Many copywriters go about the process in reverse – filling up the valuable top left space with lofty promises no one really cares about and then spend the rest of the page getting to the product or service that’s going to bring the eventual offer. While this type of approach is great ...
“You’re Japanese?” she said. “I met a lot of Japanese in Australia. They’re a clever people.” She shook her head sadly. Then she gazed out past the fields, almost like she could make out Australia just past the horizon. “Visit again sometime,” she said. “It’s quiet here...
2000 years later we can see that most of the insults are directed to the reviled group of bottoms when logically cannot exist a bottom without a top. Already said Jeanne Moreau in Fassbinder film, Querelle, “each man kills the thing he loves”, and it seems that in Italy homophobia is...
I have a guest post over at “What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies?” (which I’ll always think of in my mind as Shinpai Deshou, the site’s url): “Writing into a Career: Learning How to Write and Adult in Japan and the United States.” ...
In the case of Grunty, this was changed from the regular “old people”じゃtoぢゃ, which is also pronounced “ja” but is a REALLY unusual and unique way to write it. The localizers were clearly trying to give Grunty an especially unique speaking style. ...
The Complete Guide to Learning Japanese for BeginnersPosted in:JapanMany people believe that it’s hard to learn Japanese. While it’s true that Japanese is not an easy language to learn, it’s possible to master ...Read more The Complete Guide to Learning German Fast for BeginnersPosted in...
For example, in Japanese there are only 5vowel sounds. In English, we have 5 long vowels, 5 short vowels, and a number of blended sounds. If a Japanese student has no pronunciation training, they might pronounce words totally wrong or sometimes just incomprehensibly. (Bus, bass, and ...
That was already evidenced by the Japanese in the 70s and 80s, and recently by countries like S. Korea, China, and other sourtheast Asian countries. I’m sure the Eastern European countries will follow as well. It’s what happens when you release repressed, pent up desire to acquire ...
George sat in for a set, and tore it up with his just-released version of“On Broadway.”After he finished, a table full of Japanese tourists mobbed him for autographs. One guy asked if I would take a picture of him with George, so I said “sure buddy, get in there”. As soon ...
Haiku is a form of poetry that originated in Japan. The syllable and line counts are only part of the fun. Here's how to write a haiku poem.