Ah_so said...

Ah_so at 05:42 PM JST - 14th September

Just had a look - white letters on a pale blue backroung makes the site unreadable.

Posted in Japan Online Shop English portal site attracts 200 shops in 1st month at 05:42 PM JST - 14th September
Ah_so at 09:06 PM JST - 11th September

A nation this gullible deserves to get scammed.

I am sorry you think so. "Gullible" is a very pejorative way to say "trusting" or "honest". Why is it a crime (they "deserve" punishment so you must consider trust to be an offence) to believe that what someone says to you…

Posted in Japanese society going over to the 'Dark Side' at 09:06 PM JST - 11th September
Ah_so at 10:44 PM JST - 9th September

Back in the late 90's I remember a song called "Body Feels EXIT".

Odd, but the the next line is "Body feels EXCITE", which more or less makes sense.

Actually, don't a lot of English song lyrics read like Engrish? "Rythm is a dancer" - I mean, what on earth…

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 10:44 PM JST - 9th September
Ah_so at 07:38 PM JST - 9th September

> Then there's the dyson airblade copy with their creating marketing trumpeting up their new hand drier globally for anyone who hasn't been to japan in the last 10 years and seen the original and more effective, greener, easier to maintain, advanced, etc mitsu airtowel.

Could not believe it when…

Posted in Foreign manufacturers steadily make inroads into Japan at 07:38 PM JST - 9th September
Ah_so at 07:33 PM JST - 9th September

quality products in the world, (Leica cameras, Apple electronics, Mercedes-Benz, Bang&Olufsen, etc), are NOT Japanese

Bang & Olufsen?? You obviously do not know much about hi-fi..

Gimme a Bently or Masterati over a Daihatsu or Nissan

Maserati?? You obviously do not know much about cars, either!

The Mclaren is an…

Posted in Foreign manufacturers steadily make inroads into Japan at 07:33 PM JST - 9th September
Ah_so at 07:22 PM JST - 8th September

but I am passed caring these days.

In fact, I now appear to have taken to writing in Japanese English!

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 07:22 PM JST - 8th September
Ah_so at 05:24 PM JST - 8th September

I love my T-shirt with the message, "BASE OF VIGOR - Laugh to when enjoy it now". Meaningless, yet wonderful. Personally, I enjoy "clap Engrish" immensly.

Ok, it is not helpful to your English student and English speakers could take offense blah blah blah, but I am passed caring these…

Posted in What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan? at 05:24 PM JST - 8th September
Ah_so at 04:41 PM JST - 3rd September

She is clearly following in the footsteps of Nancy Reagan and Cherie Blair by joining the nutty wives club.

Posted in Miyuki Hatoyama claims her soul traveled to Venus on UFO at 04:41 PM JST - 3rd September
Ah_so at 01:25 AM JST - 2nd September

I think pachinko is stupid ... but blaming pachinko for the mother's horribly irresponsible behavior is ridiculous. What if it had been a supermarket parking lot? Does that mean we should speak out against grocery shopping?

It would be just as bad, but people do not think things like, "think…

Posted in Baby boy dies in locked car while mother plays pachinko in Akita at 01:25 AM JST - 2nd September
Ah_so at 09:24 AM JST - 26th August

Welcome to Japan. People don't usually get married here "for love". Deal with it and realize that what Aso said in terms of people not able to support a family, shouldn't get married isn't incorrect.

The same old myths trotted out again. Why not throw in the claim that unmarried…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 09:24 AM JST - 26th August