"Random" Japanese.

What do you think of people who use Japanese in their posts, messages, e-mails, etc.?
As long as they are using it correctly and for a reason that's fine. I usually IM people saying "konnichiwa" or "konbanwa" depending the time of day. If I'm talking to my sensei via email I use as much Japanese as I can because he doesn't speak good english.

What do you think if these people are using it incorrectly?
God it bothers me SO much! If you are going to speak a language, take the time to learn it!

Do you ever use Japanese in your posts, messages, etc.?
If so, in what manners (for humor, poking fun, emphasizing, etc.)?
I had it once in my sig. It was lyrics from a song by Ayumi Hamasaki. But sometimes I'll use it randomly BUT I use it correctly. I may say "jya ne" or "hai" or "iie" randomly just because I like speaking Japanese when I get a chance.

Where and with whom do you use it?
I use it a lot online talking with people just because the can see that I'm using another language whereas at times I say a random Japanese word and people are like "What?" I'll use it with friends who know it, my dad, and sensei. In the Japan house at the university I'll try to speak some around there with any Japanese people I see.

If you use Japanese, have you had any sort of studies in the language? How much?
I've taken Japanese I and II. I really miss those classes. I may have to audit both before going into III or independent study or ask sensei to tutor me.


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!

In my english class (in my senior year) our teacher let us put our names on this slip (pretty big slip) of paper to put on the wall. I had put "konnichiwa" in hiragana and at the end of the year when they were brought down a friend of mine told me she wrote on it (hoping I would take mine home) saying I spelled it wrong and it was "konichiwa". I stared at her and asked her after 2 Japanese classes, does she really think I spelled konnichiwa wrong? I'm not saying I'm perfect but that's a really frequent word spoken and written in my classes. That bugged me and may have hurt her pride. She always seemed prideful and tried to outdo my Japanese knowledge. I was the only one in my group of friends that was taking a course and actually getting good and I think some got jealous because I knew what to say and how to say it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.