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Drew/everyone – I got the below explanation to this issue from a Japanese teacher. See what you think.
Pay attention to the shape of your mouth. When you say “a-e”, it doesn’t change. The location of your tongue changes, though.
But when you say “i”, you should widen your mouth horizontally. So, the shape of your mouth changes from a circle (a) to a horizontal line (b) without closing your mouth.
It might be “so”?.
I’ve had an issue reading Japanese in different fonts (all kana, Kanji), think you just have to persist.
I’ve a seen a site with some of the most commonly used fonts but can’t find it at the moment! Ahh!
I think you can play around with different fonts in Word – a crusty option, but a start.
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@ k man – It was against Everton in 2005 (2-0 win). Not the greatest spectacle of a game, but still a pleasure – highbury, Pires, Bergkamp etc (Cahill hung around to go signings after the game).
I should remember this, but was that the CL final against Barca? That was so tragic. The best teams in the world and both beautiful attacking teams. It was going to be a great contest, and then the red card. A potential classic game ruined and Arsenal had to defend for an hour plus.
Is it just Arsenal? I get the impression most of the big PL clubs operate their ticketing that way.
So do you have concrete plans to go to Japan yet?
@ k man – bad luck for your brother! Tragedy.
One of my footballing highlights was seeing Arsenal at Highbury (in it’s last season), although Henry wasn’t playing. I know what you mean about getting tickets, it’s ridiculous. The only way I got a ticket was through a scalper, paying crazy money (being on holiday it didn’t hurt so much). Another reason to turn one off modern football….
@ k-man – Cheers, but alas that isn’t my neighbourhood. Would be grand though. The only international I’ve been to was Australia v Argentina. Messi alone was worth the price of admission!
You been to any good internationals?@ k -man – of course, they have to bounce back to knock England about again!
Thanks for the stream tip.
Well, at least one of Roy’s dilemmas has been solved for here – Frank L has been ruled out of the Euros. The issue of how to handle Stevie Me & Frank L in one team is now solved.
You may be able to confirm/deny, but I get the impression that expectations are low (comparatively) in England regarding their chances at the Euros; yes?Brendan Rogers at Liverpool – does he have any chance, or is he just fresh meat?
@nick / kanjiman – it’s tradition now for England to go out at the quarter finals, yeah?!
As for Roy, I like him a lot, few English managers and players go outside of England and he’s done that with success. I am pessimistic about his chances though. I agree with all you both said, but also he’s got a very conservative, defensive and rigid style. His systems are often very inflexible, and I don’t know how the egos in the English squad will react to that.
Nick – how do you watch the J-league?
K man – Interesting analysis and prediction with Asian football – I hope it comes true. What happens with China will be interesting. Currently the standard is pretty poor despite the money there – like all sport they’re throwing heaps of money at it. Also, it needs some proper development and administration. There are lots of incidents of fan violence and of corruption.
That WC game against Japan, wow that was amazing. I’ll have to look into streams of games, haven’t done that before.
I don’t follow cricket closely (during the non-summer times of the year it’s hard to follow), in summer I’ll get into it. This isn’t a popular thing to say but, I hate 20/20!
Yes, indeed we had some amazing players, but that’s all over now! The administration here has done a terrible job of transitioning a new generation in – the team has been really lost the last couple of years. What’s going on with England? They’ve been a bit up and down, yeah?@kanjiman – I’d like to get more into the J-league too, judging by the Asian CL it is pretty good quality (unfortunately when was there I had to settle for going to a division 2 game!).
Sorry k-man, but I had to chuckle at the description of “Hyundai” A-league – they’ve done a good job with the branding if that’s how it’s known internationally!
I don’t follow it that closely as the games are on pay-TV, which I don’t have. So it’s hard to keep up with. I’ve been to a few games and support it where I can, but it’s hard to get into – the clubs all being only a few years old there’s not much character or history, so it’s been hard to be passionate about it.Cahill is perhaps the best we’ve had in some time. It’s seemed at times he’s rescued Everton many a time, and his performance at the 2006 World Cup is legendary (and such a leap for short man!). I’d probably add Schwarzer to that list – he’s had a great career and it’s a shame he never got a chance at a big club.
Our qualification has always been a bit dodgy, so yeah, being in Asia is the best outcome. For a while we had to qualify
- through Oceania, then through Asia,
- then it was through Oceania then through South America,
- then Sepp promised Oceania direct qualification (what a joke!)
- finally sanity has prevailed.What are your thoughts on England’s performance at the upcoming Euros? Predictions?
And on Roy as the manager?@kanjiman – Know you what you mean! Up to season 4, the quantity of kanji is increasing!
@kanjiman – Surreal football, sadly lives on in a limited capacity at:
It was a highly opinionated, often offensive take on football.
Even though I didn’t agree with all their opinions (they love Real M) it was a very funny and unique take on football. I find the majority of sites regurgitate the same bland views and have nothing original nor critical to say – Surreal bucked that trend.@ Nick / Kanjiman – Latest is that Kagawa has knocked back Man Utd, which pleases me!
@ Kanjiman – I get most of my news from The Guardian. Their European coverage is pretty decent.
Zonal Marking is a must, as was Surreal Football until it’s sad demise.
Recently discovered The Tuesday Club, which is a bit of fun.That’s massive, thanks everybody!
@hashi – Ha! 10 years since I studied philosophy tells me I’m not in good shape for that contest.
I’m pretty knowledge music-scene-knowledge isn’t ‘A priori’ though!@missing – thanks! 鬼 seems good. I’m not sure I’d file AKB48 under hip hop though!
@ Hasji – ok, ok, I’m not getting into any epistemological discussions!
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Cheers guys! I’ve got an album by Krush and absolutely love the stuff Nujabes did for Samurai Champloo.
@gigatron – I got a sense of hip hop not being that big when I was in Japan, which surprised me, I thought it would be a bigger scene.
I don’t know any of those names, so at your discretion please provide me with links for your recommendations. Much appreciated! -
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