christian_schmitz 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I am new to this forum. I just recognized that the Japanese site also offers a forum, but apparently these two forums are not linked to each others... I think it would be a great deal to get a really common forum for communication for both foreigners and Japanese people!!! This would also contribute to intercultural understanding!! Best wishes Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 not a bad idea. I agree, the two forums are way too separated (even the logins are separate). There should be way more intermingling between the two. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Not sure whether you've noticed this or not SS ol' son, but not all English speakers are fluent in Japanese and, strange but true, not all Japanese speakers are fluent in English. As a result a combined forum would very quickly separate into Englsih threads, with English speaking posters and lurkers, and Japanese threads, with Japanese speaking posters and lurkers, i.e. not that very much different to what we have now. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Separate is best. As for the intercultural understanding thing, having to deal with Australians is already trying enough. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 You think the Aussies are bad, try dealing with those damn Poms! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Even if it was mainly english/japanese only threads going around, i would much rather see the forums integrated. However, as someone who dabbles in web design, I can see how the language encoding might prove to be an obstacle. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Hell, half of the 'native English speakers' on here can't even read and write English - just think what it'd be like if they started responding to what they thought they read in Japanese. Seriously, a bad idea. If you want to prove your deep affection for the J Forum, why not go over there more often and post on it? Then suggest integrating with it. snowboard freakさん、日本語・英語フォーラムの統合についてど ;う思いますか。 Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I found you, ocean! Quote: おい。ｄｂ。（このくらげ野郎） You have to be polite there. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 何で「くらげ野郎」 Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Sounds like a bad idea to me. Look at the confusion already in this thread Link to post Share on other sites
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