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Japanese Made Funny Paperback – December 17, 2001

by Tom Dillon (Author)

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"Japanese Made Funny" brings together a bouquet of about 100 ripsnorting bloops by foreigners in speaking Japanese. Lavishly illustrated with cartoons and printed in a bilingual format, it is a humor book, language text, and comparative culture primer. Complete with Japanese pronunciation guide and vocabulary list.

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Product Details

Paperback: 225 pages
Publisher: The East Publications (December 17, 2001)
ISBN-10: 4915645215
ISBN-13: 978-4915645211
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,833,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The author...introduces a mix of the many hilarious episodes that have arisen from the misspoken Japanese of foreigners. -- Hiragana Times, April 2002

About the Author

Tom Dillon resides in Tokyo where he teaches English part-time at Sophia University and writes for various publications.

His humor column, "When East Marries West," has appeared in The Japan Times since 1998. He is also a contributing editor to The East magazine and an award-winning writer of short stories.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Laugh till you Cry

By Lucy on April 15, 2002

Format: Paperback

Tom Dillon, a long time resident of Japan, has collected a side splitting bunch of bloopers made by foreigners tangling with the Japanese language. Even if you haven't visited Japan this book will bring tears of laughter to your eyes. The chapter that features confusion over the words for closet and buttocks may cause you to injure yourself unless you keep a tight grip on your funny bone. Get a copy NOW and get one for a friend.
Should you happen to be one of the hapless souls struggling to get a hammerlock on Japanese the book is printed with Japanese text on the page facing the English text. So you may be able to chortle, guffaw and giggle bilingually.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Too Funny!

By Joe on February 28, 2003

Format: Paperback

Any one who has been to another Asian country will really enjoy this book! I got my volume when in Osaka this January. I have had several people ask where they can get it and now I know. It is a must read for anyone that is going to Japan or is studying the language.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Fall Down Funny, MUST HAVE

By "eojaddres" on October 10, 2002

Format: Paperback

How do I enter a "MUST HAVE" rating ... ? If I can figure that out, this book'll get mine for sure. I was alerted to the book by a friend who is teaching English in Japan and who know that I had once done the same. This book captures how weird and funny the train wreck can get when east and west collide. If you have ever spoent time in Japan, or plan to, I recommend this book. Funny and enlightening.

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Random anecdotes, not language lessons

By EnglishTeacher on July 20, 2008

Format: Paperback

Don't expect this book to be understandable by fresh-off-the-boat foreigners.

Don't expect that it will be a guide to Japanese culture, or a lesson in the finer points of Japanese linguistics.

This *is* a book of random language-misunderstandings. It appeals to an audience of English speakers who've lived in Japan a few years, and will make them say "Yeah, I've had that happen to me, too. Now I can laugh about it."

It's not written as well as, say, O. Henry tales or Mark Twain travelogue stories. It does, however, offer Japanese versions of each story, so it might be a nice book to give to Japanese/Western couples to read together.

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