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| cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6126 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish | Message 9 of 17 20 July 2011 at 8:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Really, Japanese who come to the USA and the first generation often end up mixing up the language like this. I don't know what it is about Japanese, but somehow the borderlines between languages just don't seem to exist. It's all a big strange soup of odd grammar and words mixed together.
Though I'm technically immune to the tag weaboo because of 50% Japanese ancestroy I've heard of weaboo. I think there's definitely a meanness to the whole thing that creeps me out. I won't stand for it, really. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 10 of 17 28 July 2011 at 3:48am | IP Logged | ||
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Though I'm not studying Japanese, I have mentioned to people that it's a language I want to learn sometime in my life. I've never been called a weeaboo, though people have guessed my interest in learning Japanese has been from anime. I admit, I do watch anime (I am only 18, so it's not out of the ordinary), and anime has been what exposed me to Japanese. That doesn't mean, however, that the sole reason I want to learn Japanese is due to anime and all the crazes associated with it. I've grown to love the sounds of the language, its strange grammar, its system for honorifics, and many more things such as traditions, holidays, and beliefs. I have anime to thank for this, and if people use that as a reason to call someone a weeaboo or any other derogatory term then they're missing the bigger picture.
Since I've always been interested in learning languages, the casual way people would throw in Japanese when speaking to me would irritate me. Although I'm sure it wasn't their intention, it seemed insulting to someone who actually wanted to learn the language beyond sayings and exclamations. I've only met one person, a good friend of mine, who was an anime fan but truly wanted to learn Japanese. - Kat Edited by Phantom Kat on 28 July 2011 at 3:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lasciel Groupie United States Joined 5374 days ago 55 posts - 81 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Japanese | Message 11 of 17 29 July 2011 at 5:02am | IP Logged | ||
I think we established once that Finnaboo is the cutest insult word in history... :P Me, I just embrace the term 'weeaboo'. If I'm already using it to describe myself and don't have a problem with it, no one can use it against me as an insult. Some people will apply it to you whether you're Japan-obsessed or not, any interest in Japanese or culture is somehow a failing to them. Some people can't understand that you can love your own country and culture as well as other ones. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5035 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 12 of 17 31 July 2011 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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Weeaboo may be an age-related insult. I'm 37 years old and started learning Japanese in January. No one would call me a weeaboo, particularly as it's my 7th language. It's probably easier to insult teenagers and those in their early 20s.
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| jean-luc Senior Member France Joined 4961 days ago 100 posts - 150 votes Speaks: French* Studies: German | Message 13 of 17 31 July 2011 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | ||
According to the urban Dictionary, a weeabo is
So just learning Japanese is probably not enough to be called weeabo. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| starrye Senior Member United States Joined 5095 days ago 172 posts - 280 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 14 of 17 01 August 2011 at 3:15pm | IP Logged | ||
I agree, it is... I just turned 30, and it's a word I only see online. I don't think most people over 30 would be familiar with the term, unless they've spent time online in Japan related forums, blogs, etc. Most tend to associate Japan with things like sushi, martial arts, world war II, cars, business, etc. So when people find out I'm learning Japanese, they tend to assume I'm doing it for my job/company, or some other reason like that. Things like anime or manga often don't come up at all, unless it's something they enjoy themselves. Edited by starrye on 01 August 2011 at 3:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5179 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 15 of 17 01 August 2011 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't think being obsessed with country is bad, though I am more into Korea.
I guess it's better than watching porn all day, and having no any interests. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| DNB Bilingual Triglot Groupie Finland Joined 4887 days ago 47 posts - 80 votes Speaks: Finnish*, Estonian*, English | Message 16 of 17 01 August 2011 at 4:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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My friend (who is 20) is studying Japanese because he is interested in it's literature
and language in general. He's not weeaboo in any way in the sense that he is not angsting about his home country, he is a very well oriented person. Some older woman visited his workplace and noticed my friend with kanji flashcards on his table. The woman instantly asked if he is a fan of anime/manga... Kind of insulting if you ask me. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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