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#2 Sequal to the Previous Story: Responsibility to My Mistakes 私の失敗は私の責任

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Nov 08th 2010 13:58


In hindsight, I feel that I was surprisingly ignorant about other cultures several years ago.

I also learned that it would be easier for people who have not been exposed to many cultures to get false ideas about the people there.

I had felt that Americans were not kind through the incident at the airport, but that came from just a culture difference and a culture shock, not about themselves.

I also felt a strong independent spirit from Americans, which I should take a leaf from their book.

I should have worked out my own mistake, which is about my story at the airport. I know that I was trying to get someone's help at that time, and that was stupid!


Gee~I can't type again.


PS:I have a question for you. After I write over 10 lines, I can't type proprely here,,,,does anyone have the same problem? I have to stop writing now, because I can't see my spelling any more while I am typing. I'm just like a blind now.
John
Thank you for your correction!
Nov 08th 2010 14:16
  • I also learned that it would be easier for people who have not been exposed to many cultures to get false ideas about the people there.

  • I also learned that it would be easier for people who have not been exposed to many cultures to get false ideas about the foreign people. there.

 
  • I had felt that Americans were not kind through the incident at the airport, but that came from just a culture difference and a culture shock, not about themselves.

  • I had felt thought that Americans were not kind due to the incident at the airport. However, that came stemmed from just a culture difference and a culture shock, not the Americans themselves. (Stemmed means it comes from or originated)

 
  • I also felt a strong independent spirit from Americans, which I should take a leaf from their book.

  • I also felt a strong independent spirit from Americans, which I should take a leaf from their book. (What do the words in red mean?)

 
  • I should have worked out my own mistake, which is about my story at the airport.

  • I should have worked out my own mistake, which is the theme of my story at the airport. (Theme means lesson)

 
  • I know that I was trying to get someone's help at that time, and that was stupid!

  • I know that I was trying to get someone's help at the time and that was stupid!

 
  • Gee~I can't type again.

  • Geez~I can't type again.

 
  • I'm just like a blind now.

  • I must be blind now.

 
I am sorry that you feel that way about Americans. there are exceptions to everyone's bias. Anyway, I would work on your sentenc structure. Ganbatte ne!
aleph0null
Thank you for your correction!
Nov 08th 2010 15:14
  • #2 Sequal to the Previous Story: Responsibility to My Mistakes 私の失敗は私の責任

  • #2 Sequel to the Previous Story: Responsibility for My Mistakes 私の失敗は私の責任

 
  • I also felt a strong independent spirit from Americans, which I should take a leaf from their book.

  • I also sensed a strong independent spirit from Americans, which I felt I should emulate. (I changed "felt" to "sensed" to avoid using the same word twice in the same sentence)

 
  • I know that I was trying to get someone's help at that time, and that was stupid!

  • I know that I was trying to get someone's help at the time, and that that was foolish of me.(the way the other guy corrected it is grammatically incorrect. the word "stupid" is kind of out of place, so I changed it to make it sound more literary)

 
愛 mirai
Nov 08th 2010 16:37

John, and aleph0null

Thank you for your corrections!!!

arigato!!!
John Boy
Nov 08th 2010 22:54
Re typing. For the past week or so, every time I write more than a few paragraphs, all the text starts to jump up and down and roll and scroll backward. And I can't see what I am trying to type. It's like -- pardon the expression -- an earthquake. I don't know what causes it. Probably gremlins who think I write journal entries and and comments and corrections that are WAY too long. ;-) Guilty as charged .... ;-(
愛 mirai
Nov 08th 2010 23:18

Yeah yeah~ a gremlin teaches me that I should stop writing, otherwise it will wear out my readers! hahaha

By the way, " I should take a leaf from their book." is not an English phrase, which I meant " I should learn it from them"?
freshbread3
Nov 09th 2010 02:44
I have never heard of "take a leaf from your book" but I have heard of "take a page from your book". Not to worry though apparently both are appropriate idioms to use according to thefreedictionary.com .

When I write my journal entries, I first write in a word document and then I paste them into this website, so maybe that will help you bypass this site's gremlin.
愛 mirai
Nov 09th 2010 09:13
freshbread, hello!

Ah, that's a good idea!!! Will do!

Thank you for teaching me about the phrase. I found it in my dictionary, and tried using it. I should be careful when I use terms phrases which I find in my dictionary, as it sometimes teaches me old-fashioned and wrong ones.

ありがとう
beanie.bop
Nov 09th 2010 23:42
Surprisingly, I've actually heard of "take a leaf from your book". Granted, I don't hear the expression often, which could imply that it's outdated...or that it's simply not used where I'm from :)

I'm glad you've taken this experience with a grain of salt though. As rough and tough as Americans seem on the outside, you learn the majority of us are sweet as gumdrops once you get to know us. It's just getting through the outer layer that's sometimes the hard part :D
愛 mirai
Nov 10th 2010 00:05
beanie.bop,

Thank you for your comment and teaching me about the out-of-date type of phrase I used!

It may be dangerous to keep Americans all together, but I have learned some great parts that Americans and their culture have, which Japanese people don't have. This is how I want to get to know them more and more~
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