Archive for March, 2007
Lost in Translation in Japan
I don't know how many people have ever seen this Bill Murray movie, but a lot of it exemplifies the typical Japanese language experience for foreigners.
Here's the vexing thing about the Japanese people. They all studied English in junior high and high school (it's mandatory), but very few of them ever dare speak it. Even some of the English teachers that the schools cannot speak conversational English so you're left ...

