*Questions about English*Help me Pleeeeeez

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

cute! a penguin?
my favuorite one was a cat, but I remember I used to pad all the stuffed toys and dolls I had before going to bed, cos I didn't want any of them to think "I wasn't chosen, she didn't like me".
Do you call them(ぬいぐるみ) stuffed toys?
hahaha! now in my head, a group of おじさん　keep saying it and bowing each other.

お久しぶり！（w）先週北イギリスに旅行に行きました� �I used to do that too! I'd move my toys every day so that they each had a turn 'sleeping' at the top of the bed, so no-one felt left out. In the UK we mostly call them "cuddly toys" or simply just "toys" as most people guess that if you say "I had a robot" you mean something like a plastic toy, or if you say "I had a toy rabbit," you mean something like a ぬいぐるみ。

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

yep! our door was very heavy and we had to push a little bit hard to close it properly, so we call it がっちゃんする.

I really enjoy the onomatopoeia in Japanese language. I'm told that I make up a lot of noises or onomatopoeic words when I talk sometimes too! I don't even realise I do it. :/

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

columbine ちゃん
I am writing this at an internet cafe in 青森.
I have been travelling north part of Japan for 7days now.
Have you been 北海道 or　青森?

私がいた事はありませんがある友だちが北海道にWWOOFし� ��した。WWOOFについて聞いた事がありますか？北海道は� �っちゃすごくそうです。絶対行きたいんです！

I went to the Lake District on holiday. Have you heard of Beatrix Potter? She wrote a famous children's book called "ピーターラビットのお話”. I went to see her house and her art gallery. But even though it's only four hours away from where I live by car, sometimes it's hard to understand the dialect in the north of England! I learnt Tokyo Japanese too, so when I lived in Osaka, it was hard to understand some people. 私のりょう父は濃い関西弁で話したし、いつも茶色のス エータを着たし、留学生のみなさんで「くま父さん」と 言いました。He would greet me in the morning, but I could hardly understand his accent, so it always sounded like 「あ、おだまきさん、。。。くまくまくまくまくま〜』

I found people in Japan were quite kind about giving me directions and things, especially in Tokyo. My parents were helped a lot, because they don't speak or read any Japanese they found it difficult to find places, but often people on the street would stop to help them, without even being asked. ：）

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by yuko81

Yes, there is a song here

Hi Yuko,
sorry, I meant " BACKWARDS ".
so ZYXWVUT... not ABCDEFG

and the website, I'm afraid that you need to get " the rights " to use it.
Can you erase it please?

Cool. Your memory is good. I can say 5 digits 3.1416. Is there any poem or song to remember pi, yytt?

No, there was no song, but I just kept saying it and memorized it.
I did it when I was 10 and since then I don't practice but still can recall all of them. I should have studied harder when I was young!

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by manganimefan227

There was a very funny show that taught me- sorta- the backwards alphabet =D

Do you still remember it?

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by Columbine

お久しぶり！（w）先週北イギリスに旅行に行きました� �

oh what a coinsident! 私は先月北日本に旅行に行きました！

I used to do that too! I'd move my toys every day so that they each had a turn 'sleeping' at the top of the bed, so no-one felt left out. In the UK we mostly call them "cuddly toys" or simply just "toys" as most people guess that if you say "I had a robot" you mean something like a plastic toy, or if you say "I had a toy rabbit," you mean something like a ぬいぐるみ。

oh you did that? lovely!
Do you sometimes talk to them too? I mean not like a mad, but....
I would say " sorry! " if I accidentally dropped it or something.
I don't like to see people throwing or kicking them...
maybe I'm too naive but maybe because there are face on it...

I see. so I can say like to the kid " Where is your toy bear? " or " You have a cute toy tutle. "

Thank you!

I really enjoy the onomatopoeia in Japanese language. I'm told that I make up a lot of noises or onomatopoeic words when I talk sometimes too! I don't even realise I do it. :/

I love to hear some of your original onomatopoeic words!
I do it when I want to explain about the unusual stuff.

私は行った事がありませんが、ある友だちが北海道でWWOOFをしました。WWOOFについて聞いた事がありますか？北海道� ��めっちゃすごいそうです。（だから/なので）絶対行きたいんです！

はい、もちろんWWOOF知ってますよ！メンバーではありま� ��んが、私にはバックパッカーの友達がたくさんいるの� ��よく話を聞きます。
はい、私も北海道には短期間ではなく長期間の旅をした いと思います！
私の親戚が函館に住んでいます。

I will come back to talk about the Peter Rabbit and your 茶色い熊みたいな寮のおとうさん later!

Thanks! Your stories are alway interesting and make me smile

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by Columbine

I went to the Lake District on holiday. Have you heard of Beatrix Potter? She wrote a famous children's book called "ピーターラビットのお話”. I went to see her house and her art gallery. But even though it's only four hours away from where I live by car, sometimes it's hard to understand the dialect in the north of England!

How's their dialect like?

Yes, many Japanese people especially girls know the Peter Rabbit, you can see the rabbits on the bottle of mayonase here in Japan

Does also Hastings have something to do with the author?
I remember I found a lovely wooden building full of Peter Rabbit and his friends! I bought a set of writing paper there.

