Comments on: Switching to English http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/ Living the good life in Japan Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:13:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jenny http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-32318 Jenny Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:51:14 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-32318 I'm a native English speaker and I've had to lower my English to be understood by people. I'll have to disagree with Kapoue. I've yet to find a Japanese person who'll actually speak Japanese to me. They all want to speak English to me. >_< I did find one though who only knew Japanese and Swedish. So it was great talking to him in Japanese. If I wasn't learning Japanese, then everything would be great. Since I am I've had to start ignoring people's English or only respond in Japanese to them. Sad but true. I’m a native English speaker and I’ve had to lower my English to be understood by people.

I’ll have to disagree with Kapoue. I’ve yet to find a Japanese person who’ll actually speak Japanese to me. They all want to speak English to me. >_< I did find one though who only knew Japanese and Swedish. So it was great talking to him in Japanese. If I wasn't learning Japanese, then everything would be great. Since I am I've had to start ignoring people's English or only respond in Japanese to them. Sad but true.

]]> By: sagaman http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-495 sagaman Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:33:32 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-495 Awww too bad you switched to English, I enjoyed coming here because it was interresting to have a Frenchie write about his time in Japan :P I understand why you did it though and I can assure you that you haven't lost a reader. Continuez à écrire au sujet de votre aventure excellente au Japon! Awww too bad you switched to English, I enjoyed coming here because it was interresting to have a Frenchie write about his time in Japan :P

I understand why you did it though and I can assure you that you haven’t lost a reader.

Continuez à écrire au sujet de votre aventure excellente au Japon!

]]> By: w00kie http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-476 w00kie Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:33:25 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-476 no, I don't care about comments actually, I don't think I'll translate more than the current first page of the blog it's too time-consuming and it would kill my search engine ratings with hundreds of 404's (since I have to also translate the post slugs) no, I don’t care about comments
actually, I don’t think I’ll translate more than the current first page of the blog
it’s too time-consuming and it would kill my search engine ratings with hundreds of 404′s (since I have to also translate the post slugs)

]]> By: bikoko http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-475 bikoko Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:03:31 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-475 what about comments? do we have to go through a year or so of blogging and translate them? Though I feel pointless to translate my useless comments what about comments? do we have to go through a year or so of blogging and translate them?

Though I feel pointless to translate my useless comments

]]> By: w00kie http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-474 w00kie Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:57:26 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-474 I've never felt that comfy writing anyway, and since I was brought up in an international school with all my classes taught in english, it never really was a "foreign language" to me. And of course I have english speaking japanese friends, not that I look specifically for english speaking people but there's 100% chance that they speak more english than french, whatever their level. So it makes sense for me to write here in english. I’ve never felt that comfy writing anyway, and since I was brought up in an international school with all my classes taught in english, it never really was a “foreign language” to me.

And of course I have english speaking japanese friends, not that I look specifically for english speaking people but there’s 100% chance that they speak more english than french, whatever their level. So it makes sense for me to write here in english.

]]> By: ロマン http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-473 ロマン Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:57:10 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-473 Won't you miss the easiness and spiciness (if you still ever feel it / if you have ever felt it, now that you're far (!) from home) of writing in one's own language? Or is it that one can feel more comfy with writing in a new language than the native one ? Anyhow, keep up the good work… Bon courage ! Won’t you miss the easiness and spiciness (if you still ever feel it / if you have ever felt it, now that you’re far (!) from home) of writing in one’s own language? Or is it that one can feel more comfy with writing in a new language than the native one ?
Anyhow, keep up the good work…
Bon courage !

]]> By: Kapoue http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Kapoue Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:34:18 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-472 dont' worry, "et puis ça apprendrant aux petits frenchies à parler anglais". But you have japonesse friend who speak english... that's so rare. dont’ worry, “et puis ça apprendrant aux petits frenchies à parler anglais”. But you have japonesse friend who speak english… that’s so rare.

]]> By: Moi http://w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Moi Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:10:24 +0000 http://www.w00kie.com/2006/10/17/switching-to-english/#comment-471 Regrettable… :o( Regrettable… :o(

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