Friday, January 15, 2016

Warner Bros. Anime

Foghorn Leghorn: "あせ、あせ、It is hotter in here than the dog days of summer. あせ、あせ、It is hotter than a magnifying glass focusing sunlight on a June bug."

(Zさん:"You know, considering that roosters don't have sweat glands, this guy sure talks about sweat a lot.")



Friday, January 8, 2016

アメフト

アナウンサー:"... and it's fourth and goal at the one yard line for the Packers, and it looks like they're bringing in fullback John Kuhn to try and punch this one in..."
観客:"くんくん、くんくん"
アナウンサー:"... and listen to those Packer fans cheering him on..."
観客:"くんくん、くんくん"
アナウンサー:"... either that or they can smell victory..."
観客:"くんくん、くんくん"
アナウンサー:"...or both..."
観客:"ゴーパックゴー"



Friday, January 1, 2016

Calendar

Zさん: “So I've been wondering about Japanese calendar terms.”
Aさん: 「何?」
Zさん: “きょう means 'today', right, so one would expect きょねん to mean 'this year', but it doesn't, it means 'last year.'
Aさん: 「Well, yeah, because of the kanji。。。」
Zさん: “Furthermore, せんしゅう means 'last week', and せんげつ means 'last month', so one would expect 'last year' to be せんねん.”
Aさん: 「Are you implying that the Japanese language should be changed for the convenience of foreigners? Well, ok, how about this. きょねん can be changed to mean 'this year' and せんねん can mean last year, but in fairness, changes need to be made to English, too: the names of the months should be changed to 'MonthOne', 'MonthTwo', 'MonthThree' 。。。」
Zさん: “... um... nevermind.”


Friday, December 25, 2015

The question

A子さん:「B子、元気?」
B子さん:「元気です。」
A子さん:「あのね、彼氏は求婚しました!」
B子さん:「本当?こんやく?おめでとう!」

(Zくん:"Mmm... こんにゃく...")

Friday, December 18, 2015

スペイン語

Zさん:"Hey man, thank you for letting me stay at your place while I am visiting California."
Aさん:"Not at all.  Mi casa es su casa."
Zさん:"... that's great, but I don't really need an umbrella."

Friday, December 11, 2015

JLPT

(   )に入れるのに最もよいものをえらびなさい。

1。彼女を(   )する。

1. キッス    2.くそ


2。(   )に住んでいる。

1. うんち    2.うち

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Zくん:”Dude, is it just me or has the JLPT taken a rather dark turn this year?"


Friday, December 4, 2015

In Charge

Aくん:「すみません。新しい学生んですが、担当の先生は。。。?」
Zくん:"... um ... The Lone Ranger?"