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Thursday, December 16, 2004
Hey, Nerds!
I've been reading and watching a lot of Japanese stuff lately, because I finally have friends who can supply me with that kind of shit. And I've seen some of these show themes and stuff, and I'm really getting kind of confused; is English really that cool?
It seems that every single Japanese pop song has some English phrase thrown in. "Real folk blues," "we are fighting dreamers," I could go on and on, if I could think up some more examples. Oh, and that song "Tank?" The little opening spoken-word section is so English, and not even Japanese English. I think they hired an American guy to say that opening line.
Japan must be the only country that thinks English is a cool language. You never see the French going, "Oh dude, this song is missing something... I know, the chorus can just be 'total world challenger' over and over again." Except it's French so it would be more like, "Dude, ce chanson manque quelque chose... je sais, le refrain peut simplement être 'total world challenger' à de nombreuses reprises." Of course "total world challenger" is really the kind of phrase you can only say with a Japanese accent, so it's not like France has much going for it there. When they DO use English they usually go with something a little more Western, that shows more understanding of latin-style syntax, like "your mother can't compare."
But other than that, everyone else is always saying how English is like the ugliest language in the world. Except for the Germans maybe, but I gotta say they've got a pretty unpleasant language. I still want to learn it though. Then I can yell stuff at people with the twin benefits of them not knowing what the hell I'm saying AND thinking I'm a Nazi. Oh man, that's going to be so sweet when I learn German. And Japanese! Then I can have loud disputes with myself and people will think I'm the Axis powers trying to decide how to fairly divide America. If I were Japan I'd totally go for California and New York, because those are where all the cool American culture comes from. And, you know, Silicon Valley. Oh, and Seattle because they have computers and coffee there, which I assume the Japanese will be needing. I guess Germany can have like, North Dakota, and uh... Minnesota. Oh! And we'd have to share Detroit because Japan and Germany both need to make cars. But no one will realize how carefully I've thought this out, because I'll be yelling in Japanese and German.
Nicky
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
AIM: Jake Aimer
It seems that every single Japanese pop song has some English phrase thrown in. "Real folk blues," "we are fighting dreamers," I could go on and on, if I could think up some more examples. Oh, and that song "Tank?" The little opening spoken-word section is so English, and not even Japanese English. I think they hired an American guy to say that opening line.
Japan must be the only country that thinks English is a cool language. You never see the French going, "Oh dude, this song is missing something... I know, the chorus can just be 'total world challenger' over and over again." Except it's French so it would be more like, "Dude, ce chanson manque quelque chose... je sais, le refrain peut simplement être 'total world challenger' à de nombreuses reprises." Of course "total world challenger" is really the kind of phrase you can only say with a Japanese accent, so it's not like France has much going for it there. When they DO use English they usually go with something a little more Western, that shows more understanding of latin-style syntax, like "your mother can't compare."
But other than that, everyone else is always saying how English is like the ugliest language in the world. Except for the Germans maybe, but I gotta say they've got a pretty unpleasant language. I still want to learn it though. Then I can yell stuff at people with the twin benefits of them not knowing what the hell I'm saying AND thinking I'm a Nazi. Oh man, that's going to be so sweet when I learn German. And Japanese! Then I can have loud disputes with myself and people will think I'm the Axis powers trying to decide how to fairly divide America. If I were Japan I'd totally go for California and New York, because those are where all the cool American culture comes from. And, you know, Silicon Valley. Oh, and Seattle because they have computers and coffee there, which I assume the Japanese will be needing. I guess Germany can have like, North Dakota, and uh... Minnesota. Oh! And we'd have to share Detroit because Japan and Germany both need to make cars. But no one will realize how carefully I've thought this out, because I'll be yelling in Japanese and German.
Nicky
MY E-MAIL! Okayeahwhatever@yahoo.com.
AIM: Jake Aimer
2 Comments:
Watashi wa eigo ga hanas ai mas. Shoste jozu jari masen.
I speak japanese like no tommrow.
i have to back to writing a term paper that i will fail now
By 10:15 PM
, atHey man, just because I'm not drinking and "doing dope" when I write these, doesn't mean I can't still be TOTALLY CRAZY LOL! All I need to get high is life, the chemical imbalances in my brain, and that little crack in the wall that smells like gas.