Which cultures do you most admire/find most interesting?

[DeathByTheSword]

who are the idiots that voted for Dutch?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
who are the idiots that voted for Dutch?

All the pot-heads, probably.

[Jon Miller]

I voted for everything but MExican and Banana

I really like foreign cultures (Mexican just does not seem foreign enough)

Jon Miller

[Drake Tungsten]

But in Ro(o)manji they spell it with a 'g'.

Really? I've never seen it spelled with a "gi", but then again I don't often read Japanese text in Romanji. Maybe it's an alternate pronunciation, like Nihon and Nippon...

[Zero]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
Chinese] = Good food, hot girls
Italians = same reasons
Mexican = same reasons

quote:
Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
who are the idiots that voted for Dutch?



All the pot-heads, probably.

Wow you guys, like read my mind and stuff...

[Frankychan]

Correct! In my Japanese class, my sensei (teacher) explained all this. I guess you can spell it 'ji' because it does sound like it when you speak it. Some ppl spell it w/g and other w/j.

I've never heard of the modified Hepburn system. What's that?

Do I have to download the Japanese character program for windows in order to view these characters or is it already in windows?

(sorry, I'll stop the threadjack )

[Drake Tungsten]

I've never heard of the modified Hepburn system. What's that?

The standard system for romanizing Japanese words. Similiar to Pinyin or Wade-Giles (ugh) for Chinese.

[Frankychan]

oh Ok, thanks. I only knew the japanese term for it

[flash9286]

American culture is leading . I think were the youngest culutre on the list too.

[Frankychan]

i hope american's aren't picking their own culture.... that would be unethical.

[Wraith]

--"in windows, you can get the kana character by typing "gi" as well."

You must be using a different version of Windows than I am ^_^

ji:
じ

gi:
ぎ

They are two distinct characters. Ji is a modified shi or chi. Gi is a modified ki.

They don't sound the same, either. Now, the combined sounds still give me trouble, but these two are pretty easy to distinguish.

--"I've never heard of the modified Hepburn system. What's that?"

One of the main romanization systems. It seems to be the more popular one, since it's more intuitive than the main alternative, the modified Kunrei-Shiki.

Either way, though, I still don't see how the two can be interchangeable.

For that matter, it's not a good sign that you're learning that in class at all ^_^ You really should have the Kana pounded into you before you get to romaji. From what I've been told, it just plain isn't very common.

Now that I think of it, though, maybe your teacher isn't teaching standard Tokyo Japanese. Might want to find out if that's a dialect version.

--"Do I have to download the Japanese character program for windows in order to view these characters or is it already in windows?"

Which version of Windows? If you've got 2k or XP, you just need your Windows CD and you can install the IME.

Wraith
"Yoroshiku, Baby, desu no"
-- Safety ("Risky/Saftey")

[Immortal Wombat]

I voted for Chinese, Japanese, British, American and Scandinavian. Then I saw I was only allowed 3...

[yaroslav]

I don't understand this poll:

Does South America stand for Native South American cultures or for modern days South American countries?

Is Meixco diferent enough from others countries of South America to be a separate choice?

Where are Portugal and Spain? Must I remember you that Portugal and Spain colonized a lot of America and some parts of Africa and Asia (Portuguese)?

And, BTW, I agree that a Roman culture is a must for this kind of polls (or change Greek to Roman & Greek)

[SlowwHand]

Mexico isn't in South America, Einstein.

The other points are about as bad, so go from there.

[Frankychan]

Originally posted by Wraith
--"in windows, you can get the kana character by typing "gi" as well."

You must be using a different version of Windows than I am ^_^

ji:
じ

gi:
ぎ

They are two distinct characters. Ji is a modified shi or chi. Gi is a modified ki.

They don't sound the same, either. Now, the combined sounds still give me trouble, but these two are pretty easy to distinguish.

--"I've never heard of the modified Hepburn system. What's that?"

One of the main romanization systems. It seems to be the more popular one, since it's more intuitive than the main alternative, the modified Kunrei-Shiki.

Either way, though, I still don't see how the two can be interchangeable.

For that matter, it's not a good sign that you're learning that in class at all ^_^ You really should have the Kana pounded into you before you get to romaji. From what I've been told, it just plain isn't very common.

Now that I think of it, though, maybe your teacher isn't teaching standard Tokyo Japanese. Might want to find out if that's a dialect version.

--"Do I have to download the Japanese character program for windows in order to view these characters or is it already in windows?"

Which version of Windows? If you've got 2k or XP, you just need your Windows CD and you can install the IME.

Wraith
"Yoroshiku, Baby, desu no"
-- Safety ("Risky/Saftey")

Thanks, I'll go look for it. I'm using XP but have office 2000 installed. Does that make a difference?

As for romanji, my sensei figured that it would be an easier transition if we went from spelling Japanese in English, then move on to Hiragana, Katakana, then Kanji. Unfortunately, I forgot a lot of my characters and the meanings.....we don't really speak Japanese at my house anymore either. I fear I'm losing my knowledge.

Thanks! ‚Ç‚¤‚à‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