How to not speak like a Japanese Transvestite

Check the Article:
http://www.tofugu.com/2007/10/01/how-to-not-talk-like-a-japanese-transvestite...

*as some people are kindly pointing out - when I say the meiji era (or area, as I terribly put it) happened in the early 1800s, I mean mid to late 1800s. I don't know what I was thinking. See? Bad history lesson.

One of America's biggest problems in terms of learning Japanese is the fact that 90% of teachers are women. That means 90% of people learning Japanese are learning women's language, which in turn makes boys sound like girls, and girls sound like girls (oh no!). I hope to remedy this, for a couple of people, at least.

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[BLiNdZoRz]

"Girls, I hate to break it to you, but when you speak Japanese, you sound like girls.." WTF? XD

[SilverGunZoO]

I watched allot of samurai and ninja anime, my japanese is ninja !

[dimmddr1]

I'm looking for sailors.

[evilclair666]

2:16 - 3:00 is so funny

[ChipChipBreak]

era.

[SoundShinobi2]

"ARIGHT EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER" XD

[R3D54ND]

2:06 During the Meiji AREA

[Destinatious]

My Japanese teachers were guys :c

[nero2kewl]

I think one of the reasons a lot of guys that are learning Japanese talk like girls is because in japanese media there is a lot of focus on the kawaii phenomenon, so there are a lot of schoolgirls & idols constantly doing commercials and tv shows. a lot of popular j-pop singers & groups are female like utada hikaru,ayumi hamasaki,akb48, morning musume, etc. but i think that it's okay to learn japanese by imitating females as long as you know the differences between the way girls & guys speak.

[harutonihonjin]

I guess they sound  boys sound girly bcoz try to imitate kawaii girl in japan. It sounds nicer than boys. My opinion ;)

[JonWal21]

dang your definitely not a history major.



[bingin15]

hahahahah!!!!! oh man i wonder how many dudes speak like transvestites then? hahahaha!