You've been studying Japanese your hardest for a while now, and it's finally your time to go to Japan. You get there and you're able to convey your points to people, but you don't understand anything they're saying! It's … [Read more...]
“Hai. Hai. Ah Sou!” Whether studying Japanese or not, most people (especially B-class ninja movie buffs) are familiar at very least with these common mockeries of the Japanese language. Although overstated to the point of … [Read more...]
Nobody's perfect. Everybody misspells a word, makes typos, or some other mistake when writing I like to think that I have a decent grasp on the English language but, as any longtime Tofugu reader knows that despite my … [Read more...]
For some reason, imitating other languages really intrigues me. There's just something about being able to mimic a language you don't actually know while still getting enough right to make other people understand what … [Read more...]
At the end of the year, lots of different organizations give their picks for words of the year. These words of the year are based on events and trends throughout the year, so in past years words like … [Read more...]
The way advertisers are able to target you on the internet is both really cool and kind of annoying. I heard about one of my favorite bands coming to my city through an online ad, but after writing a post for Tofugu about … [Read more...]