Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!news.zanker.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Nova or DPRK? Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:58:06 +0900 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31mucdF3d16rjU1@individual.net> References: <31lcg3F3cod1nU1@individual.net> <1102447229.861240.115820@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Hy2ew8O7RPOEQv7hZjhdQw+3Qwd2IKqZyM8a2AMskPOZpwLxNi X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:23361 "John W." wrote in message news:1102447229.861240.115820@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Dave Fossett wrote: > > "Hibijibi" wrote: > > > > > "They wanted us to teach them American pronunciation," he says, a > prospect > > > that seems amusing considering many Americans would have trouble > > > deciphering > > > Jenkins' thick accent. > > > > According to the TV news reports today, the residents of Sado are > apparently > > also keen for him to start teaching English once he settles in there. > > > I'm curious how Japanglish sounds with a Southern twang. I heard him speak on TV yesterday, and aside from the fact that he was weeping most of the time, he wasn't hard to understand at all. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom ryang@gol.com