So you want to learn Japanese...

[ybbor]

http://pepper.idge.net/japanese/

Hey how hard can it be?

 

[Yuri2356]

That is pure gold, man.

The Japanese school system is controlled by Japan's central government, which, of course, is not biased in any way (recent Japanese history textbook title: "White Demons Attempt To Take Aaway our Holy Motherland, But Great And Powerful Father-Emperor Deflects Them With Winds From God: The Story Of WW2"). Because of this, all Japanese have been taught the same English-language course, which consists of reading The Canterbury Tales, watching several episodes of M*A*S*H, and reading the English dictionary from cover to cover. Armed with this extensive language knowledge, the children of Japan emerge from school ready to take part in international business and affairs, uttering such remarkable and memorable sentences as "You have no chance to survive make your time", and adding to their own products by inscribing english slogans, such as "Just give this a Paul. It may be the Paul of your life" on the side of a slot machine.

 

[Pentium]

It's great!

Quote: is a kind of bean but tastes like battery acid

 

[Aegis]

Monkey Apple Carbeurator!

 

[Giio]

The big bold WRONG gave me the giggles

 

[The Person]

Hopefully the Japanese have a sense of humor.

 

[Japanrocks12]

I cannot see how this whole essay is "sprinkled with truisms here and there". So I, being the most fastidious of critics, rate this essay a

 

[Lord Draegon]

Yes Japan and the Japanese culture might seem strange to us this is only slightly corect. And I have tried Pocky and it is actually good.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

The Anime Freak is probably the most common, and one of the most annoying. You can usually spot a few warning signs to let you identify them before it's too late: they wear the same exact Evangelion shirt every day, they have more than one anime key chain on their person, they wear glasses, they say phrases in Japanese that hey obviously don't understand (such as "Yes! I will never forgive you!"), they refer to you as "-chan", make obscure Japanese culture references during class, and usually fail class. You have to be extremely careful not to let them smell pity or fear on you, because if they do they will immeadiately latch onto you and suck up both your time and patience, leaving only a lifeless husk. Desperate for human companionship, they will invite you to club meetings, anime showings, conventions, and all other sorts of various things you don't care about.

Maddox says it best, Wearing a Japanese shirt doesn't make you Japanese.