so that's where they go...

[KiraLight]

haha, sorry, this just made me laugh.  

[DarkElf27]

'engrish'?  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

DarkElf27

'engrish'?

The word "Engrish" is used to refer to the English spoken by Japanese people (sometimes also other non-native English speakers), which often have mistakes due to translation errors and grammatical differences.

The word "Engrish" comes from the way native Japanese speakers pronounce the word "English". There is no L sound in Japanese, so Japanese people learning English often pronounce the L sound as a sound halfway in between the English L and R sounds. That makes the word "English" sound like "Engrish".  

[fluffypants]

hmmm...interesting...  

[Rukoric]

You know... I don't think that it would be a good idea to put the Japanese characters above the English characters if it's a Grammar Crisis Room.

Wouldn't that just make things worse?  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

Yes, I suppose that would. A grammar crisis room sounds like something the Japanese would come up with. They have some hilarious s**t in that country. *says this from the computerized, music playing, toilet she's currently sitting on*  

[dark_elf]

Yami no Hitokiri

Yes, I suppose that would. A grammar crisis room sounds like something the Japanese would come up with. They have some hilarious s**t in that country. *says this from the computerized, music playing, toilet she's currently sitting on*

rolleyes
IS it true that all, or most, Japanese people are taught English since a young grade? And that if you or I were to go over there from the US we could speak to them and they would understand us and vice-versa?  

[Kipluck]

Engrish.com is seriously one of my very favorite sites. Some of the jokes are not very appropriate, but most of it cracks me up!  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

dark_elf

rolleyes
IS it true that all, or most, Japanese people are taught English since a young grade? And that if you or I were to go over there from the US we could speak to them and they would understand us and vice-versa?

What I read is that they're taught how to read and write the English alphabet, but not actually how to speak English.  

[SofiaDragon]

Yami no Hitokiri

dark_elf

rolleyes
IS it true that all, or most, Japanese people are taught English since a young grade? And that if you or I were to go over there from the US we could speak to them and they would understand us and vice-versa?

What I read is that they're taught how to read and write the English alphabet, but not actually how to speak English.

That depends on the school, I think. Upper grades and certain types of schools, those not geared to math and technology majors for instance, would have classes to teach multiple languages. I could be wrong.  

[stuntmonkey]

razz  

[Klandy]

hmm, that's weird. I have never heard of that before.  

[Red-Chocolate]

I've never heard of it...