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Native Forum Buddies

thisiskyle — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:00:17 +0000

This may be impossible, but it would be nice to have some native speakers in the forum that could answer questions and or correct mistakes.
Missing started up a Japanese conversation thread (which I think is a good idea and would like to see more people in there) and he has corrected a few of my mistakes (which I appreciate) but it would be nice to have that sort of thing done by a native speaker. Otherwise it’s a bit like trying to learn to swim from someone who still wears floaties (this is not a shot at your intelligence or ability, missing).
It would be nice in other places too, so when someone threw a question at the forum like “WTF mate? What’s this nominalization noise anyway?” they would know they were getting a reliable answer not just the cracked guesswork of some fool like me.

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winterpromise31 — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:57:05 +0000

I agree. That would be really nice. I like your analogy of learning to swim from someone who wears floaties. Very apt. lol

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koichi — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:55:19 +0000

I’ll see what I can do!

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MisterM2402 [Michael] — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:31:49 +0000

Is this not what Lang-8 is for? I doubt many native speakers will want to help while getting nothing in return; the good thing about Lang-8 is that it’s a mutual affair, so there is more incentive to help other people.

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Thu, 26 May 2011 21:37:41 +0000

Firstly: Inb4 Koichi kidnaps a Japanese slave child

Secondly: Lang-8?

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andoryuu3 — Fri, 27 May 2011 07:47:54 +0000

@Bbvoncrumb

This is Lang-8 :)

http://www.tofugu.com/2008/05/14/the-best-way-to-practice-japanese-writing/