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世界は草食系男子をどう伝えているか http://bit.ly/6OCo7B (MSN産経]) (via @namekawa01) - なぜかCNNの元祖herbivore日本男児 @jayhori さんが含まれていない！ 6 minutes ago from TweetDeck
@marie_raphael Double consonants in English spelling are universally confusing! L/R confusion is specific to languages like Jp tho. about 2 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to marie_raphael
@tokyoreporter Staff/stuff difference is too subtle for us to believe it actually affects the meaning of the word! Frastrating! about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tokyoreporter
@KyleHase lol "logically" and "theoretically" do overlap in meaning though! about 5 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to KyleHase
Top 25 misspelled English words by the Japanese: apreciate/acomodate/dimention/definitly/configulation/... http://bit.ly/5n3sA8 about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck
Best motivation to learn a foreign language: physical/financial inconvenience of not knowing the language about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck
RT @serkantoto: My sources: Digital Garage Mobile wanted the payment model but was shown the red card by Twitter Inc. over the weekend. about 8 hours ago from web
@AdySan Right, the verb part is understood. Could be hard for JFL speakers. Btw 良い一日を sounds English-translaty. about 22 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to AdySan
@Koiyuki Correction: Flowers for Algernon = アルジャーノンに花束を / を function changes depending on context. Marks direct object in this case. about 23 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Koiyuki
@Koiyuki What is hidden in Japanese ad headlines ending with case particles (Nagoya U paper) http://bit.ly/73TEp8 [PDF, Japanese] about 23 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Koiyuki
@Koiyuki Flowers for Algernon = アルジャーノンに花束を / を marks the recipient. Interesting question, never thought about it! about 24 hours ago from web in reply to Koiyuki
@Marfil So can I say intelligent bad language learners have high logical-mathematical & low verbal-linguistic intelligences? about 24 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Marfil
@Koiyuki If you are looking for a bible quote; Modern colloquial: 人にしてもらいたいと思うことを、人にもしなさい。 Classical: 汝ら人に爲られんと思ふごとく、人にも然せよ。 about 24 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Koiyuki
@Koiyuki Hmm... Classical Japanese. Literal meaning is the contraposition: "Do not give others what you don't want (to get)." 11:48 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck in reply to Koiyuki
@markmatsusaka @JapanNewbie @nikimurata It's cold enough today for any more #oyajigag ! 10:28 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck
@gakuranman Personal exp/anecdotal evidence. Wonder if there's any quantitative linguistic studies showing the correlations. 10:10 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck in reply to gakuranman
@chrisgaunt Alcohol also helps b/c even analytical perfectionists stop caring about grammar/mistakes! 10:05 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck
@gakuranman I don't mean to offend you! I'm actually analytical & perfectionist too but try not to be when it comes to learning languages. 10:03 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck in reply to gakuranman
@JeffYune @Koiyuki @chrisgaunt I've taught Japanese to NASA engineers once. Very smart pple but some had such a hard time learning basic Jp. 9:48 PM Nov 29th from TweetDeck
@JapanNewbie I'm actually a big fan of oyaji gag. Please tweet more of them! 9:44 PM Nov 29th from web in reply to JapanNewbie

Name Tomo Akiyama
Location Tokyo
Bio Tokyo-based Japanese PR consultant. MA in linguistics, advocate for real/natural Japanese as a foreign language. Married to an American.