Jokes about learning Japanese

[Harisenbon]

They also said: "when you're about to eat, say 'eat the duck we must' and no one will realize you aren't speaking Japanese!"

Heheh. My friends learned it as "Eat the Ducky Mouse"

[furrykef]

The "don't touch my moustache" one appears in Street Fighter Alpha 3 as one of Sodom's win quotes: "Don't thank me. In fact, 'don't touch my moustache'!" (Sodom is basically an American who desperately wants to be Japanese, but hasn't a clue about how to go about it properly, so he butchers Japanese phrases.)

The Japanese version of the game (called Street Fighter Zero 3) took this even further. For example, one of his victory quotes was, "Die job death car?"

- Kef

[NileCat]

知り合いの娘さんが３歳のころ、天気予報(weather forecast)を見て、
「ママ～、あしたは『とら』が降るって!　こわいよ～」
と怯えていた。
ある意味、頭いいよね？

[keatonatron]

知り合いの娘さんが３歳のころ、天気予報(weather forecast)を見て、
「ママ～、あしたは『とら』が降るって!　こわいよ～」
と怯えていた。
ある意味、頭いいよね？

Again, I don't get it. What did she mishear?

[NileCat]

雹 (ひょう) hyou (n) hail (i.e. falling iceballs)
豹 (ひょう) hyou (n) leopard/panther


香港(Hong Kong) で見かけた「？」

[coco]

[Yudan Taiteki]

That reminds me of joking exchanges we used to talk about as newbies like the following:

Clerk: いらっしゃいませ！
Customer:いらっしゃいました。

A: おはようございます。
B: ええ、おはようございましたね。

[astaroth]

NileCatさん、yudanさん、you both made my day ...

[becki_kanou]

That reminds me of joking exchanges we used to talk about as newbies like the following:

Clerk: いらっしゃいませ！
Customer:いらっしゃいました。

An oldie but a goodie. Shin-chan does this joke quite a few times in the クレヨンしんちゃん series.

[Harisenbon]

nilecat, that is brilliant!
You made my day!

[keatonatron]

Once I was staying in a hostel in Kyoto, and I heard an Indian man tell the clerk "ありがとうございません"

[Yudan Taiteki]

On an oral exam I once had a student respond to 日本語を上手ですね with とんでもございます！

Also 申し訳ございます/あります is a common mistake.

[space_bubble]

Chris, could you tell me if you know any website collectiong that sort of English ones ?
Thank you.

I was trying to find what specifically you are referring to? English word puzzles, or English word games, or?

I just happened on this part of this Web site, otherwise I'd have offered an answer earlier.

[Infidel]

A Japanese Joke thread just isn't a Japanese Joke thread without a reference to this. oldie but goodie.

[furrykef]

Indeed. But somebody else thought so too: jcdietz03 posted the same link on page 2.