X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,bf7726e4f8469ae9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-24 05:45:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 72-78 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:48:33 +0200 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <9r6d4n$rm5pb$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> References: <9qqgu9$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> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1003927512 29038379 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8897 "Timofei Shatrov" wrote in message news:3bd69a0c.6264475@News.CIS.DFN.DE... > > It isn't very widespread, you know. AFAIK, there is only one country where > Japanese is the main language 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". And to watch anime and Japanese movies, and read Japanese literature and manga. Is that "r" intentional, btw, as a commentary on how Japanese doesn't distinguish between "l" and "r"? :) -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\