Curiosity killed the cat
 

As the saying goes 'curiosity killed the cat', mine just so happens to be killing me.

How many of you readers can see anything BUT boxes or question marks in my signature?

o.0 I don't see any boxes or question marks...

You can see the Japanese characters????

Yes, everyone. :)

Sweet!!! You happen to be one of the very few I have talked to that can see them.

I can see them too.

I can see them.


Anyone that's been to a japanese website [and thus, has downloaded the kanji] can see it.

My sig happens to be a poem I wrote. It is located somewhere on this forum. So to save you the trouble, I will translate it for you (I happen to be literate in Japanese).

In Mystery I lay

Shrouded in mystery I stay
Perceived by thoughts not long forgotten
My world I wish was pure grey
For simplicity sake

Come to me, do not leave
For fear grows on me everyday
Fear of those who may forget me
As I pass from this world to another

As my death has come to pass
I shall remain watching over you
I watch you weeping in the moon lit grass
And curse myself for leaving you

Please do not weep
I whisper into the wind
Into the darkness do not seep
For I may lose you




By the way, this isn't related to this thread, can anyone get "Through the looking glass" by Stone Sour out of my head?

I can see them. I'm using Linux, though, so these things often are preinstalled on my system.

I've got a song for you (it's bound to drive the Stone Sour one out of your head): Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head". Don't blame me for going insane... :D

No problem. Thank you for taking time to post something, all of you. I am glad that you like it.

Yeah, I can see your sig properly.

You should be careful about lying in public spaces. There might be someone around who is in a position to check your claims.

Drake

I Can't See Anything!!! Just A Bunch Of Boxes!! Eerrr I Am Going To Eat Prye!!!!

Neither can I, but as Maggot mentioned, you need to have the Japanese characters installed on your computer. If you go to a chinese website, it will prompt you to download the ASCII characters that you need (to view)... same as with a japanese website. :}

I can see them.
How long have you been studying Japanese?
I'm impressed at your effort.
Translation of poetry is pretty difficult.
If you like Japanese poetry I recommend one called "Ame ni mo makezu" by Miyazawa Kenji.

Yeah, I cannot see the japanese characters, but I love the poem. :D

However much effort may have been put into the poem, there was no effort put into translation. It is an obvious machine translation. I can even tell you which engine was used, and in what fashion.

Maybe getting called on the bluff was what she meant by "killed the cat?"

Drake

パソコンを使ったかも知れないな。確かに彼女の作文は文法的に変だったし適切な語句も使っていないんだけど 、ただ彼女の努力を褒めてあげたい。

いい人だね。俺ったら遠慮せずに「うそつけ」って言ってやる。

逆にお前は完璧な日本語で書いているね。日本人じゃない？

Drake

お前こそ、日本語上手じゃん。俺は日本人じゃねーよ：）

?????????????????????????????? indeed...

I wasn't lying. And to prove it I will find the link. Here: https://www.gothic.net/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=3

I don't care if you check my ligitimaties (sp) because I know that what I say in this respect is true. I would never plagiarize knowingly. That is not the character I am.

I have been teaching myself Japanese for the past 5 years.
ありがとう 655322。 しかし私は訳者をように使用しなかった Drake 従って意味する。 私はこの言語更に自分自身をこのように訂正するために、言語の原住民を私の教授更に持っていたことを自分自 身を教え。私にその国に原産であるあり、それを流暢に話すために日本とここにアメリカの友人が 。

真剣にしかし。 ずっと私はあっていない。 私は日本語をあるために1つ以上の記述の日本に知り。 私は、それであるあなたの判断あっていることを考えれば。 私は私知っている経験からのそれをこれについてのあなたの意見を変えることができない。

So I bid you all good day.