Next time, I will love to travel north part of England.
My favourite English teacher was from Manchester (now she lives in Australia), but I haven't been there yet.

I learnt Tokyo Japanese too, so when I lived in Osaka, it was hard to understand some people. 私のりょう父は濃い関西弁で話したし、いつも茶色のス エータを着たし、留学生のみなさんで「くま父さん」と 言いました。He would greet me in the morning, but I could hardly understand his accent, so it always sounded like 「あ、おだまきさん、。。。くまくまくまくまくま〜』

hahaha! A friend of my friends was called おだ　まき　ちゃん you must be her!

I found people in Japan were quite kind about giving me directions and things, especially in Tokyo. My parents were helped a lot, because they don't speak or read any Japanese they found it difficult to find places, but often people on the street would stop to help them, without even being asked. ：）

How nice I'm so glad to hear that.
and yes, people in England helped me a lot too!

It's funny, but I got a lot of help while I was travelling northern part of Japan, even I didn't ask them. Maybe because I was travelling alone.
It's kind of the first time for me to get that much of help by Japanese!
So I really want to go back there again!

Have a good day

P.S. Have you seen " Summer Wars " the movie?

[yumyumtimtam]

Hi

........
Let's have lunch at the Korean restaurant tomorrow.

OK, so I'll meet you where?

How about IN the library?

Cool. bananas.
I'm getting hungry already.


What does this " bananas " mean?


Oh, btw I found this!
YouTube - Alphabet Backwards Song - Kidz Crew
Enjoy the Aussie English!

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Cool. bananas.
I'm getting hungry already.


What does this " bananas " mean?

It's not "Cool. Bananas" but "Cool bananas". Sometimes you hear people say "cool beans" as well. It doesn't really have anything to do with bananas or beans, it's just a fun way of saying "Cool" or "Ok, that's good".

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

How's their dialect like?

It's like this: YouTube - Speaking dialect
The north of England was heavily influenced by people from Scandinavia, especially Norway, so lots of words and pronunciations are still loosely based on the Old Norse language. Also several places in the far north used to speak celtic languages, not english.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Yes, many Japanese people, especially girls know of Peter Rabbit. You can see the rabbits on bottles of mayonnaise here in Japan

Does also Hastings have something to do with the author?
I remember I found a lovely wooden building full of Peter Rabbit and his friends! I bought a set of writing paper there.

I don't think she ever lived in Hastings; she was born in London originally. You must have been to the museum. We didn't go, but we saw her house and the art gallery.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

hahaha! A friend of my friends was called おだ　まき　ちゃん you must be her!

:P maybe~~ maybe not!
I haven't seen Summer Wars yet. I'm going to see if I can find a copy though. I really want to watch it!

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

oh what a coincidence! 私は先月北日本に旅行に行きました！

Do you sometimes talk to them too? I mean not like a mad person, but....
I would say " sorry! " if I accidentally dropped it or something.
I don't like to see people throwing or kicking them...
maybe I'm too naive but maybe because there is a face on it...

Yes, I used to talk to my toys sometimes too! More often I'd talk, but pretend it was the toys talking to each other though.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

I see. so I can say like to the kid " Where is your toy bear? " or " You have a cute toy tutle. "

Yes, that's correct.

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

I love to hear some of your original onomatopoeic words!
I do it when I want to explain about the unusual stuff.

Thats how I use them too. Or just for fun Like I'll say to someone I'm shooing out the room, "Go on, skiddle-skiddle!" or "Squiddle-on" meaning to move quickly in small movements, like how a toddler runs. Or I'll say something has "plammy" feet, meaning big flat feet. Ducks have plammy feet. Puppies have plammy feet that sound like "plam-plam-plam" when they run. ^_^
So never anything serious!

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

はい、もちろんWWOOF知ってますよ！メンバーではありま� ��んが、私にはバックパッカーの友達がたくさんいるの� ��よく話を聞きます。
はい、私も北海道には短期間ではなく長期間の旅をした いと思います！
私の親戚が函館に住んでいます。

I will come back to talk about the Peter Rabbit and your 茶色い熊みたいな寮のおとうさん later!)

私の友達も北海道や山形に色々な所でWWOOFをしました。� ��島にある農場はとうじきを作っていました。そして、� ��の友達もとうじきの作る方を勉強しました。
すごいですね！

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by Columbine

It's not "Cool. Bananas" but "Cool bananas". Sometimes you hear people say "cool beans" as well. It doesn't really have anything to do with bananas or beans, it's just a fun way of saying "Cool" or "Ok, that's good".

Oh, I see. おもしろいね～。
Can I say " cool biscuits (or bickies) " ?

It's like this:
The north of England was heavily influenced by people from Scandinavia, especially Norway, so lots of words and pronunciations are still loosely based on the Old Norse language. Also several places in the far north used to speak celtic languages, not english.

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I don't think she ever lived in Hastings; she was born in London originally. You must have been to the museum. We didn't go, but we saw her house and the art gallery.

