Many thing including most of what is said above. A phenomenon unknown to the normal population and certainly unknown to those living in Japan, japanese or not. A very odd phenomenon since for some reason this doesn't happen with other languages such as Korean, Chinese, Italian etc..
Never have I heard or read someone saying, you should give me a lai hai, or anyon! im from korea! unless it was a joke between me and my international friends i met in japan and lived with for a year.
Seems pointless, or you speak a language or you don't. Most japanese people would be extremely confused at the use of this bastardization of the language, although they themselves bastardize english. It is a case of ignorance.
As students in Japan we found it to be very pointless and weird to start talking in Japanese to each other since everyone knew enough english to comunicate. Heck, not even the japanese want to speak japanese to foreigners, or anything for that matter. I showed one of my Japanese friends this kind of "slang" and they became very irritated at the misuse of their language.
Warning to all who try to use japanese... if you don't speak it perfectly, don't bother. I've spent 5 years, one of those in japan studying japanese and believe me... if you went to japan and actually interacted or tried to interact and realized how different it is from the way it is portrayed to you via cartoons and movies, you would stop speaking this Japanenglish stuff.
Never have I heard or read someone saying, you should give me a lai hai, or anyon! im from korea! unless it was a joke between me and my international friends i met in japan and lived with for a year.
Seems pointless, or you speak a language or you don't. Most japanese people would be extremely confused at the use of this bastardization of the language, although they themselves bastardize english. It is a case of ignorance.
As students in Japan we found it to be very pointless and weird to start talking in Japanese to each other since everyone knew enough english to comunicate. Heck, not even the japanese want to speak japanese to foreigners, or anything for that matter. I showed one of my Japanese friends this kind of "slang" and they became very irritated at the misuse of their language.
Warning to all who try to use japanese... if you don't speak it perfectly, don't bother. I've spent 5 years, one of those in japan studying japanese and believe me... if you went to japan and actually interacted or tried to interact and realized how different it is from the way it is portrayed to you via cartoons and movies, you would stop speaking this Japanenglish stuff.
Unacceptable Japanglish sentence: huuun? what do mean I'm "chibi-er" than that character in Robotech?
Acceptabel Japanese sentence: naze minna wa kono japanenrishu wo tsukau nano? daikirai dakara... yamero!
Acceptabel Japanese sentence: naze minna wa kono japanenrishu wo tsukau nano? daikirai dakara... yamero!
by m0u5y January 3, 2006
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FG: Aitsu is crazy ayashii man, I'm bout to kettobasu his ass.
Yusuke: What's with the japanglish? You forget how to speak English?
Yusuke: What's with the japanglish? You forget how to speak English?
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A humongous jam; a very large, well-attended party.
Originally, it was the name of the first large party thrown by the JMU Breakdance Club; it stood for “JMU Among Us”. Soon, it simply applied to large wild parties.
Originally, it was the name of the first large party thrown by the JMU Breakdance Club; it stood for “JMU Among Us”. Soon, it simply applied to large wild parties.
That party was jamongus! The hall was packed and got so hot that biddys started coming out there halter-tops.
by JMU Breakdance Club September 23, 2004
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Jenny falls off a chair
Mike: Haha Jaman!!
Lisa: What's the capital of Wales?
Ffion: Caernarvon!
Lisa: Jaman, it's Cardiff
Mike: Haha Jaman!!
Lisa: What's the capital of Wales?
Ffion: Caernarvon!
Lisa: Jaman, it's Cardiff
by nounou208 August 21, 2008
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1. A:"That was fucking intense..."
B:"Glob Jaman."
2. "We were definitly Glob Jaman in the bar the other night."
3. "Glob Jaman up in here."
B:"Glob Jaman."
2. "We were definitly Glob Jaman in the bar the other night."
3. "Glob Jaman up in here."
by Steven Semco May 1, 2008
Get the Glob Jaman mug.Japanglish is quasi-language almost exclusively used by the most clueless of the wapanese, consisting of both English and Japanese words being used in the sentence. This is usually as a result of the said wapanese person trying very hard to be as Japanese as possible by speaking the language, but since s/he only knows very basic vocabulary and sentence structure, english words are also used. English sentence structure dominates despite this. It is uncommon to see japanese words other than "watashi", "kimi", "neko", "baka", "kawaii", and a few other such fandom-oriented words actually used. Pronounciation of these words may range from being absolutely wrong in a clueless, to absolutely wrong though still conceited, to more accurate than common Japanese speech and pretentious as possible about it. Commonly used by self-proclaimed "otaku" as well. Often accompanied by "anime smileys" such as ^_^ and XD.
Japanglish sometimes also refers to a pseudo-language used in learning Japanese; this is rare in internet culture.
Japanglish sometimes also refers to a pseudo-language used in learning Japanese; this is rare in internet culture.
"OMG! Neko-san is sooooo baka XD"
- Probably someone
"That's so kawaii!!!"
- Gwen Stefani
Almost all wapanese forum speech uses some form of Japanglish.
- Probably someone
"That's so kawaii!!!"
- Gwen Stefani
Almost all wapanese forum speech uses some form of Japanglish.
by Spiffy Hamster December 3, 2005
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