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Eikaiwa (English Conversation) + Sex And The City

A large number of Japanese go to an Eikaiwa school (pronouced ay-kai-wa where “ay” rhymes with “may” and “kai” rhymes with “sky”). Eikaiwa means English Conversation which I believe is slightly less serious than a full on English school class.

Anyway, I was on the subway this morning and I saw this ad for a woman’s magazine.

It says “ninki kaigai dorama [Sex and the City] de manabu, beddo de tsukaeru eikaiwa” which means in English:

“Learn English conversation used in bed from the popular overseas drama [Sex and the City]” :-D

  • Tadashi

    the translation is actually more provocative:

    Learn from the popular foreign drama “S&tC”,

    Conversational English [you] can use in bed

    (it’s “manabu”, not manbu btw)

  • http://blog.greggman.com greggman
    DOH!

    I suck at proofreading if that’s not clear from the majority of my pages here.  Thanks.  Yea, I should have put “you can use in bed” in there too. 

  • Tadashi

    Is that picture from your phone?

    Reminds me of what I really wanted when I was living there, a nice portable in-line camera/OCR/translator.

    This idea has been in my head for ages. Maybe someday I’ll get off my butt and do it (I’m kind of waiting for PDA technology to advance a bit more).

  • http://blog.greggman.com greggman
    OCR

    No, that pic is not from my phone.

    As for OCR, the Sharp sh505i has builtin OCR software :-)

  • Erica
    Student

    Can anyone give me some info for a project i’m doing on Japan’s food and Drinks?

  • Birder
    Japanse food and drink

    Here is a good start: http://japanesefood.about.com/