Comments on: Pump You Up http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-3334 Deas Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:51:38 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-3334 You're certainly welcome, Mrs. Rusling. :-) Thanks for reading my post. You’re certainly welcome, Mrs. Rusling. :-) Thanks for reading my post.

]]> By: Y Rusling http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-3332 Y Rusling Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:24:53 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-3332 Thanks for reading and commenting on my husband-Matt Rusling's article. Thanks for reading and commenting on my husband-Matt Rusling’s article.

]]> By: JET Teacher Rocking in Hakata, Fukuoka « LongCountdown.com http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 JET Teacher Rocking in Hakata, Fukuoka « LongCountdown.com Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:19:20 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-3056 [...] to some fancy blog metrics, Deas’ most popular article is about foreign men speaking girly Japanese. It’s a good read and probably applies to me, too, as I’m always speaking Japanese with [...] [...] to some fancy blog metrics, Deas’ most popular article is about foreign men speaking girly Japanese. It’s a good read and probably applies to me, too, as I’m always speaking Japanese with [...]

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 Deas Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:01:39 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1776 Julián - sure thing, anytime. :-) Julián – sure thing, anytime. :-)

]]> By: Julián Ortega Martínez http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Julián Ortega Martínez Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:56:04 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1774 Yep, it was an e-mail tip. Thanks for the credit... Yep, it was an e-mail tip. Thanks for the credit…

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Deas Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:13:32 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1770 Thanks for the nitpick, Aaron. Noted and fixed. As for your experience Aaron, I must say I'm really jealous. I've not studied since middle school, but I don't think I'm a <em>complete</em> failure with Japanese and don't feel like I've been wasting my time. I agree with what you said (especially about the author of the article I was discussing - he seems especially clueless about Japanese) but I guess I want to distance myself from that image since it's not what I'm like. I think I'm talking more about cultural mannerism things than I am about linguistic stuff, though. I tend to mirror the people I'm speaking with. Sounds like it was just my problem though. Glad it wasn't one for you. I once sounded really funny for a few weeks after coming back from a trip to Norway. It's just the way I am. Right about now I sound like a former-Tokyoite-cum-fisherman, I think. Dunno. Alex - I think that the author of the article might argue that it should be Nihongo <em>Josu</em>. Ha ha ha. :-D Also, I was unaware of that post on Will's site, so I'm adding the link at the bottom of my entry. Clay - Editing Wikipedia, are we? I think that qualifies as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbVtbc_XzrI" rel="nofollow">White & Nerdy</a>, man. Excellent. I'm gonna read it too. Thanks for the nitpick, Aaron. Noted and fixed.

As for your experience Aaron, I must say I’m really jealous. I’ve not studied since middle school, but I don’t think I’m a complete failure with Japanese and don’t feel like I’ve been wasting my time. I agree with what you said (especially about the author of the article I was discussing – he seems especially clueless about Japanese) but I guess I want to distance myself from that image since it’s not what I’m like. I think I’m talking more about cultural mannerism things than I am about linguistic stuff, though. I tend to mirror the people I’m speaking with. Sounds like it was just my problem though. Glad it wasn’t one for you. I once sounded really funny for a few weeks after coming back from a trip to Norway. It’s just the way I am. Right about now I sound like a former-Tokyoite-cum-fisherman, I think. Dunno.

Alex – I think that the author of the article might argue that it should be Nihongo Josu. Ha ha ha. :-D Also, I was unaware of that post on Will’s site, so I’m adding the link at the bottom of my entry.

Clay – Editing Wikipedia, are we? I think that qualifies as White & Nerdy, man. Excellent. I’m gonna read it too.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Aaron Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:20:14 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1769 Nitpick: It's <em>hanazakari</em> not <em>hanazakuri</em>. I studied Japanese for about 10 years in the states, from only female teachers, but I managed to avoid speaking like a woman. Of the guys I know from college who studied Japanese and managed to attain a good level of proficiency, none of them have particularly effeminate speech patterns. In my experience, the only guys who end up talking like girls are the ones who never actually studied the language, but like to pretend they're fluent because they are dating or have dated a Japanese woman. But of course that's simply my experience, limited to Japanese study from middle school through university in the American Midwest. Nitpick: It’s hanazakari not hanazakuri.

I studied Japanese for about 10 years in the states, from only female teachers, but I managed to avoid speaking like a woman. Of the guys I know from college who studied Japanese and managed to attain a good level of proficiency, none of them have particularly effeminate speech patterns.

In my experience, the only guys who end up talking like girls are the ones who never actually studied the language, but like to pretend they’re fluent because they are dating or have dated a Japanese woman. But of course that’s simply my experience, limited to Japanese study from middle school through university in the American Midwest.

]]> By: claytonian http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 claytonian Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:03:11 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1768 Alex, check out the TRICK wikipedia article; I wrote it :) and got all the media covered as far as I know. There are 3 feature length things, two of which are movies... Alex, check out the TRICK wikipedia article; I wrote it :) and got all the media covered as far as I know. There are 3 feature length things, two of which are movies…

]]> By: Alex http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Alex Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:29:00 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1767 Totally ignoring the topic, I started watching Trick 2 last night. What order did the series come out? Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Movie 1 Movie 2 Is that right? Or were the movies in between seasons? Does it even matter? I already commented on the "girly Japanese" topic at nihongojouzu.com, so I'll just be lazy and cut and paste it here: <i>I just read a piece by Amy Chavez, and I hope it's the last time I have to read anything by her. It was very self-centered, and not at all forward-thinking. The Christian Science Monitor piece sounded more like a rant than a warning. If you mimic female speech you will sound female in any language. That is the nature of 'mimicking'. Imagine a male Japanese exchange student in California who learned English from teenage girls, "It's so, like, amazing and like this shirt is so cute, like, I HAVE to have it!" I'm grumpy today. Typhoon Nari (台風11号) destroyed my attitude.</i> Totally ignoring the topic, I started watching Trick 2 last night. What order did the series come out?

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Movie 1
Movie 2

Is that right? Or were the movies in between seasons? Does it even matter?

I already commented on the “girly Japanese” topic at nihongojouzu.com, so I’ll just be lazy and cut and paste it here:

I just read a piece by Amy Chavez, and I hope it’s the last time I have to read anything by her. It was very self-centered, and not at all forward-thinking.

The Christian Science Monitor piece sounded more like a rant than a warning. If you mimic female speech you will sound female in any language. That is the nature of ‘mimicking’. Imagine a male Japanese exchange student in California who learned English from teenage girls, “It’s so, like, amazing and like this shirt is so cute, like, I HAVE to have it!”

I’m grumpy today. Typhoon Nari (台風11号) destroyed my attitude.

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Deas Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:01:57 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2007/09/19/257/#comment-1766 I tend to say 僕 still because I'm unsure if 俺 is acceptable in some situations. But I think it might come off as really boyish. Dunno. The high intonation thing, though. Geeze, I know so many guys who do that. It really makes me cringe. But yeah. And hey...more TRICK! is always the right answer. :-) I tend to say 僕 still because I’m unsure if 俺 is acceptable in some situations. But I think it might come off as really boyish. Dunno. The high intonation thing, though. Geeze, I know so many guys who do that. It really makes me cringe. But yeah.

And hey…more TRICK! is always the right answer. :-)

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