tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post6912277567171983244..comments2024-01-01T17:07:06.975+01:00Comments on BRING ME BONSAI: Writing Emails à l'allemandemottekurunodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17076974409012870855noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-22743626989168803642014-02-08T17:48:41.101+01:002014-02-08T17:48:41.101+01:00Thanks P! And a belated thanks for your kind email...Thanks P! And a belated thanks for your kind email! It put a big smile on my face. :)mottekurunodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076974409012870855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-68758167933774714652014-02-08T17:47:53.799+01:002014-02-08T17:47:53.799+01:00Hi Kerstin, thanks for your comment! (And no need ...Hi Kerstin, thanks for your comment! (And no need to apologize -- you're so Japanese!) You're absolutely right -- Japanese emails are the worst! We sure know how to fluff up a 5-sentence email into an essay by apologizing and yoroshiku onegaiitashimasu-ing profusely, eh! It still takes me ages to write emails in Japanese, sometimes even friendly ones! <br />mottekurunodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076974409012870855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-13892806793764791322014-02-08T17:44:03.692+01:002014-02-08T17:44:03.692+01:00Really!?! I thought I learned the art of exaggerat...Really!?! I thought I learned the art of exaggeration and superfluousness from the Americans! (No, seriously!) hahaha!mottekurunodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076974409012870855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-22769711737495654532014-02-08T17:42:44.624+01:002014-02-08T17:42:44.624+01:00Haha! From G's point of view, that would be th...Haha! From G's point of view, that would be the perfect thank you letter!!!mottekurunodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076974409012870855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-2203127843497166592014-02-06T15:08:25.941+01:002014-02-06T15:08:25.941+01:00I have the opposite problem (... as usual, lol). W...I have the opposite problem (... as usual, lol). Whenever I write to a professor I first write like normal for me (German - short and direct), then expand - adding several times the original number of lines (full with useless words, lol, wasting my time and theirs) because I'm writing to a Japanese professor and that seems to be necessary for reasons I still cannot understand.<br /><br />... btw, still reading every post - but usually as rss feed so I'm even less inclined to go to your blog to leave you some of them words, sorry!<br />- KerstinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-82701759932705878212014-02-06T13:45:07.585+01:002014-02-06T13:45:07.585+01:00check! same here again.
and that extra bubble with...check! same here again.<br />and that extra bubble with the uber-sad face is genius!<br />multiparanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-56826201352454063652014-02-05T23:48:56.975+01:002014-02-05T23:48:56.975+01:00"G" writes email like a German, direct a..."G" writes email like a German, direct and brief. You still write like a Japanese, Superfluous and apologetic. I'm with "G", and I'm American!Großer Maikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032060107509489213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477962586552803465.post-84839927117542401272014-02-05T23:04:14.154+01:002014-02-05T23:04:14.154+01:00I can relate: I'm not allowed to write thank-y...I can relate: I'm not allowed to write thank-you notes any longer because my way is, "Dear **, Thank-you for sending us X; we really appreciate it. Sincerely, the Knights." Apparently, that way is anti-social and won't justify stationary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com