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Apr 12 2005 3 Comments

Mildly amusing English usage #8

Like most language textbooks, those available in Japan for the dedicated student of English aren’t exactly what you’d call inspirational. The words fun and interesting don’t usually spring to mind either.

So any attempt to buck this trend by putting a bit of entertainment into English is to be commended. And incorporating quotes from popular films is probably a good way of achieving this. Plus it makes the language a bit more real.

But a bit of care is needed as far as selection goes, and some quotes are obviously better suited than others.

japanese shag

(Apologies for the poor picture quality. It was a bit rushed due to a rather stern looking shop assistant nearby.)

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  1. Randy (Amsterdam-netherlands) says

    4/12/2005 at 11:24 pm

    omg what a wonderfull site

    i wanted to be an english teacher in japan , well maybe some day

    anywayz keep this site going , great work~!
    as i’ll be going to visit it everyday from now on
    i still got some archives to read ;p ;p

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  2. pieman says

    4/13/2005 at 10:41 am

    You can tell Bridget wants it and Daniel’s just playing hard to get. The tease.

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  3. J. says

    4/16/2005 at 2:41 pm

    I recently saw that movie in a Tokyo cinema. It was geat fun to see how all the Japanese around me responded to this conversation. A lot of them giggling, some moving nervously and some just did not know how to respond to this scene.

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