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Our Students Have Respect . For Nelly. · 10 December 04

Freshly texted to me by fellow Kumamoto teacher Anika :

I’m now correcting a test in which my students had to write a 5 sentence self-introduction. Miho wrote:

I like reggae. I hope to (go) to Jamaica. I’m sixteen years old. I’m gail. I’m respect to Nelly.

Damnit, that’s what I’m talking about. That’s the kind of cross-cultural confusion I was built on.

And there’s millions more of us on the way.

*Note 1: The girl’s actually being authentic with the spelling here. See Bob Marley’s “Let Him Go (Rude Boy Get Gail)” for precedent. Awesome.

*Note 2: I swear this site’s not going to turn into Japanese-Kids-Say-the-Darndest-Things.com. It’s just that, well, sometimes they do.

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  1. Have y’all ever seen that crazy show on Spike TV? The one where they dub crazy commentary over some adult version of DoubleDare-esque physical challenges? You know the one where the super-hyped-up Japanese contestants always land in the mud head first and are then made to say in English “I hope I didn’t get dirt in my pooty tang.” Why? I watched this show on comedy central last night, and I liked it. But it made me feel so crazy. Why do Japanese people say the darndest things?

    Could someone currently living in Japan please explain this show and/or the general phenomenon to me? Please?
    — Japanophile7    2612 days ago    #

  2. That’s right. My other favorite was “I live to reggae.”
    — Anika    2611 days ago    #

  3. about mixed-cultures, i’m hearing you mate. though wouldn’t it be nice or interesting at least, with a million of us on the way…
    — ching    2610 days ago    #

  4. Boogie on reggae women.
    — Urban Shaman    2610 days ago    #

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