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.

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New 📌: I'm a sociolinguist of Japanese, and I produce Japanese learning materials, slang reviews & a dictionary, and general articles here: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.c… 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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The U.S. Ambassador to Japan's AI-generated image doesn't even have the correct year for the World Cup:
Japan’s @jfa_samuraiblue “lion tamers” are more than ready to turn that @OnsOranje roar into a meow, @usambnl Popolo. Here, kitty kitty! 😸
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Japan Forum's special issue on katakana in Japanese is out @ tandfonline.com/toc/rjfo20/3… Check out my (OPEN ACCESS) contribution on anti-katakana discourse @ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Replying to @Panchinster
Also be sure to check out the resources @ScriptingJapan has made! x.com/i/status/1531072624507…

This is true... unless you've checked out the FREE RESOURCES page of my blog! #Japanese textbooks! Japanese slang reviews! Public lectures! All free and true (you can't even pay me if you want to because I'm too lazy to set that up as an option!) wesleycrobertson.wordpress.c…
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Coming back here briefly to say you absolutely shouldn't watch Another. Not because it's disturbing or horrific or anything. Just because it's absolute trash.
Top 15 Most Disturbing Anime 😨👇 1. Shoujo Tsubaki 2. Perfect Blue 3. Made in Abyss 4. Higurashi: When They Cry 5. Devilman Crybaby 6. Elfen Lied 7. Serial Experiments Lain 8. Paranoia Agent 9. Another 10. Texhnolyze 11. Corpse Party 12. Monster 13. Shiki 14. Happy Sugar Life 15. Berserk These anime don’t just scare you… they stay in your head long after you finish watching 😵‍💫 Which anime disturbed you the most? 👀 Source: MAL discussions, Reddit horror threads & anime community consensus
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The millennial craft movement vastly improved American gastronomy and I refuse to let zoomers with no cultural memory of the bland garbage we ate and drank 20 years ago meme me into thinking it is cringe.
bro you gotta try this new boutique pizza place they have this innovative new slice instead of normal pepperoni it's the kind that curl up and get all charred and then they drizzle hot honey on it and you're not gonna believe this it's served with a dollop of ricotta
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It's the April #Japanese slang review! Click the below to learn about: 情緒ジェットコースター 許せサスケ チョワヨー(チョアヨ) モロチン かぐや姫は〜持ってくるよう伝えました 骨ウェ (骨格ウェーブ) ペラい エアコメ ヘッドンホホ・イヤンホホ それな界隈 wesleycrobertson.wordpress.c…
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Scripting Japan is my favorite Japanese-learning channel in YouTube by far Japanese Slang Review Tonight: チョワヨー Featuring Supiki! youtu.be/KDSm1wJBbi4?si=I68u… via @YouTube
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Japanese Slang Review Tonight: チョワヨー Featuring Supiki! youtu.be/KDSm1wJBbi4 호주 사람이 한국 게임에서 나온 일본의 유행어 "쪼와요"를 리뷰하는 영상 이게 왜 진짜임
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"That bitch" is a terrible translation of "a no onna". The correct translation would be "A's Bitch" or "Bitch A".
when the jp audio says "a no onna" but the subtitles say "that bitch"
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反物質のトラック輸送に成功 riken.jp/pr/news/2026/202603…
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外人の言語学ラジオみたいなやつ最近見てるんだけど本当にまずいものに手出そうとしてる
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.@mackenziescott you have the opportunity to do an extremely funny (and genuinely heroic) thing right now
You could launch a full-up newspaper from the 300 people laid off by the Washington Post 3 hours ago. Instantly. Business. Sports. Metro. Ukraine. China. AI & tech. They'd start writing this afternoon! A 300-person newsroom would cost about $80 million a year (running a little lean). Just saying. I hear there are some billionaires out there looking for places to invest.
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...funny, literally just saw @ScriptingJapan's video on this exact subject today! #理義字 #品字様 #漢字 youtu.be/Zuua8M0TxK4?si=BTk3…

Well over a decade ago the webcomic XKCD posted about 'Citogenesis' with people imagining stuff, adding it to wikipedia, having people copy from wikipedia sans citation, then the article being cited in the original wikipedia as proof of the claim Feels like AI will be much worse
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「男の娘」と呼ばれること/名乗ることがすぐに、そのひとが男性であることを意味はしませんよ。私たちはしばしば仕方なく、または積極的に「男の娘」を名乗り、それでいてトランス女性でもありえます
This is why im anti-localizer. All these westerners constantly spouting a out how this character is trans and going as far as harrassing the japanese for being "transphobic" because westerners dont have the nuance for these japanese cultural phenomenon. Many japanese are calling this character otokonoko (male-daughter, a crossdressing male). This character isn't trans, im not against trans people but this character is a male. From what the japanese are saying, this character is similar to Ruka from Steins;Gate, a self-defined male who crossdresses specifically to be more attractive to a person they love.
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Time for the first #Japanese slang post of 2026! Read the article below to learn about: マル金・マルビ でこぼこコンビ 推し疲れ 自認レゼ ゆるされへん ポイポイナイス レート高い 開示だな さつおわ おいらが行くしかねえな wesleycrobertson.wordpress.c…
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