Re: why i don't cheer germany

In article <1151966176.484226.174220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Max Muir" <orb_at_cts_dot_com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Stewy wrote:
Konbanwa, Stewy-san.

Oyasuminasai, Muir-san

Ohayo Gozaimasu, Stewy -san!

I know a bit of Japanese from karate, e.g., jodan mawashi-geri,
which as you can imagine is not very useful in normal conversation
:-|3 <- that's a face with buck teeth, not a kanji.

Know what you mean. Frankly I'm pretty lazy about languages - only learn
as much as you need to get by. I gave up aiming to read and write the
2000-odd kanji you need to read a newspaper here. I can read probably
200 and write even less. Still, I have a comfortable life here and don't
plan to leave the land of wa for some time to come...
.

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