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.
I'm thinking about how much it sucks that my favorite character from The Walking Dead didn't make it past season 2.![]()
It wasOh? Which character is that? And have you caught up to Season 4, yet?
It was
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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.
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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.
That sort of attitude doesn't surprise me at all.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.
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.
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.
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![]()
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.
CT: the questions the girls asked me and the way they asked me does't make any sense.