More evidence that Japan is an extremely fucked up country. Or light years ahead of the rest of us. Take your pick.
BTW, this was hella funny, too.
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Oh Lord, oh Lord and baby Jesus…from henceforth please let the Japanese produce ALL English-language instruction material. They even understand sarcastic intonation.
Who, but the Japanese, would ever would run through the first-, second- and third-person pronouns and then conclude with the coups de grâce: My grandmother gives good head.
Have you prepared a memo pad?
Hey, the third-person S is important!
Jotted it down on my memo pad.
If you ask English professors(native Koreans) in Korea the meaning of “I give good head”, most of them will say it means “I give you an idea”,”I am good in headbutting”, “I prepare you in advance (headup)” or “I am smart”.
They have no idea.
One wonders how those professors explain cunt lapping. Some type of race?
And that video ought to be done in Korean for all those preparing to be smuggled into the States.
And if you’re looking for tamer aerobic-oriented lessons…
Takes about 27 seconds to develop.
Spare me my life.
That was surreal. Unfortunately, learning what to say when you’re being mugged is probably a very useful thing for Japanese tourists to know before setting off for the United States.
Quite true. But how will the mugger react when his victim starts prancing around singing “Spare me my life. Spare me my life.” Japanese lives may be in peril.
When they finally get the meaning of “head”, they hear the expression, “headhunter”. They will think the word means “sex maniac” or “perverse pleasureseeker”.
English is a difficult language for Koreans.
Some GI taught a Korean secretary to greet all male customers with “How is your hanging hammer?”
She didn’t know what she was saying (like Rho) and thought it to be equivalent to “How are you?” She got a lot of smiles and attention for sure.
Can you imagine the embrassment she might felt when finally someone enlightened her the true meaning of her greeting?
Some Korean women are so nive about sexual things. There was a scene in the movie, THERE’S SOMETHING MORE ABOUT MARY, where Ben Stiller “beat his monkey” and got some “goo” on his hair. Cameron Diaz took the goo thinking that it is a shampoo and applied to her hair and her hair stood up.
A female announcer in Korean Christian radio was saying the scene was very funny, not knowing exactly what Ben Stiller was doing. She didn’t get the expression, “beating one’s monkey”.
She might have been so embarrassed when someone in the station educated about the expression. Then, maybe those who knew may have kept quite.
Heh. Another couple of amusing English-teaching aids from Japan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWhcZ0DqWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ulkfsr5Mg
You know those English-teaching inserts in the daily newspapers? Way back in January 1983, the one in the Korea Times was focused on teaching the idiom-phrase “to get down on (somebody)” meaning to criticize them, such as “my boss is really going to get down on me over that mistake”… they it somehow confused it throughout the article with “go down on” with hilarious results — the title of the whole piece at the top of the front page was “My daughter went down on her boss yesterday” — we howled about this for weeks afterwards. I saved the page in my diary… I wonder if the editors of the Korea Times were ever informed by anyone?
Where was this made in a UCLA drama class?
Sanshinseon, either the editors weren’t informed, or didn’t care, or had a sense of humor because that exact sentence was used in the early ’90s too.
Hardyandtiny, it was produced by the same guys who did/do the “Oh! Mikey” series and “Vermillion Pleasure Night”.
Amazingly some of my older students found out what this means… :O
I think you all are trying to crush the spirit of a young person who is doing her best to prepare for good foreign relations. My question to my fellow bloggers is how long does it take to legally change my name to Toshi? When I was running around Japan with a bird, I never got the hassle I get here in Korea. Japan and Korea have their own separate problems. I don’t know whose are worse any more? The longer I stay here the more stupidity comes to the show.
She’s so ugly it’s tough to even pay attention. She’s probably over-qualified for the JET program.
–Remort
I’m totally in Japan. I just wanted to post in here to see the nifty little flag next to my name. I am one of them.
She is hot. It would take a long time to see any girl like that in Korea who has not been surgically altered.
And you think she’s all natural? C’mon, you are in Japan. Maybe you live in some podunk town in Hokkaido. While spending time in Tokyo, I couldn’t help but notice the unnatural cookie-cutter appearance of many Japanese women’s faces - the usual wide eyes, straight noses, slender jawlines, and pointy chins.
