Quote:
Peter A Goldsbury wrote:
In deference to Allen Beebe’s need to maintain his expertise in the Japanese language, I have left the text untranslated, . . .
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Gee thanks Peter.
You must have been one of those professors that
actually taught because you display the characteristic indifference (some even say enjoyment) to your student's sufferings . . . I even mentioned my plight to my students this morning as I gave them their assignments for the week.
And here I was just patting myself on the back about the Takaoka piece. (It wasn't so bad since it was in an electronic format!
)
At least you aren't asking me to write in Japanese. (Passive comprehension is such a beautiful thing.)
Then you'd really have an idea of my level of "expertise in the Japanese language!"
(At least
I know what I'm writing about!
)
Grumble, mumble,
Allen
(Native comprehension is such an over rated thing. Whatever happened to proud presumptuousness as exemplified by Comparative Religion during the glory days of colonization?)