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Aisaka said:
I wouldn't have imagined you're much older than me, honestly. Maybe by a few years but nothing you can't count on a single hand...
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Oh you really are just the sweetest!!! 😊

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Japanese can be, uhhh... pretty intimidating to learn at first. I don't know all that much, just basic reading. I don't know a lot of vocabulary, and it gets overwhelming when there are three different "languages", with one having 2000 characters people typically learn that can be pronounced different ways depending on context...
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I was attempting to learn it and had the same problem, it was all written not spoken. I've lost all of it now after being ill for a while but I am determined to start again when I can!

Cool / not cool, bonus story.

I was once fluent in German. I don't remember it. My partner used to watch me talking to german people via text and face to face. She remembers me being fluent. Others do too. I can't remember the language or speaking it since some head related trauma issues. Brains are weird.

PokeGuy1238 said:
Hi :)

I hope it quoted him :P
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And I quoted you mwahahahaha
 
Roni said:
that's tough. i've always wanted to see for myself just how clean the streets actually are, since apparently that's what Japan is known for.

the language barrier is indeed something that hinders me from thinking about going there too much. folks don't have subtitles below them sadly, and i haven't anything about Japanese since that one college class i took :S
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How was the class actually, I'm curious and wanna hear what you thought of it. The thing about not having subs is pretty relatable though...

Ash Ketchup said:
I was once fluent in German. I don't remember it. My partner used to watch me talking to german people via text and face to face. She remembers me being fluent. Others do too. I can't remember the language or speaking it since some head related trauma issues. Brains are weird.
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That's crazy, wow... I can't say I've heard of something like that happening to anyone else I've known, but I've definitely thought about stuff like that.

And yes, I'm quoting you still, it's easier and it's funny that we all just constantly get dragged into this thread and have to deal with it, haha.
 
Aisaka said:
That's crazy, wow... I can't say I've heard of something like that happening to anyone else I've known, but I've definitely thought about stuff like that.

And yes, I'm quoting you still, it's easier and it's funny that we all just constantly get dragged into this thread and have to deal with it, haha.
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It is weird but my therapists have explained it to me numerous times and it makes sense when they say it! I can now understand forgetting something, think of it like a damaged memory chip or a tape getting wiped. That sort of makes sense. Something you have is being taken away.

What has never made sense to me is these peeps that wake up from comas with a different accent or speaking another language. How is that even possible? It makes zero sense, I can't get my brain around it. How can you gain something you haven't learned?

Anyway, quoting you too 😁
 
i've been quoted, and must respond accordingly before i head back to work :p

Aisaka said:
How was the class actually, I'm curious and wanna hear what you thought of it. The thing about not having subs is pretty relatable though...
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the teacher was actually pretty good! Filipino guy but super fluent in Japanese, or should i say Nihonggo. has a Japanese wife too and she was a cutie! it was legit a fun class & i learned quite a bit under him, but for some reason the only thing that really stuck with me was otsukaresama-desuka, and i can't even remember what that means anymore lmao.
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It is weird but my therapists have explained it to me numerous times and it makes sense when they say it! I can now understand forgetting something, think of it like a damaged memory chip or a tape getting wiped. That sort of makes sense. Something you have is being taken away.

What has never made sense to me is these peeps that wake up from comas with a different accent or speaking another language. How is that even possible? It makes zero sense, I can't get my brain around it. How can you gain something you haven't learned?
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heya sorry to hear about you losing your German fluency :< that's awesome to think about tho, a German-speaking Rapunzel :p

but like yea, i've heard those stories of people gaining a skill too. like that guy who was featured in a documentary in a while back who became really good at piano after taking a big hit to the head. and no he didn't have any sort of training prior at all. brains fonny
 
Roni said:
but like yea, i've heard those stories of people gaining a skill too. like that guy who was featured in a documentary in a while back who became really good at piano after taking a big hit to the head. and no he didn't have any sort of training prior at all. brains fonny
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That's the thing, I understand losing something, but how on earth can you gain knowledge you haven't learned? The only thing I can think of is that those people were exposed to that language or skill, maybe watching others or tv etc, and even though they didn't learn it, their subconscious must have taken it in. Otherwise, as a girl of science, I can only conclude ... witches :)
 
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