I heard they did that....Ooh...those are good, too...<BR/><BR/>I heard they did that. I considered it to be kind of like when Americans get Japanese or Chinese characters tattooed and the artist gets the character wrong, either on purpose or by mistake.<BR/><BR/>I love listening to all foreign-to-me languages, but Japanese is probably my favourite.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299794216340067897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722401236746174456.post-48567488837268972372008-07-27T18:42:00.000-07:002008-07-27T18:42:00.000-07:00I like "epithelial" also. Almost as much as "subcu...I like "epithelial" also. Almost as much as "subcutaneous." Or "lipid." (rhymes with "insipid") <BR/><BR/>Japanese is a wonderfully logical language. I took a solid year of it. But at that time (perhaps it is still so), Japanese instructors invariably taught Americans the feminine form of the language, which is soft and submissive, not like the harsh commanding form used by Japanese men (think samurai). It's sort of an inside joke among the Japanese, to hear a big tall American man speak like a woman. I found the ploy to be insulting. <BR/><BR/>But anyway, it's a great language, in its formal (polite) mode. But the minute they switch to informal (peer) mode, they only speak the first syllable of each word, and you're supposed to guess the meaning of what they just said according to the context of the conversation. It's impossible. They always felt I was being rude because I couldn't abandon formal mode. Oh well. I've forgotten most of it anyway.Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651926840296438477noreply@blogger.com