Disclaimer: unlike this post’s inspiration, “Overheard in Osaka” is not meant to denigrate or mock anybody quoted herein. I am well aware that an entire site could probably be made about the mistakes I myself make in Japanese. That said, here is a collection of some of the things my students have said this week […]
Month: June 2007
Good Day/Bad Day
Monday was a bad day. Prior to a couple of weeks ago, I was the teacher of 6 great classes and 1 class of jerks. I’ve mentioned the jerks a couple of times so far. I also teach a class of cuddly 2 year olds, a class of absolutely adorable 5 year olds, 2 classes […]
Dignity
Last week, 5 year olds at my school learned about barn animals. This involved singing “Old MacDonald” and imitating said animals complete with barnyard sounds. I tore into this task with gusto – I love my 5 year olds and will take any chance I can to play with them, regardless of how silly I […]
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It’s My Train Ride and I’ll Drink if I Want To
On Saturdays I teach 2 classes of adorable kids and 4 classes of adults in Utajo. My commute is long, my day begins early, my schedule is packed and, happily, the next day is Sunday – a day off. I like nothing better than to celebrate the finish of a long, satisfying day – and […]
Protected: Audrina: The Fabulous (!) Comes Through
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From Arigatou to Zed
I would like to direct your attention to the newest member of I Eat My Pigeon’s Pages family: The Glossary. The Glossary was born at 2:48 p.m. Tokyo time and provides story-and-joked-filled descriptions and definitions for various terms I often use in my blog entries. Said terms range from Arigatou to Zed. It is also […]
Mmmm ….
Several lists – an accidental advertisement of sorts, created for my comfort during an idle shift at work: WESTERN FOODS I MISS AND CAN’T GET HERE Gray’s Papaya Hot Dogs Claussen Dill Pickles Yonah Shimmel’s Knishes Gabila Knishes Dojo’s carrot and tahini salad dressing Canada Dry Mandarin-flavored seltzer Oreo cookie milkshakes Chef Boyardee Beefaroni Stove […]
One, Two, Three … WHORE!: Part Ni
Just for you, P-Jay …We here at my English school not only categorize typical Japanese pronunciation mistakes (See “One, Two, Three … WHORE!”: Part Ichi) but sometimes we discover brand new ones. Today I taught my class of adorable, wriggly 2 year-olds again. Kazuki, the wriggliest of them all, bumped his nose on the folding […]