You are right. It was maybe a musium or something.
I don't know why but I got the feelings that I shouldn't have talked to the strangers often in Hastings...so I had no chance to ask anyone what it was...
One of my best friends used to homestay there, and she strongly recommended me to stay with the family there too so I did.
I enjoyed the beautiful beachs and all the tiny little shops and all that, but Hastings wasn't my favourite... I didn't meet any bad people at all, but why!?
Is Hastings too touristy place?

I haven't seen Summer Wars yet. I'm going to see if I can find a copy though. I really want to watch it!

Oh, I really want you to watch it! You will see where I live (sometimes).

Yes, I used to talk to my toys sometimes too! More often I'd talk, but pretend it was the toys talking to each other though.

Yeah, you are right! Oh I remembered.
I did that "puppet show" to my exboyfriend when I was drunk.
I asked him to stop watching the sports news late at night, cos he kept changing the channels but the results were the same every where! (Am I right?), but he kept saying あとちょっとだけ　あとちょっとだけ ..., but his あとちょっと was like forever!! So grabbed his gumdam toys, 2 of them, and I did that stupid show like:

Me " Hey my friend Gumdam. What do you think about his attitude?
Do you think it was my big mistake going out with that boy?"

Gundam " Yeah, you made a big mistake. Dump him! "

Me " Oh you reckon? What do you think Mr.Char Aznable? "

Char " He is just a kid. I can make him cry if you want"

Me " Really? Oh you're such a nice man Mr.Char Aznable! Go go! "

Char " Hey XXX (my ex's name), Stop watching the bloddy Telly! Listen to me or she will be mine! 5,4,3,2,1..."

My ex laught hilarious and said OK.

Yeah.... I haven't done that kind of show for a loooooong time.
I think I need a lot of yummy wine. hahaha.

Yes, that's correct.

cool beans and bananas!

Thats how I use them too. Or just for fun Like I'll say to someone I'm shooing out the room, "Go on, skiddle-skiddle!" or "Squiddle-on" meaning to move quickly in small movements, like how a toddler runs.

Oh, I just looooooooooooooooove that!
just like toddler runs? how cute.

mmm I can't think of any good ones in Japanese for that situation...
I would say しっしっしっ!(shooing) or はい、ばいば～い、ばいば～い
or... I know I know ちゃんちゃ～ん　ちゃかちゃか　ちゃんちゃん　ちゃか ちゃか　ちゃんちゃん　ちゃかちゃか　ちゃかかかかか かか♪
this is one of my favourite ones.
ちゃかちゃか = quickly
and this ちゃかちゃかsong is based on 運動会 song:
YouTube - 天国と地獄

Or I'll say something has "plammy" feet, meaning big flat feet. Ducks have plammy feet. Puppies have plammy feet that sound like "plam-plam-plam" when they run. ^_^
So never anything serious!

Yeah, I love those stuff.
Thank you for sharing! I loved it.

私の友達も北海道や山形に色々な所でWWOOFをしました。� ��島にある農場はとうじきを作っていました。そして、� ��の友達もとうじきの作る方を勉強しました。
すごいですね！

Wow! 陶磁器？Making pots and cups and plates....that's one of the things I 've been dreaming of. How nice! You should come to Japan to do the WWOOF and making cups too! I'd come with you

おもしろかった～
ありがとう　またね

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

Oh, I see. おもしろいね～。
Can I say " cool biscuits (or bickies) " ?

haha, if you want to! See, this is why when people ask me "What's the British accent like?" I always answer "Which one?"

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

I enjoyed the beautiful beaches and all the tiny little shops and all that, but Hastings wasn't my favourite... I didn't meet any bad people at all, but why!?
Is Hastings too touristy place?

hmm, I don't really know much about Hastings. I've never been there. Oh, I know about the battle in 1066. It's changed a bit since then though!

Originally Posted by yumyumtimtam

I asked him to stop watching the sports news late at night, cos he kept changing the channels but the results were the same every where! (Am I right?)

*W*My dad does this when his favourite rugby team loses a big game. It's like it didn't really happen unless every channel confirms it.

hahah, I had literally hundreds of Sylvanian families. I'd play long involved games with them.

[yumyumtimtam]

Originally Posted by Columbine

haha, if you want to! See, this is why when people ask me "What's the British accent like?" I always answer "Which one?"

なるほどね、おもしろ～い！

hmm, I don't really know much about Hastings. I've never been there. Oh, I know about the battle in 1066. It's changed a bit since then though!

I see. I bought a few postcards and one of them has the number "1066", but I didn't know why, there wasn't any explanation there.mmm now I'm qurious, I will find it and have another look.

*W*My dad does this when his favourite rugby team loses a big game. It's like it didn't really happen unless every channel confirms it.

Oh, he likes rugby not soccer?
There are many type of footballs, I can't follow all of them, but I love soccer.
In Australia, they have another type of football called Aussie Rules and I liked it too. I don't know why guys do that, watching all the channels for the same results!?

hahah, I had literally hundreds of Sylvanian families. I'd play long involved games with them.

wow, hundreds?
My little sister had some but maybe around 10.
They are bunnies? mice?

We had many of these. You might have seen some of them when you were in Japan maybe?
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