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HomeShop at BookSurgeJuvenile FictionHow to Talk Dirty in Japanese and English: A Bilingual Book |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Not what I expected Jun 13, 2008 I have to admit I was a little hesitant buying the book in the first place, considering there is no item description or preview. I would certainly not consider this book a learning tool.
The left side of each page is written in Japanese, and the right page in English, so it's a side by side translation throughout each chapter both pretty much saying the same thing. The problem I have with this is that I only understand Hiragana and Katakana, while I have yet to tackle Kanji and there appears to be a very minimal use of Romaji (which is all double-spaced making it a pain to read itself). Obviously I don't care to read the English pages, because I already know how to curse in English. Unfortunately, it's impossible for me to read or translate the Japanese pages until I have a better understanding of Kanji, but, I wonder if once I've mastered Kanji and can read Japanese well enough to read this book, will I really have any use for it?
On another note, the English I did read is close-minded and extremely opinionated. What I mean by that is the foul language is NOT at all humorous, it is down right hateful and racist as if written by some nazi anarchist adolescent. I have a very twisted sense of humor, but this is not my cup of tea, personally.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Not for the feint hearted Jun 11, 2008 An awesome book, just what I was looking for to help me in planning a series of real world (dirty) Japanese language learning podcasts. Will certainly help you learn the worst Japanese possible, but be warned the English translation are very un-politically correct. If you aren't offended by words like "fag", then you should be fine. Just don't be fooled into thinking it's a serious reference guide or language learning resource.
1 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your money May 29, 2008 I ordered this book expecting it to be entertaining. After thumbing through it I tossed it in the garbage, it's nothing more than an African American spewing racial slurs and waning the people of Japan about how horrible "white people" are.
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