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Languages and Linguistics

Buckeye_Democrat

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11. I never learned it despite working at some Japanese...

Reply to TDale313 (Original post)

Mon Nov 8, 2021, 03:47 AM

Nov 2021

... owned factories for several years, other than the basics like "thanks" and "hello".

I made some coworkers laugh a few times by speaking gibberish that "sounded" Japanese. Very choppy and harsh-sounding, with my voice deeper than usual and me raising the volume to a maximum at the end of each sentence. Like I was a Japanese manager angrily speaking to a Japanese underling.

We had some Vietnamese-Americans working at that place too, but their language was softer and almost musical in comparison.

I probably heard performers like Sid Caesar and Peter Sellers too many times as a kid.

Sid Caesar speaking gibberish in French, German, Italian and finally Japanese:

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So, yeah... I've started trying to learn some Japanese [View all] TDale313 Nov 2021 OP

Good Luck to you, my dear TDale313! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2021 #1

Thank you 😊 n/t TDale313 Nov 2021 #2

Very best of luck!!! GeoWilliam750 Nov 2021 #3

I first studied Japanese some 40 years ago and found it not at all difficult.. HUAJIAO Nov 2021 #4

Japanese romanized vowels are exactly like Spanish vowels EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #15

yes, agreed. HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #18

Japanese is fortunately not tonal EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #20

I never learned more than maybe 300 - 400 kanji HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #21

I actually was quite versed in the Kyoto dialect 京都弁 at one time EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #22

I learned Japanese in the 1980s and although I have been back several times in the last few years, HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #23

Well, that happens to all of us EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #24

Some more Kansaiben EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #25

I'm really interesed in hearing more from you EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #26

Well, I know some dynamite restaurants in Kyoto that are NOT on the tourist lists, HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #29

It's been a while since I've been to Kyoto EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #30

I have never had okonomiyaki in Osaka so I couldn't say. HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #33

These days, it seems like there are basically two okonomiyaki "styles", EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #37

The only one I remember right now is Ookini. HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #28

That's a good word to know in Kyoto! EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #19

Any facility you have/had with the Romance languages will be of no... 3catwoman3 Nov 2021 #5

Arubaito (アルバイト) means "part-time/temporary job" EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #16

There are actually a lot of English loan words in Japanese EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #32

I remember one of the teachers in the 3 classes... 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #34

Japanese has changed a lot EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #35

Domo arigato multigraincracker Nov 2021 #6

🙂 TDale313 Nov 2021 #7

Was that Styx song, EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #27

It's too bad our savantic ability to naturally acquire languages pretty much dries up at puberty. PSPS Nov 2021 #8

Truth. TDale313 Nov 2021 #10

I started studying Japanese at 22 EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #36

Sugoi! Kablooie Nov 2021 #9

I never learned it despite working at some Japanese... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #11

My college roommate mastered it. He somehow got a job Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12

I've got a friend from a tiny Midwest town who became a Japanese interpreter. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #13

I'd like to retire, EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #17

I just met with my co-workers today EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #38

Check Out This Japanese Language Book At This Link..... global1 Nov 2021 #14