tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post1799796102017385243..comments2024-03-29T16:55:38.657+09:00Comments on Hokkaido Kudasai: Too Many Foreign Loan Words?Pamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04207344791348560569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873207916803236377.post-67003304720836106142013-12-15T08:22:59.479+09:002013-12-15T08:22:59.479+09:00Sometimes I am very grateful for the loan words wr...Sometimes I am very grateful for the loan words written in katakana; they help me guess what things are for, like the signal changing button. On the other hand, someone said that one reason the Japanese are poor at English is that they use katakana for ANY English word (e.g. in their notebooks, or for reading speeches in English). In that way they never get used to reading, writing or pronouncing a foreign language. There is something in that idea, I think.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.com