Irene Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Got my bucket and spade at the ready... We're off to the seaside tomorrow. I'll pop in from time to time to check that you're all behaving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Have a great time,and NOT too much ice cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Thanks, andsome. I'll do my best to restrain myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good luck and have a happy time. We are going to IOM tomorrow for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 I lost my virginity there, on Onchan Head. Have a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Thank you, catgate. Enjoy your break on the IOM. andsome, too much information again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 3 hours ago, Irene said: Thank you, catgate. Enjoy your break on the IOM. andsome, too much information again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 4 hours ago, andsome said: I lost my virginity there, on Onchan Head. Have a great time. I shall have a good look round for it myself and ask anyone I come across if they have seen it. Had it any special features that would identify it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 Her name was Maggie,and she came from Kings Heath in Birmingham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 They must have had some very interesting pastimes on a heath belonging to the king. I suppose it is due to a gene transmitted by royalty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hi everyone, I'm back! Have I missed much? I didn't miss the vote - used the proxy facility. ? It was too hot for me though, 30 degrees++ Will post some photos when I can get my head around it. The purpose of the event was a joint celebration of the 70th birthday of myself and a school friend - we met when we began Grammar school at the age of 11 in 1957... such a long time ago. A great time was had by all. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? All I need to do now is to recover! ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hope you had a good time and a good birthday. You are a mere child yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Welcome home. You must be shattered. It's a hell of a walk back from 1957 to 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 お誕生日おめでとうございます Which is according to Google translate " Happy Birthday" in Japanese, but I don't read Japanese so I'll apologise before hand if it actually says something daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 14 hours ago, Belatucadrus said: お誕生日おめでとうございます Which is according to Google translate " Happy Birthday" in Japanese, but I don't read Japanese so I'll apologise before hand if it actually says something daft. てゃんｋ よう (Which also according to Google translate is "Thank you"). ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 17 hours ago, andsome said: Hope you had a good time and a good birthday. You are a mere child yet. Thanks, a good time time was had by all. As far as being a mere child, I wish someone would tell my body that! ? 16 hours ago, catgate said: Welcome home. You must be shattered. It's a hell of a walk back from 1957 to 2016. It certainly is along way back - feels like it too. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 Having seen on the TV that learning a language later on in life is a good thing for overall brain health I've started on Japanese, I like animé and a lot of Japanese music so the chance of eliminating the need for subtitles seemed a good idea. I have no intention of however of learning to read it, they use three alphabets and from what I can see the main one Kanji being pictographic can have the same characters sound completely different when used in different words. It looks more like an encryption system to me and I've pre-emptively surrendered on that front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 Good luck with that one! It looks extremely complex to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 It's different, they structure sentences in a different order and there doesn't appear to be any difference in singular and plural, I've only just started and haven't even got to the tourist speak level yet but I have hopes. One interesting thing is they seem to be like us in one way, they pick up certain English phrases and incorporate them, it doesn't seem that unusual to hear "Thank You" or "Bye bye" instead of arigato or sayonara. You really need an audio course though, the vowel sounds are slightly different so read it as it looks to us and it comes out wrong to them, add to that some of the longer words are jaw breakers that look to have been assembled by sadists and it becomes a challenge. Then there's the catch all phrase "yoroshiku onegaishimasu" it doesn't translate ! The meaning changes dramatically depending on who's talking to who and what the situation is. The Japanese know exactly what they mean when they say it. Foreigners I'm not so sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Extremely confusing! I think I'll give it a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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