I’d definitely make her my “Student of the Month”.
just a few things i’d like to point out:
1. the source of that video (ebaum’s world), known for lying, stealing, and generally saying things are from places they’re not.
2. that video totally looks like it was made for a joke, either in america or specifically for foreigners.
3. yes, the girl is hot. unfortunately, there’s something not ‘normal’ japanese woman abot her that makes me doubt even further the authenticity of the video.
so yes…the video is funny, i just hope no one actually believes that is representative of….well…anything actual.
The three lessons are from “Vermillion Pleasure Night”, a late night Japanese comedy show. There’s a link to the trailer above.
then i’m obviously wrong. and yet, something still feels weird about that video.
“Remort from Korea (South) Says:
August 20th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
She’s so ugly it’s tough to even pay attention. She’s probably over-qualified for the JET program.
–Remort”
BLIND!? INSANE!? She’s a total BABE!!!! Funny as hell, too.
Sorry to post again, no edit feature on the blog? Anyway, I’m pretty sure she’s not Japanese. She looks like a white girl just dressed in Japanese attire. Gorgeous and a good sense of humor.
Oh wow! Looks like my comments must have hit the nerve of one jealous Korean! I’m sorry, I apologize.
I also saw soo many short-legged and totally obese people who drive with really good manners in Seoul too. That must mean that all Koreans are fat, short-legged, and obey traffic rules.
Come on..quit projecting.
yeah, Seouldot ya think that’s American?
Go back and reread your original comment:
I did not use the word “all;” I used the word “many” to describe the number of Tokyo (not Japan in general) women who looked like they’d had plastic surgery. Your statement is a much broader generalization than mine.
No need to apologize to me because I’m not Korean. My ancestry is Irish-English-German.
American? If it were done by an American it would’ve been the well-worn perplexed-foreigner genre. She’s too savvy.
Think you intended to ask Ashuri2 that question.
wiesunja. you sound like a dumbass. just shut up.
Hey Robert,
Wiesunja doesn’t believe I’m a whitey. Once my name is added to the staff list on my new school’s homepage, I’d like to send you a link to verify my real name. I can also send you a picture of myself in front of the school and photos of my passport and driver license so that you can assure Wiesunja that I have blue eyes and light brown hair.
Are you willing to verify my identity so that Wiesunja can do the honorable thing and admit he is wrong?
I live in northern Virginia and unlike that white guy who pretended to be Korean but wouldn’t meet Kushibo for a drink, I’d be delighted to share a cuppa with any Marmot commentator paying a visit to our nation’s capital.
Wiesunja forgot to turn off the blockquote cite, so I’ll do that now.
testing
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Sonagi,
I think I need to offer you a big apology. I have read your other comments regarding Korea-Japan (or even the US) on this board, and amazingly enough, they seem fairly balanced, rational and have at least a semblance of intellect…a task which to most normal people would be fairly easy but pretty much impossible for most Koreans/Kyopos. Please forgive me for playing devil’s advocate as I have seen one too many instances of Koreans on the internet disguising themselves as another nationality in order to give their relentless spewing of jealousy-fed bigotry against Japan more credit. However, I guess I wouldn’t blame them for taking such an under-handed approach since to admit one’s Korean ethnicity in any discussion regarding Japan basically undermines one’s fair and objective-thinking credibility all together.
Wow, that’s some apology….
Thanks!!!
I accept your apology only if you promise to remember to close up blockquotes from now on.
Along with those photos of me in front of the school, I was gonna surprise Robert by slipping in some erotic shots taken by an ex-boyfriend to prove I’m Caucasian from head to toe, but I guess I won’t need to send those pictures after all
I think the gal in question is half Japanese, half caucasisan, but what do I know? Anyway, this is a hilarious gem. Thanks, Robert.
I found another great “ingrish” learning tool from Japan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=
@ sonagi:
i agree about the girls in tokyo. once you get outside of tokyo people are, well, normal people, but a lot of the woman around a certain age (the young woman) that you see walking on the street can seem pretty cookie-cutter: extension curls, either a short skirt/short pants, high heels, make-up. either that or they’re ganguro/yamanba/kogaru.
What are ganguro/yamanba/kogaru?
Hideously awful fashion trends from Japan. Type any of the terms into either google or yahoo image search and be prepared to laugh your ass off.
Pretty sure she is white.