X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,bf7726e4f8469ae9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-24 21:54:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialup030.picon.DE!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 72-78 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:54:58 +0200 Organization: very little Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3m5ftt8tars782dbes37mb16fl4m1qjk87@4ax.com> References: <9qqgu9$pieq9$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <9qt3hf$pl5up$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <9qumj0$q19s9$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <0nn5ttkel2s64933p3k059rmg075e5nf48@4ax.com> <9qv2fp$pjb5i$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <3bd535b0.3170737@News.CIS.DFN.DE> <9r3vfi$rgeo6$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <3bd69a0c.6264475@News.CIS.DFN.DE> Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup030.picon.de (62.214.2.30) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1003985686 29469482 62.214.2.30 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8913 On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:48:46 GMT, grue@mail.ru (Timofei Shatrov) wrote: > AFAIK, there is only one country where Japanese is the main language True AFAIK (there are Japanese speakers in Korea and Taiwan due to Japanese occupation, but it's not the main language there). > and I can't see the reason why one could learn it if he is not > planning to live in Japan. Except for "r33tness factor". How about "general linguistic curiosity"? That's what got me started. I saw that Japanese classes were offered and thought "hey, that could be interesting". And having lots of Japanese at school to practice helped a bit. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.