Uploaded October 2007 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Check the Article:
tofugu.com/2007/10/01/how-to-not-talk-like-a-japanese-transvestite-or-a-boygirl

*as some people are kindly pointing out - when I say the meiji era (or area, as I terribly put it) happened in the early 1800s, I mean mid to late 1800s. I don't know what I was thinking. See? Bad history lesson.

One of America's biggest problems in terms of learning Japanese is the fact that 90% of teachers are women. That means 90% of people learning Japanese are learning women's language, which in turn makes boys sound like girls, and girls sound like girls (oh no!). I hope to remedy this, for a couple of people, at least.

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