Hi there!
I love languages and I studied linguistics at university.

Any advice or candid comments on my English would be greatly appreciated so that I can improve it.
As for Dutch, I'm a beginner, so I'd like easy-to-understand corrections.

Here are some of my entries that might help Japanese learners:
- Useful Japanese Expressions for Lang-8: Level of Corrections
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/308724/
- Not-recommended Japanese Expressions on Lang-8
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/302800/
- Importance of Vowels in Japanese
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/148735
- Voiced Sounds and Voiceless Sounds in Onomatopoeias
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/120329
- Mnemonics for "Atsui" (hot) and "Atatakai" (warm)!
http://lang-8.com/30490/journals/968617

My interests in languages:
- etymology (origins of words)
- history of languages (philology)
- variety of languages (accents and dialects)
- phonology (pronunciation)
- second language acquisition
etc.

My other interests:
- Education
- Photography
- Graphic design
- Renaissance and Baroque Music
- Singing (karaoke)
- Japanese TV dramas
- Cats
etc.

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Micamelia

I made a new group for meet-ups in Tokyo!

Here is the group: Relaxing Meet-ups in Tokyo/Kanagawa http://lang-8.com/groups/1615 If you're interested, don't hesitate to...

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May 10, 2012 01:25

Micamelia

Relaxing meet-ups in Tokyo

There are many international parties in Tokyo, but most of them are drinking parties held in night clubs. I don't drink and don'...

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May 8, 2012 00:28

Micamelia

"Flunk" - How do you feel about it?

In Japanese, there are two ways to refer to "flunk". One is 落第 (rakudai). 落 (raku) means "to drop", and 第 (dai) is ...

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May 20, 2011 00:10 education

Micamelia

My impression about the Dutch language

Phew! I posted my first Dutch entry. I studied the basic verbs 'zijn' and 'hebben' today. I found it interesting that...

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May 4, 2011 00:08 Dutch linguistics

Micamelia

The Greatest Earthquake Ever.

The earthquake in Japan on 11th March had a magnitude of 9.0, which is the greatest one ever. (At first, the magnitude was said to be 8....

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Mar 13, 2011 14:55

Elliott (エリオット)

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• Japanese

A deep interest in linguistics and probably knows more about English words than me! Always very helpful comments and corrections, thanks!

Amelia is a very nice person and an excellent teacher. Her passion for languages and Linguistics is unique -- I have never known someone with such an intense interest in communication and the origin of words. Her ambition and creativity are inspiring. ありがとうございます。　＾＿＾

Wolfgramm

• English
• Japanese, Japanese

Amelia-san is a very nice person and she is very helpful to people learning Japanese. =)

EricNolgen

• Spanish
• Japanese, Korean

Ameliaさん is a superb language learner and she's always helping everyone by answering questions, writing interesting and helpful entries, recording blogs in japanese, and many other things. She loves languages and she's always trying to do something new, it seems she never stops! A very active and nice person. Very hard to find a person like her ^^.

Rational Humano

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• Japanese

Amelia is an innovative, creative, and wonderful person. Her voice blogs are very useful and she will not hesitate if you need any feedback from her.