

The best part about cellphones in Japan are the 0 yen student discount phones (and the student discount plans). You'd think they'd be pieces of crap, but they really aren't at all.
I take back what I said about Edmund Burke spinning in his grave.Ashurii wrote:
I'm embrassed to admit, though, I'm one of those girls..
wow, you only have to press 0 once to get ん? I have to push it 3 timesHarisenbon wrote:
Also, Japanese is just a more compact language in a lot of cases.
For example, for the word apple / りんご I have to do
apple 2-7->-7-5-5-5-3-3 (9 presses, 6 key changes)
りんご 9-9-0-2-2-2-2-2-# (9 presses, 4 key changes)
After the first reference I tried to figure out exactly what that meant, but I still have no idea. I never did pay much attention in my European History/Politics class.Mike Cash wrote:
I take back what I said about Edmund Burke spinning in his grave.
He is popularly credited with having said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing".Ashurii wrote:After the first reference I tried to figure out exactly what that meant, but I still have no idea. I never did pay much attention in my European History/Politics class.Mike Cash wrote:
I take back what I said about Edmund Burke spinning in his grave.
Oh well then, I'm glad to see that I'm excused. :pMike Cash wrote:He is popularly credited with having said "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing".Ashurii wrote:After the first reference I tried to figure out exactly what that meant, but I still have no idea. I never did pay much attention in my European History/Politics class.Mike Cash wrote:
I take back what I said about Edmund Burke spinning in his grave.
I say "popularly credited with" after having lightly perused:
http://www.tartarus.org/martin/essays/burkequote.html
(AshleighMike Cash wrote:
I'm too thick to recognize that "Ashurii" is "Ashley" and that you were a female in the car and not a male watching another male go into the car.
Not trying to cast aspersions on your ability to stand up against something like that by any means. But since the whole premise of the female-only cars is that females need to be protected from males, then applying that dubious quote to the situation is unwarranted.
As someone who almost never rides the trains, let me ask you: Aren't those coaches the end coach containing the conductor's compartment?
Nice pun.Ashurii wrote:
sorry for the derail!
Didn't notice that!keatonatron wrote:Nice pun.Ashurii wrote:
sorry for the derail!