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[Lundgren]

Not really.

Achtually, if you see this historically, the Japanese borrowed a lot from the Chinese if you go back 1500 years, then again Neo-Confucianism in the 16th century.

Today though, they don't even share a writing system, Chinese cannot understand written Japanese at all. Vice versa, Japanese have it easier to understand Chinese, but still a person with no knowledge about the chinese language could not understand Chinese.


It's like a guy from England trying to read Greek. He might understand a few of the characters from his mathmatics class, but cannot understand what's written there.

Agreed, but even what the japenese borrowed from the chinese is a stretch. We borrowed alot of tech from the chinese as well, and at the same time the Jap's borrowed alot from the states and europe.

[DK II]

Agreed, but even what the japenese borrowed from the chinese is a stretch. We borrowed alot of tech from the chinese as well, and at the same time the Jap's borrowed alot from the states and europe.

Sorry, i don't get you there.

Japan imported Buddhism from China in 586, along with Buddhism came Taoism, Confucianism and the writing system, architecture, technology and so on.

So China has influenced Japanese culture A LOT in the beginning.

But from then on, Japan mainly went on his own way, and today there isn't much left that is similar to China in Japan.


cBTW,vthis can be said about a lot of cultures, i have stated before that modern European culture and ethics are mainly based on Greece and Judaism. Europe also got a lot of technology from the (back then) very advanced Arabs.

[Mr Nobody]

hahaha thats not Kyomu  

Kyomu is missed around here he was always talking about "mentally ill'd" posters and bringing entertaintments from the local spanish establishments along with video's of Paco which we couldnt understand. So lets play one of BDB's songs in memory of him 

[_bruce_]

Kyomu is missed around here he was always talking about "mentally ill'd" posters and bringing entertaintments from the local spanish establishments along with video's of Paco which we couldnt understand. So lets play one of BDB's songs in memory of him 

 

[Cleanest Natural]

 

" my life's accomplishment is learning another language " hahaha

[MORTALCOIL]

[Lundgren]

Made my motherfucking day.

[owner76]

A garbage collector in Cairns, Australia, is driving along a street picking up the wheelie bins and emptying them into his compactor.


He goes to one house where the bin hasn't been left out, and in the spirit of kindness, and after having a quick look about for the bin, he gets out of his truck goes to the front door and knocks.


 


There's no answer.


Being a kindly and conscientious bloke, he knocks again - much harder.


Eventually a Chinese man comes to the door.


"Harro!" says the Chinese man.


"Gidday, mate! Where's ya bin?"  asks the collector.


"I bin on toiret," explains the Chinese bloke, a bit perplexed.
 


Realising (Realizing) the fellow had misunderstood him, the bin man smiles and tries again.
"No! No! Mate, where's your dust bin?" 


 


"I dust been to toiret, I toll you!'' says the Chinese man, still perplexed. 


 


"Listen," says the collector with added emphasis, "You're misunderstanding me. Where's your 'wheelie' bin?'"


"OK, OK," replies the Chinese man with a sheepish grin and whispers in the collector's ear.....


 


"I wheelie bin having sex wiffa wife's sista!"
 

Fixed