tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post8928172570981446556..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Sommelier is constipated: true Internet profilesW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-30654513389562163952016-03-06T02:02:21.696-08:002016-03-06T02:02:21.696-08:00"The Language Barrier Is About to Fall" ..."The Language Barrier Is About to Fall" (Wall Street Journal)<br /><br />Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-language-barrier-is-about-to-fall-1454077968Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537737782259421612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-13735281022511546622016-02-29T18:45:31.968-08:002016-02-29T18:45:31.968-08:00Leo: Yes, I think it's fair to say my Japanese...Leo: Yes, I think it's fair to say my Japanese is as good as Kobayashi's English. And I'm not constipated either.<br /><br />Plus, what Guren said. そのとおりです.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-33758253194392401002016-02-29T18:26:27.220-08:002016-02-29T18:26:27.220-08:00Leo, I would agree with you if the sommeliers had ...Leo, I would agree with you if the sommeliers had written their profiles in English by themselves. That is not true in this case, though. Isetan, a luxury-level department store in Japan, went cheap and used the 5 yen per word machine translation service from Cross Language (http://www.crosslanguage.co.jp/internet/365/). That decision and the results are worthy of derision, in my opinion.gurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212928072016843956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-89445535841989394342016-02-29T12:40:31.853-08:002016-02-29T12:40:31.853-08:00Not sure how this used to read, but it's somet...Not sure how this used to read, but it's something like: "do not make fun of people with broken english, as that means it's probably their second... or third language"<br />So next time you think about making fun of someone's english, stop and think how many languages can you speak? Is your spanish, japanese, or french as good as that person's broken english?Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244556675645633739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-31530020406226259652016-02-29T12:38:41.263-08:002016-02-29T12:38:41.263-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244556675645633739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-65190108735564731992016-02-29T12:14:25.959-08:002016-02-29T12:14:25.959-08:00These are hilarious! Shows what you get when you r...These are hilarious! Shows what you get when you run something through Google Translate :PAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911398647505242281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-65866483926425636672016-02-25T09:40:02.993-08:002016-02-25T09:40:02.993-08:00I always knew that word should be pronounced "...I always knew that word should be pronounced "smellier"... (the "O" is silent, but deadly).1YzYnGyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906292977122124847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-278541543483039552016-02-25T08:51:33.346-08:002016-02-25T08:51:33.346-08:00We are laughing off constipated ass.We are laughing off constipated ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-57354212986729939112016-02-24T13:54:47.145-08:002016-02-24T13:54:47.145-08:00Really? Isetan? So funny!
Thank you for good laugh...Really? Isetan? So funny!<br />Thank you for good laugh.Goma SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973986918500234914noreply@blogger.com