Hilarious youtube "lesson"
 

Maybe you've already seen this on youtube, maybe not.
I just had to share it, had to watch it multiple times and loved it each time. :)

YouTube - How to speak fluent Japanese without (hardly) saying a word PART 3

Hahaha I LOVE Ken Tanaka! We all know it's not real per se, but I don't care, I believe!!

Remi is awesome, too. Ain't she cute? :3

But yeah man... they abbreviate things so much... It bothers the hell out of me. Do you know how long it took me to figure out that "プラモ”　means "plastic model"?

TWENTY MINUTES!!!!!!


edit: actually guys, check out Remi's channel. If you listen to her monologues and listen to her talk, you'll pick up a lot of Japanese! From listening to the vid on her main page, she's a lot like your or me! YouTube - RemiFebruary's Channel

She is hot... :rheart:
Love how she pronounces her Japanese, she makes it sound even cuter than other girls I've heard speak the language before.
Her video's make good listening practice!

Everybody Needs a Distraction Sometime
 

I've seen this video and its parent so many times over the years. I still think it's hilarious.

YouTube - How to speak fluent Japanese without saying a word PART 2

Doesn't hurt that the girl is really cute, either.

I remember this.
I've only seen a couple of these videos. Thank you for the link, GTJ.

Guess me and KyleGoetz had the exact same idea.
Hive mind man!! :p

I'm a bigger fan of Emily's videos

YouTube - applemilk1988's Channel

But David Ury is pretty funny as well.

Did you see the recent one where Ken Tanaka met his brother, David Ury, in Japan at a ryokan It was awesome in how poorly edited it was. :3

Except Emily is vain and apes to the camera constantly. Oh well, to each is own.

I find her accent to be quite annoying...
Did she ever really practice her accent or what?

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And man... watching a few video's makes me really wonder about her mental health...

I was so disappointed when I found out Ken was a fake. I watched the video that Kyle is talking about, the one where he meets his brother. And saw that not old was Ken Tanaka not really Japanese raised, but he is also a unskilled video editor.

I'm still a subscriber of both, Ken and Emily.
All their videos are interesting. Love them both.

But I looked up David Ury on the inter webz, and realized he actually did study in Japan, at Tokyo University, and speaks fluent Japanese. But... he just wasn't raised in Japan like he says.

He's an amazing actor.

Agreed. She's the essence of "camerawhore."

she's whorish but she's cool somehow. i think she's kinda poser and blase but well, i like girls like that lol

That girl is my ideal whore.

That's the whole point of her video style sir. To come off as a cocky as possible.

I find it hilarious.

I try not to judge people's accent that much because mine is not perfect either. However, she flaunts her accent as if it's a gift from God, and that bothers me a bit. Still, I like to think I'm above "ZOMG HER ACCENT IS NOT PERFECT."

She does have good chops for someone who (I think) had never been to Japan before she went over there to become a softcore porn actress or whatever you call what she's doing (AV actress, bikini model, what?). I haven't really looked into what she does because I don't care that much. It's just that on certain websites I frequent, people talk about her.

Nathan As I said, to each his own. But I definltely don't enjoy watching people act cocky on camera. I'm cocky enough as it is (reference my AMAZING POSTING here), and I don't need to see more of it from others—I'll look in a mirror and make muscle Ahnold poses for that. :)

The first video was funny. Fua-kin, LOL. Kin is gold in Japanese but fua-kin just sounds amusing. Mods, is there a lower age limit on JF? I was surprised to see my Japanese slang removed. I just meant to raise awareness.

I don't think there's a strict "no profanity" rule on JF. On the relationship board or English board, the few times I've visited I've seen a ton of F-bombs.

I just choose not to use them here, because it doesn't add much to the discussion like it would in discussions about escort services and people that make us angry.

I mean, it seems silly to cuss out how hard kanji are.