Not exactly tones...I don't know how to explain it. I meant with where you talk in your mouth. Or how you use it...for example, Filipinos talk with their throat while in English we use the front of our mouth. Japanese in between the throat and the front teeth...this probably doesn't make sense lol.

I know exactly what you mean.
Japanese sounds are mainly placed very forward in the mouth, using the tip of the tongue & the front teeth. English uses the whole mouth more, with some front placement & some throaty sounds, but mostly the middle. Some languages, like French & German, use the back of the throat more.

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Yeah, yeah, that's right. I'm not entirely sure where they speak in Russian, but wouldn't that be hard to go to a flat language like Japanese? God, I'm so interested in linguistics, you'd think I'd know the names of this stuff.

I cringe when I hear someone saying it.
If you've just immagrated to the country, then by all means.
But if your born and raised here and for some reason you say:
"OMG!! Isn't that so kawaii?!" and you make the little 'x3' face,

and I hear you behind me,

i'll turn around and punch you in the face.

Or stick a fork in your jugular.
I know the whole freedom of speech and shit, but I don't really care.
I'm a japanese fan too, but unless you can say the ENTIRE sentence in japanese, then don't say anything. (Sugoi! Honto kawaii desu ne?!)
It'll just save you your life.

I don't. Never got into the habit in the first place, I prefer using solid English. Though the amount of Japanese words that I've picked up here and there scares me...

I feel so stupid, I've been trying these in four different languages and I still can't find the difference. I give up.

Back to topic, I've never really heard anyone speak the infamous "OMG, so kawaii!!!" I'll prolly just laugh a bit, it's not really annoying for me.

i DISLIKE it when people say japanese in english sentences, and i SEVERELY dislike it when japanese people use engRish in their sentences.

it's annoying, but if people say the japanese word with a good accent i dont care.

if they dont it grates on my nerves a bit making me think "that accent sounds like crap thats comming outta a cows ass."

but.

it's okay, although thankfully, i haven't heard much of that kinda stuff much.

only like once..

not many anime fangirls/fanboys in washington state, i guess thats a good thing.
and on the internet, i dont think i ever have.

i do so with korean though, on the internet and in real life =p

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those weaboos deserve to get shot.

What can you do though when that Engrish turns from a "borrowed word to look cool" into an everyday word that's accepted as part of the language?

I should stop using Japanese because it offends people.

Ok so from now on to not offend people, I will eat noodles instead of Ramen, Shop at the Japanese bakery not the Pan-ya, Call Pocky a chocolate dipped Pretzel, I should read comic books instead of Manga, and I'll watch Cartoons instead of Anime

Should I stop referring to Manga in it's Japanese name (instead of Ichigo 100 I'll read Strawberry 100)?

I'll play Resident Evil instead of Biohazard.

, and instead of driving a Nissan I will drive my little brother around.

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Now that I'm actually paying attention to what I'm saying...

I tend to use phrases or whole sentences rather than single words. "Kawaii" is generally NOT one of them, btw.

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-James Nicoll, can.general, March 21, 1992

LOL, good one! Have a Calpis! "Cow Piss?"

While at this visit Engrish.com. This is a mirror of what you would sound like using bad Japanese. Do you really wanna stoop to their level?

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I had a small phase of using random Japanese words in middle school, but that ended in a matter of months. Mostly 'cos I wasn't sure of the meaning of a few words and I didn't want to butcher the pronunciations worse than I already had been. (I fail at pronunciation. I can't count the number of times that I've messed up an English word, let alone a foreign one...) I think the closest I get to Japanese is when I say "Sankyuu" instead of "thank you" sometimes. ^^;

But, I must admit, it is a bit annoying. If someone isn't Japanese or doesn't know much Japanese (pronunciation or vocabulary or grammar or whatever), then I see absolutely no point and it gets on my nerves. It just destroys the entire point of communication by making it more difficult to be understood by others.

I think the only place that I'm okay with hearing it is in fanfiction, and that's limited, too. There are a few words that just come with certain fandoms, and they just become commonplace ("teme," "dobe," and "usuratonkachi" in Naruto fanfics). But I do get annoyed when people start putting complex phrases or words into their writing, since I get a bit tired of scrolling down to the bottom of the page to see the translation notes. -_-;

It's not comic books--it's graphic novels!

...I remember I used that term once to someone's mom who didn't understand, and she asked me why I was reading sex books.