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Dr Wes Robertson

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Dr Wes Robertson

@ScriptingJapan

Chair of Languages & Cultures @Macquarie_Uni @LanguagesMQ. #Japanese sociolinguist & @Brutalinguist co-host. #日本語の文字や #メタルや翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.

wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com

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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Aug 20, 2023
New 📌: I'm a sociolinguist of Japanese, and I produce Japanese learning materials, slang reviews & a dictionary, and general articles here: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com I have a podcast on metal: tinyurl.com/ycxtueyj And you can help keep things ad-free: ko-fi.com/scriptingjapan
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Oct 15, 2024
私've 決ed to 始t 書iting 私y 英語 with some 漢字 in it, just to 見ee 何起ens. The 振ri仮名 will be a bit 恣意的 at 一st, but that's 大丈夫. Nothing 始ts 完璧. 個人的ly, I 思ink it's not too 悪, I 出来n 読ead 何私've 書itten here without much 難ty, but some 人 might not 好e it.
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Apr 22, 2024
TikTok finally showed me a good video
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Feb 2, 2022
山升月七　七升三　升三心心
Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Aug 15, 2024
Japan out here releasing all of 2024's best role models
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Aug 15, 2024
Lots of people getting a crash course in norms for Japanese pronouns due to an internet mascot what an interesting world we live in these days
ちぃたん☆／Chiitan
@chiitan7407
Aug 14, 2024
Replying to @CurryySteww
Chiitan has had no gender since birth. I don't know how to write it in English. I don't particularly pay attention to writing she, her, he, and his because Google Translate does it automatically from time to time. In Japan, "I" or "Chiitan" are all understood, so I think English
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
May 4, 2024
It's so cool that you can do this in Japanese.
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Oct 29, 2023
Not every meme idea I come up with is good, but no one can say that they aren't all ideas.
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Mar 10, 2023
Stop it.
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Dec 27, 2022
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Oct 15, 2024
LMAO is an English 四字熟語
Toph
@toph_bbq
Oct 15, 2024
Replying to @ScriptingJapan
笑MAO
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Oct 15, 2024
Replying to @ScriptingJapan
Oops okurigana not furigana. Okuriromaji?
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Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Jun 19, 2022
Happy to announce that I've completed my #Japanese slang dictionary, summarizing all of the words I've covered so far in my monthly reviews. Hope people find this to be a useful resource. It is live at the link below: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2022/06/19/liv…
Dr Wes Robertson
@ScriptingJapan
Jun 1, 2024
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