"Random" Japanese.

日本語を正しく使えなければ、使わないでください。恥ずかしく, 気持ち悪いと思います。えひひ。＞＿＜

If you can read and understand that, you're ok, I guess. The rest of you; JUST FU***NG STOP! YOU'RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELVES AND THIS COMMUNITY!

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

＞＿＜　（えひひ）

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Ridan Krad

その文が分かるに字典を使えば、まだいい?

Babel fish Japanese? It looks weird, please stop ^___^. But seriously, I don't really care. I just like to bitch since I've studied Japanese for a long time, but it doesn't make me an expert and certainly not any authority on the subject. ^__^

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Ultima

Even if you've studied Japanese for a long time (presuming upwards of 4 years), any respect I may have had for you is nullified by your use of ^_^ faces.

Four years plus now, just for the record. But wow. I lost YOUR respect? And who the fuck are you, again? =)

Why is using "^___^"-smileys so bad, anyway? I kinda use them automatically nowadays from talking to japanese people on MSN.

FUCK YOU, DAMN SMILEY RACIST! t^___-

Originally Posted by Dark Chocolate

Honestly, one thing that bothers me that I saw a lot in high school with the cliche... well it's not that I hung out with them but I was friends with friends who liked them so we just knew each other. Anyways they watched anime obsessively and were manga nerds and they would say things in Japanese and not even know what it means or say a phrase that was fine in the situation on the show they got it from but not appropriate when they said it. Then romanji... I got tired of seeing it once I could write in hiragana. I like reading hiragana. It's fun!

Yeah, I hate those guys, too. There's one in particular who has studied the language long enough and should have already realized that talking like an idiot(because whatever some may think, "anime talk" usually isn't appropriate) isn't acceptable. He calls his teachers Omae(お前、very very VERY informal personal pronoun）and spews out all sorts of ancient phrases that shouldn't be used in normal speech. Not cool.

By the way, it's "romaji"(ローマ字), not "romanji".

Originally Posted by Mr.Ramen

why does everyone in this topic have an anime avatar.

If you haven't noticed it already, this can be applied to any and all of the the threads of these forums and isn't limited to this single thread. It's forum of nerds, you see, and I certainly am one of them.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Ultima

Yes, you lost my respect, and as a newer member you shouldn't look to piss off people who have been around longer than you. Remember respect your elders? Judging from your arrogance, you probably are not even very skillful when it comes to Japanese either, although I may be wrong. What level JLPT have you passed?

Furthermore, I'm sorry, but guys using ^_^, >_>, -_-, and all of the anime-related faces is just gay and immature. Its not just you, but every male that does. Girls can, sure, its "cute." Guys don't need to be cute. Hell, even gay guys have masculinity.

It was a joke, man, cool down. (I did use smileys, you know ^__-)

But you're actually doing it. You're pissing me off right now. You're judging who's "older" by the level of my avatar, or what? How do you know how long I've been or not been on these here forums? If you add the levels I had before the crash I should be about level 30+ by now, but I haven't bothered bitching about it because, quite frankly, it doesn't bother me to start over. It's just a number. Maybe the one who should have a little more respect is none other than yourself, hmm?

You can judge my Japanese level from the "Arrogance of my posts"? Hahaha, you're a funny guy, Mr.Ultima. Do you always go around assuming things like this?

For the record, I cleared level 2 of the JLPT, easily, last year and I was going for the JLPT level 1 last sunday, but I had other plans so I couldn't go(which was a pity, since I had already paid the fee). However, majoring Japanese for four years(one year in Gifu, Japan and three years in Lund, Sweden), I have the confidence to say that I outclass MOST on these here forums in the terms of Japanese skills. How long have you studied, again?

And about the smileys: I did not learn them from anime. These are standard(and quite basic forms) of the smileys used by most japanese people(yeah, even university students use them). I'll keep using them for now. I see nothing bad about it at all. If anything I'll use them to defy you. You'll have no respect from me from now on.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Ultima

You came off as arrogant then, you come off as arrogant now. You aren't really doing anything to change that

I really don't see I reason as to why I should. You're the one bitching about trivial matters such as "respect for the elderly" or "proper use of emoticons".

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Maybe you are better than everyone else, but don't be a conceited ass and go declaring it to glorify yourself. For your information, I've studied two and a half years in a class in high school, which ended in June. I took the Level 3 JLPT last Sunday with expectations of passing fine. Furthermore I'm younger than your average high school senior. If we're going to be arrogant asses here, I could make a hell of a lot of assumptions about skill and potential, but I won't.

You're the one who doubted my level in the first place, smartass. If you had read one of my previous posts, though, you might have noticed that I don't, in any way, assume to be an authority on the language, at least not regarding people who are studying the language actively.


"Babel fish Japanese? It looks weird, please stop ^___^. But seriously, I don't really care. I just like to bitch since I've studied Japanese for a long time, but it doesn't make me an expert and certainly not any authority on the subject. ^__^"

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People use emoticons, whatever. If you're using them just to spite me now, I'll have you know I really don't care that much. It just makes me think lower of you, which wouldn't change even if you stopped using them because of your head being so far up your ass.

Then where is your head?

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Also, if you want to get technical, add up my levels from the past crashes and I'm level 50-60 or so.

My point being that it doesn't matter to me if you've been here one day or 100 years, you won't earn any respect from me for being an idiot.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Ridan Krad

For the record, although I knew you were joking from the smilies, having my attempt at using Japanese to reply to your comment in Japanese, after having previously stated that I'm an actual student of it (granted, only 1 year in at this point) referred to as "Babel fish Japanese" was a bit insulting.

On the other hand, I really don't see a reason to make such a big deal about this, arguing over who's more mature, who's been here longer, and so on, certainly not on account of my attempting to practice Japanese in this thread (granted, a definite mistake on my part in retrospect).

It was an insult, albeit a friendly one, or so I thought. I apologize if I in any way offended you by saying it.

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Rat

Weeaboo piss me off. Liking Japan, Japanese culture, the language, etc. is fine, but goddamn, so many of 'em think that Japan is some holy perfect island with streets flowing with pocky(which is not that good, they really need to expand on their foreign snack intake) and anime.

Besides, most of 'em don't even spell their Japanese properly in ANY form, or use it right in ANY context. They usually only know enough slang, and maybe some common adjectives, to form fragmented Japanglish... or... um.

<_<
>_>

俺は、本当に あいつらが 大嫌いさ。

俺も、そういう人があまり好きじゃないな。何か、もっと勉強してくれない？うざいよ。って言いたいんだけど 、言ってもちゃんと聞いてくれない気がする。。。まぁ、仕方ないな。そういう人も人間だからさ。ただシカト した方がましかもしれない。

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

I like how this Sword Familiar character is the ultimate weeaboo.

Why hasn't he killed himself yet.

*hugs*

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Just using it around your friends as an esoteric act is acceptable, especially if you're all into it. But if you're using it to someone who doesn't know what it means it's just pathetic. It's like saying "lol" in real life(pathetic even as an esoteric act). Also, I'm not very fond of incorrect usage due to fandom, as in the case of Japan/ese. It just sounds silly when people are trying to make others believe they can use a language they really don't comprehend.

Jam it back in, in the dark.