So You Want To Learn Japanese...

[pugtm]

it's really too true...
http://pepper.idge.net/japanese/
say goodbye to your dreams people...:(:bawling:



ps. i found it in another forum and thought i should share:-)

[nice gaijin]

I wonder how many times I've seen this article linked to before on this board...

[Glenn]

This thing is at least seven years old. A classic, though.

[bakaKanadajin]

Japanese Teacher: Good morning, Harry.
Harry: Good Morning.
Japanese Classmates: (gasps of horror and shock)

haha, I've actually never read that before, pretty funny. Obviously this guy's struggling. I don't think Japanese is easy, but I don't think its as bad as he makes it out to be.

[Petenshber]

And besides, not everything has to be easy to be worth while..... :)

[Soloistic]

haha, I've actually never read that before, pretty funny. Obviously this guy's struggling. I don't think Japanese is easy, but I don't think its as bad as he makes it out to be.

If you read the ending author's note, you'll see that he means it all as a joke, and he claims to be a "Japanese major".

Most of it was pretty funny. Especially the classmates part.

[FrustratedDave]

I thought this was pretty funny.

English Sentence:
Jane went to the school.

Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.

[JimmySeal]

I just wish they would fix some of the mistakes. This sentence is badly in need of another comma (0 added by me to bypass censors):

The Japanese also like c0ck fighting monsters that live in your pants, taking baths with the elderly, and killing themselves.

[shikyo]

Even though read before, it never cease to be funny imo. The guy/girl got humor.

[Petenshber]

Well yes of course it's a joke, and i'm kind of glad the author wrote it, because it expresses (even if exaggeratedly) that learning another language is a big thing. Especially for a native speaker of a language like English learning a language like Japanese, or vise versa, learning a language that is so different from your native language is troublesome for anyone, not appreciating that will only make it harder.

[StandAlone2323]

racist... but a good time. i enjoyed it. he does make a few valid points though, like how about you'll find random things in english on shirts and other products and often are incorrect.

i liked this one:

Sloppiness is not tolerated in Japanese society, and someone with a small wrinkle in their shirt, which they thought they could hide by wearing a hooded sweatshirt over it (possibly emblazoned with a catchy english phrase like "Spread Beaver, Violence Jack-Off!"), will be promptly beaten to death with tiny cellular phones.

[Half-n-Half]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I'm making this my new signature.