http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/comment-page-1/#comment-9023 Javi Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:44:06 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/#comment-9023 Yes, Harvey, that was the book! Yes, Harvey, that was the book!

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/comment-page-1/#comment-9018 Chrissy Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:48:51 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/#comment-9018 omg lolol! I gonna teach that to my coworkers omg lolol! I gonna teach that to my coworkers

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/comment-page-1/#comment-9017 mdchachi Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:01:55 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/#comment-9017 What, are you saying they mispronounced an L as an R? I don't believe it. Why would they do that? What, are you saying they mispronounced an L as an R? I don’t believe it. Why would they do that?

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/comment-page-1/#comment-9011 harvey Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:46:24 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/#comment-9011 Javi, are you talking about "The Language Instinct"? I read that while ago, good stuff! Javi, are you talking about “The Language Instinct”? I read that while ago, good stuff!

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/comment-page-1/#comment-8999 Javi Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:45:01 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/01/29/spare-me-my-life-engrish-aerobics/#comment-8999 I want to share another one. I think that I read it from a book on Linguistics by Steven Pinker, in which he was explaining something related to the lateral vowels in different languages. He gives a very funny example which is something that happened in Japan, when the president Clinton came here after being elected, and the minister who received him at the airport told him something more or less like "we have been following the entire process of your erection". I want to share another one. I think that I read it from a book on Linguistics by Steven Pinker, in which he was explaining something related to the lateral vowels in different languages. He gives a very funny example which is something that happened in Japan, when the president Clinton came here after being elected, and the minister who received him at the airport told him something more or less like “we have been following the entire process of your erection”.

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