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silvermaple

04:05

@SomethingJapanese that will be in my head all night

Thanks for that

Best song in the whole movie

I used to not like her because she was mean to Sandy, but seeing it as an adult, she's the best character, and Sandy and Danny are chumps

Chocolate

04:20

japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6541/… I'm afraid but... この質問の下の方の回答。。。めんどくさい・・・ｗｗｗｗ

Never did I imagine that the って would be so confusing to some Japanese learners.

Maybe it's my English. I can't explain things so well as sawa san and Tsuyoshi Ito san.

jkerian

@Chocolate I get the impression that both sawa and TsuyoshiIto have some experience teaching Japanese to English speakers, likely at the college level

I have just discovered that one of my local bars interprets the order for a "beer, a tall please" as "I'd like a liter of beer in a pitcher-sized mug-like thing"

Chocolate

Ah~~ naruhodo... Yes I always thought sawa-san is a professional.

jkerian

I spent a few hours recovering from that beer, playing 麻雀 at a friend's house

Chocolate

beer, a tall please って…トールビアっていう商品？

jkerian

04:35

a tall is usually... ~650ml

(granted... while playing, we also had a few Guinness and some rum)

Chocolate

あ～～そうなんだ～～！

(I'm going to England next month, so I need to learn)

jkerian

Beer glassware

Beer glassware comprises the drinking vessels made of glass designed or commonly used for drinking beer. Different styles of glassware exist for a number of reasons: they may reflect national traditions; they may reflect legislation regarding serving measures; they may relate to practicalities of stacking, washing and avoiding breakage; they may promote commercial breweries; they may be folk art, novelty items or used in drinking games; and they may complement different styles of beer for a variety of reasons, including enhancing aromatic volatiles, showcasing the appearance, and/or havin...

silvermaple

05:37

@jkerian wow, haha

It's also way too late for me to be up, but someone linked me to youtube a while back

'night all

Chocolate

@silvermaple おやすみ（^^）/

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小太郎

07:05

How would you say "There is an average of 150mm rainfall and 50% humidity in winter."?

Chris Harris

What is 我が身? I made a comment about it here: japanese.stackexchange.com/a/6522/1328

Chris Harris

07:23

nevermind, I made a post

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Chocolate

10:07

@小太郎 How about... 「冬の平均降水量は150ミリ(メートル), 平均湿度(は)50%です」??

小太郎

hm, that looks about right to me :)

Thanks

Would "東京の気温は2度から13度までです" be correct for "Tokyo's temperature is from 2 degrees to 13 degrees"?

Chocolate

10:22

I think we write 東京の気温は2℃~13℃です, we say like 東京の気温は２度から１３度です. TV announcers say like 東京の気温は２度から１３度となっています.

Weather forecast says like 東京の予想気温は２度から１３度でしょう/東京の気温は２度から１３度の予想となっています

小太郎

Ok, thanks

How come the ending まで isn't needed?

Chocolate

Hmm

まで is often left out

(なんででしょうね～～・・・)

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Chocolate

15:10

@jkerian イギリスで、「beer, a tall please」って言うと、650mlくらいのビールが出てくるでしょうか。Pubに行ったら、試してみたいです。

jkerian

15:42

@Chocolate It's probably different in Britain... "pint" seems to be the normal size

I mostly went to the whiskey pubs when I was there, so I'm not actually sure

silvermaple

16:29

Morning all :)

It's sad to me that older questions on this site have so many more votes then the newer ones

We should be voting more, people!

(I think, anyway)

jkerian

17:06

I wonder how active we are, relative to where we were last year

We should probably have more people with japanese.stackexchange.com/badges/59/announcer

I'm a bit embarassed to note that I only have 2 (1 for linking to our resources FAQ on meta)

Troyen

Only 20 people have voted more than 10 times in August

that's down from ~50-60 people from a year ago

Some of that is probably fatigue. I know I've cast 1500+ votes on the site, but I don't keep up with all the questions and answers anymore. But another part of it is, I don't see most of the newer users voting either.

Maybe it's time to resurrect meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/134/… ;)

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jkerian

20:03

I'm somewhat amused at the huge list of "What does X mean?" similar questions, when browsing japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6576

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silvermaple

22:59

@Troyen Yeah! Good idea!

@jkerian Start a question with "what is the difference between" and you'll get a lot of "suggested questions"

@jkerian Is that like if you tweet a link or something?

I try to vote on every question I think is a valid question