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Originally Posted by Sashimister
He's a Korean-American (born in Korea).
He makes a huge mistake in these three lines of self-introduction. See if you can find it. It's at the top of this page: Tae Kim's Blog
「こんにちは！私は大手企業で働いてるエンジニア（今 流行っている言葉ではＳＥ）です。生まれは韓国でアメ リカ育ちだが、今は東京で活躍しています。なのに、実 家は何とメキシコのカンクン！そう。このblogでは、日� �（もしくは海外）で色々なことを経験しながら、自分� �感じたこと、思ったことを伝えたいと思います。」
It was not even the 生まれは韓国でアメリカ育ち part that told me he wasn't a native speaker of Japanese. It's another part where he says something that Japanese-speakers never would. |
He uses 私は in the second sentence. But I'm not entirely sure that qualifies as a "big mistake" because 私は is correct grammar if not native-sounding.
What about mixing です with って in the second sentence?
Also, I never got a chance to learn if Japanese use parentheses and dashes as often as in English, so I'm not sure if that's a clue. I use () exactly the same in both languages, but I'm admittedly no more than an upper-intermediate or lower-advanced speaker.