Drat, I have an English paper that i really don't want to do and nothing else to work on to put it off any longer.
What Are You Thinking?
- Thread starter NotSoAwesomeFaise
- Start date
I'm thinking about how much it sucks that my favorite character from The Walking Dead didn't make it past season 2.
Oh? Which character is that? And have you caught up to Season 4, yet?
It was
SPOILER ALERT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN ALL OF SEASON TWO YET
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Dale Horvath. My god, it could have been so easy to avoid too!! All they had to do was show a little humanity and he wouldn't have left the house. Daryl was so close to saving him that I actually was taken by surprise to see the zombie manage to rip his stomach open before he got there. Oh Dale WHYYYYYYYY!!! :'(
God rest his poor soul.
.
.
.
.
.
.
SPOILER OVER
As for season 4. No not yet. But I'll get right on it ASAP. I'm unfortunately a bit too busy with work and stuff so my cousin is letting me borrow season 3 in the mean time.
I liked Dale too, though occasionally he got on my nerves.
I adore Daryl, but that's pretty widespread, lol. >.<
Lol at how entitled some English speakers are on that Kotaku article about people who visited Japan. Complaining the Japanese TV isn't in English... or that people don't just speak English on demand. Yeah, it's Japan.
When I went to Austria, I wasn't exactly shocked and bugged everyone was speaking German. When I went to Africa I spoke French, when I went to Italy I made a point to learn some Italian. In the Carribean most people speak English but I still felt like a dork if they felt like they had to speak it for me. It's good manners to learn some native tongue, not wander about like a privileged jerk expecting everyone to accommodate you.
Plus, incomprehensible foreign TV is hilarious to watch.
When I went to Austria, I wasn't exactly shocked and bugged everyone was speaking German. When I went to Africa I spoke French, when I went to Italy I made a point to learn some Italian. In the Carribean most people speak English but I still felt like a dork if they felt like they had to speak it for me. It's good manners to learn some native tongue, not wander about like a privileged jerk expecting everyone to accommodate you.
Plus, incomprehensible foreign TV is hilarious to watch.
Last edited:
That sort of attitude doesn't surprise me at all.
For me, it is rude to go to another country and not bother to at least try and learn the language. Even if you make a few mistakes, it is appreciated that you try.
As for Japan, of course English is not going to be everywhere. Why should a country bend over and accommodate a minority?
If you don't know the language, learn it, or else you will have trouble even ordering from a menu in Japan.
Think the comments came from Australians and Germans that I saw but it's the sort of attitude I would expect from UK residents. UK bilingual literacy is pathetic compared to most countries and a few sorta think English is like Esperanto? Speak it anywhere and someone else is gonna know it? Not in most of the places I've been to...
Admittedly it's way easier to learn some casual French or Italian or Spanish etc. than to learn some casual Japanese (menu thing pretty true); you can get by in Japan if you don't know a lot of it but it's not gonna be simple and it's no excuse to not try. Just kinda perpetuates this idea that gaijin are helpless and lazy, huh?
Last edited:
I loved watching the first episode of Red Dwarf in Japanese... it was just so surreal.
That also reminds me of the time when I was back in college and our IT tutor told us that one day we'd probably have to learn Chinese (or Mandarin, can't remember which one... he reminded me of Brains from that Live Thunderbirds film... couldn't concentrate) to read the internet as it was becoming a popular language... the amount of moaning that caused... I'd love to have seen him tell most of Great Britain just for the reaction
CT: Well, that went better than expected. Worrying thing is, it's running like my old Vista... is that a normal thing to happen to a 3 year old Windows 7 computer...?
Where the heck do I install that to?!
That's great... still wish I had the darts though
Kind of but not actually new signature. Woo.
And to those of you who haven't figured out that I'm a furry/scaly yet... Hoo boy, you know now.
And to those of you who haven't figured out that I'm a furry/scaly yet... Hoo boy, you know now.
^ dude the sig image link is broken
good chance the tutor was right, last time I was in uni they were offering language courses to go with everything and Mandarin was the one they hinted people to pick. UK already doing a lot of business with China... I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese becomes the new English pretty soon
I loved watching the first episode of Red Dwarf in Japanese... it was just so surreal.
That also reminds me of the time when I was back in college and our IT tutor told us that one day we'd probably have to learn Chinese (or Mandarin, can't remember which one... he reminded me of Brains from that Live Thunderbirds film... couldn't concentrate) to read the internet as it was becoming a popular language... the amount of moaning that caused... I'd love to have seen him tell most of Great Britain just for the reaction
good chance the tutor was right, last time I was in uni they were offering language courses to go with everything and Mandarin was the one they hinted people to pick. UK already doing a lot of business with China... I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese becomes the new English pretty soon
good chance the tutor was right, last time I was in uni they were offering language courses to go with everything and Mandarin was the one they hinted people to pick. UK already doing a lot of business with China... I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese becomes the new English pretty soon
I wouldn't be surprised if Mandarin did become one of the main languages of business considering how much financial power and influence China has over manufacturing these days. But I don't think it would replace English completely due to the difficulty of learning to read and write Mandarin, and that fact that Mandarin is a tonal language also increases the difficulty of being understood, which is very important when doing business.
Having said that, I think it's a great idea that primary schools are now offering the option to learn Mandarin. Learning a language gives better understanding of the culture and breaks down many barriers. Plus, I think learning languages is both fun and useful.
i am thinking life couldnt be better. I have a beautiful fiancee and she loves,me a gorgeous daughter who is smiling which put me in a great mood a garage thats doing great and making me big money and i have my house paid with no mortgage , now if only they would bring out DMC5 
I'm seriously considering getting blinds in my room after the window cleaner just popped up out of nowhere and gave me a fright.
It's just plain awkward being in my room trying to do whatever I'm doing with someone outside my house being able to see me. I would shut the curtains, but I like light in my room, so blinds seem like a good solution: obscured view and there's still light in my room.
It's just plain awkward being in my room trying to do whatever I'm doing with someone outside my house being able to see me. I would shut the curtains, but I like light in my room, so blinds seem like a good solution: obscured view and there's still light in my room.
On the plus side it is slightly easier than learning Cantonese... I can't sing and you have to use 6 tones for that instead of the 4 of Mandarin.
They are making my daughter learn Arabic this term - bearing in mind my town is so white it glows in the dark, a lot of parents kicked off. I'm all for it - I only know a little Urdu and having lived in an almost exclusively Pakistani/Indian/Sikh community for 24 years, learning Arabic would have been awesome. Either that or Polish, I guess. Around here though, people seem ever so slightly wary of anyone who isn't white so no wonder some parents are raging.
But still, it is a language - not a lifestyle or religion. What is the harm in learning more than the usual French, German or Spanish?
CT: so after being punched in the face repeatedly during Jake's dentist trip, today worked out fine thanks to an impromptu visit to Twycross Zoo
But still, it is a language - not a lifestyle or religion. What is the harm in learning more than the usual French, German or Spanish?
CT: so after being punched in the face repeatedly during Jake's dentist trip, today worked out fine thanks to an impromptu visit to Twycross Zoo
What was asked, and in what fashion?