Let's learn some Japanese...BAKA! I love Dir en grey!

From: Kevin Gowen (kgowenNOSPAM_at_myfastmail.com)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:15:14 -0400

This article was on the front page of the world's greatest newspaper today:
http://tinyurl.com/5bu5l
"When Yuki Sasaki began working in the Japanese-language program at the
University of Georgia in 1995, most students were international business
majors interested in studying things like polite Japanese expressions
and the ins and outs of Japanese business-card exchange.

Nine years later, Ms. Sasaki says her students are a different sort.
They ask for help in translating Japanese pop-song lyrics and talk
excitedly about the Japanese cartoon character Card Captor Sakura. And
they blurt out colloquial Japanese expressions, like baka! (stupid),
that they have learned from comics."

Who the hell is Card Captor Sakura? There was a color picture of him/her
accompanying the article. He/she was wielding a staff, so I guess that
helps to capture cards.

- Kevin

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  • Re: Lets learn some Japanese...BAKA! I love Dir en grey!
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  • Re: Lets learn some Japanese...BAKA! I love Dir en grey!
    ... > University of Georgia in 1995, most students were international business ... > and the ins and outs of Japanese business-card exchange. ... Ms. Sasaki says her students are a different sort. ... > excitedly about the Japanese cartoon character Card Captor Sakura. ...
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