Anca Darlosan
I am a teacher of English and German. I have graduated a master's course in English language and literature. I have graduated law and I am a student at an Informatics faculty. I also study Japanese.
Location Bucharest
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I am currently reading P. Gregory. The narrative seems realistic to me.
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I think she must have been a tough woman. She was a great woman in turbulent times, with equally great plots.
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It must have something in common with the real historical Henry since it was the places he lived in that were taken into consideration.
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The Battle of Sekigahara, Japan, marking the beginning of the Edo period is one of the most influential events in history.
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The Gregorian calendar implemented across Catholic Europe must have been one of the most important events.
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@KellyElshout Because, for example, I write chida instead of your ch'ida. :) Why do you place the apostrophe there? That is only one reason. generally it is readable, but there are still situations where I write chumil and you write ch'umeul. If you write the phonetic transcription as well, then the learners will process everything correctly from the very...
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And, btw, my Japanese course follows my teaching ideas. So, if in Japanese possible, why not in Korean? But anyways. It was definitely not designed by me. :)
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I do not agree. But that is not the way I, as a teacher, would do a course. Since it is a course designed by somebody else, I cannot interfere. Though there are tens of pedagogical reasons for me to be on a totally opposite side than yours.
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Yes, it might be helpful. On the other hand, you did so in the first course. Not everything was transcribed, but the new phrases were.
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Good course!
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Since we are trying to learn Korean, please add the transcription of the pronunciation, the way you did in the first part. I find it helpful.
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Really nice description of the evolution of the word.
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It is amazing that the library functioned during the WWII.
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Yes, I have a really old book. It was published sometimes in the 1905 I guess. It was written on a thinner paper than nowadays and it is bound in a special way. It has tough covers anyways. The writing is specific to the period. I have also bought a 1940's English language handbook. It again has the design of the period. I just could not do away without buying...
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Anyways, it was only a remark and I wrote that I have taken it from you.
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Well, hope it comes closer to it.
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I extremely like it that it has, in the first place, evolved into a subculture. What I also like is that one can prove the status of subculture. How? Most amazingly by applying some critical theory rules to these movements. Most amazing was for me to find the ideas of Propp and Zizek related to these topics. There is a masquerade and subculture difference to...
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There are definitely no such fan culture in my country. I would rather say that the distinction is rather international. In this respect, we belong to the Japanese culture, and subculture, respectively. So to speak.
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If I were to draw a robot, it would have some features of the Soldier Blue.
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I believe that these body characteristics do need to be talked about. What they depicted in Soldier Blue seems incredible. It might be touching. At least the western culture sees the soul as dwelling in the heart of ppl. This is the first time that we can see the soul as represented in another part of the body. And it is part of a culture.
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For soldier Blue the hearing was his soul.
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Muda Kun posted a quotation which I took the liberty of remebering. In a previous chapter, the Japanese "fairytales" were seen from the perspective of Vladimir Propp and were given meaning in this respect. This time we see Zizek driectly addressing such literary genres.
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I had to paste and remember the quotation from Zizek. Thank you!
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"Or rather the giant, sailor-suit-wearing high school girl robot piloted by middle-aged men who battle in a virtual space exists, but as a “symptom of man” created for his ontological consistency” – Slavoj Žižek
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It is striking how different and diverse the views on these technological girls are. I guess there is no other place on this world where one can see such a diversity.
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Boarding robots is an attractive idea
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There are certain cultures which see the situation precisely the other way around. Mature persons see a transition to an immaturity state. And what is interesting is that this transition is seen as a sort of a catharsis, not as a problem. Why should the Astro Boy have a problem, after all, if he is linked to the idea of technology, which is really powerful....
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I find it interesting that this article has a tendency to see WWII as a period of immaturity. It sees technology more interesting that waging war.
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Technology might seem to be entrapping the body of the Atom Boy. But it might be a message after WWII, that technology and its powers should be kept at an innocent level. it is to be used for other means, than negative purposes.
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It seems a highly competitive school life.
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I cannot tell if it applies and it might look harsh but there is this scene called Kenshin vs. Gein. The scene is just like a forerunner of the matrix. I am talking about the library fighting scene.
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I believe that there are cute aspects to kawaii. Aspects that can attract a reader to it. It can certainly make your day better. In my own language, one would make reference to kawaii as dragut, but as previously mentioned, it has not gained the status of a cult. I guess it never will. It is interesting to observe that kawaii has gained such a status in Japan...
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I think that there is not such a thing as cuteness. related to objects, not as profoundly as described in the text. There are two sides to the kawaii as related to two persons. it is about the thing that it shows tenderness on one side and it is pathetic on the other side.
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There is such a concept in our culture, though it goes with the degree of the society development, and therefore it is not so well defined in this region. There is the idea of cuteness, but it is seen in its general aspect.
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What is interesting about it is that they need real love but they , in most of the cases, force their way through the desired marriage or love. And they force their way up to a pathetic way. Like the girl on the stage telling her boyfriend that she likes him.
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I wonder if there is the same issue in a recent Japanese film, in which it was about a 14 year old girl. She gets involved in a relationship with a boy of his age and they somehow get to making a child. She becomes pregnant at 14. I think it was one of the best descriptions of such a sojo state. Though mature enough in thoughts, her world was rather...
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it depends on the perspective of the person in question. Do we actually speak about remaining immature or about dwelling on a topic of discussion. Or is it about a development as such. We can just as well talk about human features being taken to the point of immaturity. Please let me know if you want further explanation on my idea.
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I think our romanian society is immature but from another perspective. After the revolution, the people did not have enough time to have things settled down. It is rather a blurry period.
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The so called immaturity can be seen as a sign of creativity. It might be seen as another way of perceiving reality.