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Az

Azungu@woodstock.com 
ROFLMAO, to use an annoying internet phrase.  I 
particularly liked your knew handle...sarcasm is such a 
beautiful thing!

I only found this site a while ago, and I am a definite 
newbie - to use another annoying term.  However, today I
have noticed a MAJOR case of people spraining their 
shoulders when they pat themselves on the back for knowing
Japanese.  Wow, I am so impressed. (sarcasm)  I happen to 
know an obscure bantu language - does that mean I get to
tell people how they can discuss africa??  Nope - it just
means that I had the opportunity to learn a new language. 
People do it all the time, and it doesn't make them any better than someone mono-lingual.

Personally, I've been pretty proud of how I've been able to
pick up some words from the anime I watch (I always try to
watch subs, because the dubs are tooooo americanized)(and 
btw, I've never heard the phrase kawaii used in anime - 
I've seen it on sites, and wondered what the hell it meant. 
now I know, more than I wanted to!) What, exactly, is wrong 
with someone wanting to practice and improve on new language
skills?  If everyone who was "semi-fluent" was this rude to
those who aren't even semi, no one would ever learn!!  And
this is not just in response to this thread - I've noticed a
little romanji-fluent snobbery in other posts.  
 
Here's an idea - if you know more of something than I do, 
and I use something wrong, please let me know about it, and
maybe even explain a bit.  I'll do the same for you.

Az, stepping off her soapbox now.



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