Bunshinsaba wrote:

LoudLon wrote:

Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese:

Names.  Chinese names tend to have no more than two syllables.  Chan.  Yiu.  Li.  Yuen.

Japanese names tend to be multisyllabic, and almost always end with a vowel.  Yamaguchi.  Hiroshi.  Ritsuko.

Just sayin'.

You're killing me... killing me, I say. Actually talking syllables as a way of distinguishing between the name recognition of two common Asian languages. 
I mean, that was a joke.. right? Not that you're wrong in your grammatical recognition method, but I thought that the simplest response to your statement.. " Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese " would have been something short and to the point, such as simply writing.... EDUCATION !!!!

But then I wouldn't have been giving the easiest way.

I could have gone into a detailed explanation but nobody would have cared, really.  So I brass tacked it.  This is the easiest way for a casual Asian-movie viewer to differentiate between a Chinese or a Japanese flick.

I like tacks.    Not so much brass, more a fan of molybdenum.

LoudLon wrote:

Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese:

Names.  Chinese names tend to have no more than two syllables.  Chan.  Yiu.  Li.  Yuen.

Japanese names tend to be multisyllabic, and almost always end with a vowel.  Yamaguchi.  Hiroshi.  Ritsuko.

Just sayin'.

You're killing me... killing me, I say. Actually talking syllables as a way of distinguishing between the name recognition of two common Asian languages. 
I mean, that was a joke.. right? Not that you're wrong in your grammatical recognition method, but I thought that the simplest response to your statement.. " Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese " would have been something short and to the point, such as simply writing.... EDUCATION !!!!

But then I wouldn't have been giving the easiest way.

I could have gone into a detailed explanation but nobody would have cared, really.  So I brass tacked it.  This is the easiest way for a casual Asian-movie viewer to differentiate between a Chinese or a Japanese flick.

LoudLon wrote:

Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese:

Names.  Chinese names tend to have no more than two syllables.  Chan.  Yiu.  Li.  Yuen.

Japanese names tend to be multisyllabic, and almost always end with a vowel.  Yamaguchi.  Hiroshi.  Ritsuko.

Just sayin'.

.....would have been something short and to the point, such as simply writing.... EDUCATION !!!!

Went to Alabama?  Irony. 

Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese:

Names.  Chinese names tend to have no more than two syllables.  Chan.  Yiu.  Li.  Yuen.

Japanese names tend to be multisyllabic, and almost always end with a vowel.  Yamaguchi.  Hiroshi.  Ritsuko.

Just sayin'.

You're killing me... killing me, I say. Actually talking syllables as a way of distinguishing between the name recognition of two common Asian languages. 
I mean, that was a joke.. right? Not that you're wrong in your grammatical recognition method, but I thought that the simplest response to your statement.. " Easiest way to tell Chinese from Japanese " would have been something short and to the point, such as simply writing.... EDUCATION !!!!

Ahhh a member that will forever be in my good graces.  I hate the term J-horror ....

And in my good graces shall you forever be, sir.
J-horror should be vaulted to the front of the line for new entries in the "out-of-vogue" word dictionary, seeing how they now make the worst horror films in all of Asia. But while we're celebrating real Asian talent...  let's not forget to also give horror kudos to Thailand. WOW!!!

this is a great time to subscribe, az!
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Suspiria_89 wrote:

I watched it on Demand. It's a pretty cool slasher, definitely worth a watch if you're into J-horror or slashers.

It's Chinese isn't it?  Let's not profane its good press by attaching the word  "J-horror" to it.

My bad, Asian horror isn't my thing. Plus the few that I do like are actually Japanese so I just called it that out of habit. Should have looked it up though.

good call.  my tentacle rape test wasn't always fool-proof LOL

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Names.  Chinese names tend to have no more than two syllables.  Chan.  Yiu.  Li.  Yuen.

Japanese names tend to be multisyllabic, and almost always end with a vowel.  Yamaguchi.  Hiroshi.  Ritsuko.

Just sayin'.