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[oball]

It's easier (for me, at least) to draw a sloppy "z" with a line through it than it is to take the time to "sharpen the edges".  I haven't always done it, though.  I only started putting dashes through sevens and Zs when I started doing algebra.  Now it's just a habit.

[Drastic Action]

I think I was getting ahead of myself in my zeal.

I think I can definitely sympathize with the notion that a dash through is pretty much quicker than keeping it sharp, considering the way I write basically half of the alphabet.

But still!  I am venting anger at symbol creation!

[stringph]

The 7 is there for a very good reason - because some people (like the French) habitually write 1 with a huge sloping up stroke.

Other weird stuff with m and n - I have seen (French) handwriting where these letters have a big curly preparatory stroke on the left that practically gives the letter another arch. You have to completely recalibrate.

[Drastic Action]

You mean the curly {} or the square [] ?  I had a hell of a time getting used to writing the curly ones, but now I basically write them all of the time because of my major (computer science) - I have to write a surprising number of them, somehow.  Actually, I still suck at writing them, and the closing one still looks like a three.

[jough]

You mean the curly {} or the square [] ?

There's no such thing as "curly braces."

{} - These are braces.
[] - These are brackets.
<> - These are greater than/less than symbols, and sometimes used (incorrectly) as angle quotation marks.

Any questions?

[wombat]

Not to drag this back on topic but - I feel that my life could only be improved by advice from a cartoon cat, but I can't seem to come up with a specific question that is worthy.  This makes me sad.  Should I keep trying?  Or should I move on and go out and photograph people's recycling?

[jough]

It is your gift.

It is your curse.

[V-Adore]

I should scan some of my Japanese flashcards -- especially the ones for really pitiful vocabulary, like "school violence." Also, other Japanese speakers on the board can mock how terrible my handwriting is!

[robot_god]

I should scan some of my Japanese flashcards -- especially the ones for really pitiful vocabulary, like "school violence." Also, other Japanese speakers on the board can mock how terrible my handwriting is!

There are Japanese speakers?

I have to learn that language.  How did you(s) go about doing this?

[wombat]

There are Japanese speakers?

I have to learn that language.  How did you(s) go about doing this?

The preferred method is to be born in Japan of Japanese speaking parents, unfortunately.

[misterqueue]

The preferred method is to be born in Japan of Japanese speaking parents, unfortunately.

Yes, you certainly can't catch Japanese from fuck*ng someone who speaks it.  No matter how many times I... er.. you may try.

[thedudeabides85]

Nor can you really catch Japanese from ordering several dozen packages of soiled schoolgirl panties and spending a weekend with them in your basement.  Indulging in a bura-sera fetish primarily brings peace of mind, but might render you able to understand a few Anime shows before the linguistic insight wears off.

[wombat]

Yes, you certainly can't catch Japanese from fuck*ng someone who speaks it.  No matter how many times I... er.. you may try.

Damn, too bad.  That would sure increase enrollment in foreign language classes. 

[misterqueue]

Nor can you catch it by dressing up in a Sumo outfit and bumping randomly and forcefully into vaguely Asiatic looking people on the street; no matter how many restraining orders you get.

It just doesn't work people, take it from someone who knows.

[CortJstr]

Oh no! Ray's Place is cancelled again already!


Wait,what? Whew. That was close.