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07-06-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nagoyankee View Post
In my rather long life as a Japanese-speaker, I don't think that I have ever said or heard another Japanese say "Watashi wa (name) desu." That just sounds plain 'foreign' to me.
That's how we're taught when introducing ourselves. Watashi wa (whatever your name is) desu. Maybe book Japanese is significantly different from how natives actually speak it or something.
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