#486 Apple Tea & Misread Milkshake

[Hubnero]

im watchin this while sittin and drinkin hustler

[ElevenColors]

@Hubnero Hustler? That's a beverage? Not a skin mag?

[Hubnero]

@ElevenColors yup where i live its an energidrink

[ElevenColors]

@Hubnero Hustler: Read it AND drink it

[Ido013]

Hey maybe since you're like ultra awesome in Japanese you could tell me why they don't use シェ when it's the right sound for words like シェーキ?

[ElevenColors]

@Ido013 I'm guessing it's old style katakana. Japanese doesn't have a native "sheh" sound like at the beginning of "shepherd" or a "tih" sound like at the beginning of "tip". Long, long ago before anyone thought to kluge together sounds that don't exist in Japanese, milkshake was ミルクセーキ and building was ビルヂング. It took time to invent ミルクシェーク and ビルディング.

[Ido013]

@ElevenColors Ah right, they are foreign sounds indeed. Always thought because I could figure them out with the right katakana that they would understand. Do you know if those sounds are somewhat impossible for the Japanese speakers to figure out　today? Are are they starting to figure how to say them?

I was wondering that because for one thing my last name ends in ナッチェ and I wouldn't want them to not know how to say it. Seeing as it's possible to assemble katakana for this foreign sound..

[ElevenColors]

@Ido013 I've heard that some older people have problems with the ティ sound. Comes out like チ because ティ just isn't a sound they were raised hearing. If you ever see writing from Taisho or early Showa era, you never see ティ or ディ, only ever チ or ヂ.

[TheMadPoppet]

Subtle differences change "condensed" into a "squosen mammary gland". Yes. I made up a word.

This is day 2 of breast talk. I'm smelling a trend. A deliciously yummy trend.

[ElevenColors]

@TheMadPoppet I'll bet 揉み揉み is the word on your mind.

[TheMadPoppet]

@ElevenColors Massaged doesn't have the same effect as 'sqousen'.  I stand by my innovation! ;)

[ElevenColors]

@TheMadPoppet Squosen... don't even know what that means. 揉み揉み sounds cuter.

[TheMadPoppet]

@ElevenColors Squosen is the past action of squeezing something. It's not a real word. I do agreed with you though. 揉み揉み does sound much cuter. It sounds like 'Momi momi' no?

[ElevenColors]

@TheMadPoppet Bingo.

[Thisjapanesegirl]

It's weird... I was so happy to be able to read "rennyu" quickly :D Hahaha. My Japanese is so good!

[ElevenColors]

@Thisjapanesegirl うらやましい！ww My mind is distracted from playing with the iPad WobbleHD app too much. If your naked neighbor didn't have curtains, you could play too. (笑)

[markshmily]

Maybe you need some french fries to go with that shake :P

Hope your cold is getting better.

Thanks for sharing!

[ElevenColors]

@markshmily Fry dipping only works with extra thick McDs shakes. Doesn't work with this watery canned stuff.

[APOKALYPSE34]

I have come to the conclusion that you mention breast at lest once in every video! Kanpai to that Mr. Anderson!

[ElevenColors]

@APOKALYPSE34 November 5th I'm seeing a band or performer named 病気マン. Haven't seen him but I hear he has a song named おっぱい where all he does is scream おっぱい！おっぱい！ over and over for two minutes.

[Oldenyouth]

Yeah, I can't stand J-Dramas either. All those romance get me sleeping. Anyway, British-accents + Big Teddy Bear + Apples = WIN. I LIKE. ~ Oldin.

[ElevenColors]

@Oldenyouth Saw the word "apples" and instantly thought of "nipples". Used to be able to see a whole lot more of them on late night TV, about 14 or 15 years ago.

[Oldenyouth]

@ElevenColors Apples for you, especially Fuji ones. Bananas for me :D Just a bit disappointd at the fact that most J-porn censor bananas...as well as peaches for our apple-lovers with active bananas.. Bah.. ~ O.

[ElevenColors]

@Oldenyouth Think positive: Censorship makes the real thing that much more special.

[IntermodalNinja]

If you every have the chance to try Snapple Green tea its pretty good and not to sweet. I prefer drinking unsweet tea myself

[ElevenColors]

@IntermodalNinja Oddly enough, can't remember seeing Snapple in Japan. Too sweet for the Japanese market.

[TheItsumaru]

I would like that apple drink for sure. Not so sure about the miruku drink though.

[ElevenColors]

@TheItsumaru Yes, I ended up dumping most of the milkshake down the sink.

[sephirothness]

Keep the vids coming!!!:)

[ElevenColors]

@sephirothness Thanks! Glad to!

[sephirothness]

Keep he vids coming!!!:)

[neuromasser]

So according to my math skills you've spent first three years in Japan without learning kanji?

[ElevenColors]

@neuromasser Not exactly. Could be down to my math skills when I was making this thing. One of these days I need to sit down and review the whole frickin' timeline. Say would you want it in English or Japanese? Hell, if I make one of each, I've got one vid for each of my vlog channels. Righto, tonight's work is decided.

[neuromasser]

@ElevenColors That will be interesting - ElevenColors: The Origin Story(Japan Edition). I'd love to see both versions, I've been slacking on Japanese input lately.

[Oram22]

keep drinking those random things :)

[ElevenColors]

@Oram22 Right now I'm drinking many things, not so random, trying to fix a cold. ;-D

[wheelieshinobi]

Could you explain what you mean by pregnant pauses kind sir? *hat tip*

[ElevenColors]

@wheelieshinobi Could be drama terminology I thought was more widespread.... Ever seen a TV show, stage play, or movie where someone is talking and then stops, pauses almost unmoving for a few seconds to let everything sink in? That's a pregnant pause. J-dramas use them too much. Destroys pace. US TV show Law&Order uses them at the end of scenes. The camera stays on the last person to speak for a few seconds before they cut to the next scene.

[Cptraktorn]

@ElevenColors you should start walking around with the tri-pod lol!

[wheelieshinobi]

Fist you look up BOOBS with google voice search, then misread the kanji confusing it with breast squeezed... i see the a connection but just because i´m insanely clever like that... 笑ｗｗｗ。。。

[ElevenColors]

@wheelieshinobi 練、握、絞, I got all confused! Mostly because I was focused on 乳 I s'pose.

[MurdocLC]

Japanese (and korean) dramas are the only good ones! Drama is crap, but asian ones are good/ok.

[ElevenColors]

@MurdocLC Korean dramas seem to have a bias against facial hair. I am biased for facial hair. :-D

踊る大走査線 was one of the few Japanese dramas I liked. No pregnant pauses.

[MurdocLC]

@ElevenColors I don't even know wtf a pregnant pause is. O.o Also I can't read those kanji... onlye one... hardly. T_T

[ElevenColors]

@MurdocLC If... you've.... ever... seen... footage... of... William... Shatner... in... Star... Trek.... then you know what a pregnant pause is. J-dramas do them awful. Someone finishes a sentence and then everything stops for five seconds.... and the next person speaks. ARGH. Law&Order does them very well. Often a pause after someone finishes speaking before the next scene begins. Those Kanji are Odoru Daisousasen.

[draggt03]

Your videos rock! Keep it up James.

[ElevenColors]

@draggt03 You are too kind sir. Thx!