Comments for The Lobster Dance http://odorunara.com Gender, Media, and Culture with Love from the Heart of Hokuriku Fri, 24 May 2013 12:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Paura http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1561 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:07:18 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1561 Reblogged this on What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? and commented:
Today’s FLF is a reblog of a great post on the hilarity of one of our favorite online dictionaries. Have you come up with some really off the wall results searching for something? Let us know in the comments!

]]> Comment on Is Abe’s “Most Underused Resource” Respect for Women? by Leah http://odorunara.com/2013/05/20/is-abes-most-underused-resource-respect-for-women/#comment-1552 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:58:43 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2718#comment-1552 Thanks for the comment and for the interesting link! I would be really interested to see the rates of employment in Japan broken down into urban and rural, too.

]]> Comment on Is Abe’s “Most Underused Resource” Respect for Women? by Rurousha http://odorunara.com/2013/05/20/is-abes-most-underused-resource-respect-for-women/#comment-1551 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:53:26 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2718#comment-1551 “Let’s hope Abe and his team understand that you can’t just slap a couple bandaids on this issue and claim you’re the champions of gender equality.” Hear, hear! Thanks for this post.

Incidentally, this Op-Ed in the NYT made me realize yet again how many similarities there are between China and Japan:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/opinion/global/chinas-entrenched-gender-gap.html

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Leah http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1543 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:03:31 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1543 It’s hard to know, right! I think if I saw a long term like “blue-arsed fly” in Japanese, I would look it up before trying to use it in conversation. Thanks for the comment and for reading. :)

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Leah http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1542 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:57:53 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1542 Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed it.

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Leah http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1541 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:57:25 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1541 Oh, I agree! Sometimes ALC marks the terms as “slang – UK” or “slang – US.” I don’t think there’s an “archaic” or just “retro” tag, though. I really sympathize with ESL learners–with all the different countries and regions and their slang, sports metaphors, historical references, and so on, it’s really a challenge. Thanks for reading!

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Korean Vitamin http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1540 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:42:17 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1540 Not an English speaker, but I can see why this is funny to people who are! Actually I was thinking… ah… so there are English expressions such that and that. ^^

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Rose http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1539 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:38:39 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1539 This was absolutely hilarious :D Thanks for the great post!

]]> Comment on How Do I Say “Git Er Done” in Japanese?: The Best of ALC by Stephen Knight http://odorunara.com/2013/05/07/how-do-i-say-git-er-done-in-japanese-the-best-of-alc/#comment-1538 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:21:48 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2687#comment-1538 With slang terms, ALC tends to be heavy on examples from the U.K., many of which will be completely unfamiliar to learners of American English (and useless, too, if they’re primarily interacting with Americans). There still seems to be an incosistent mix of British and American usage in many language programs here, though, so I guess it makes sense for ALC to offer a little of both…

]]> Comment on Seihakusai Festival by toranosuke http://odorunara.com/2013/05/13/seihakusai-festival/#comment-1534 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:04:02 +0000 http://odorunara.com/?p=2702#comment-1534 わっ、でかい！　;)

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