on Windows MS Powertoys are what I use to remap keys.
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and another Invasion: this time it is the Deppenapostroph: Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval | Germany | The Guardian
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Wait, the Barbara Bar went viral in this June? The original has been around for 10 years!
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Thanks for this, it was the kick I needed to sort out a thing that had been low-key bugging me for ages. It’s so good to finally have a numberpad that has / × − + in one place!
(Now I want more keys for >= and <= symbols. Maybe it’s time to finally put the Fn keys to use…)
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So hey, why did you learn to speak Japanese?
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You asked, so I will tell you all.
Back in the day, circa 1988, I started practicing Aikido, eventually going to lessons with Kanetsuka sensei, as my sensei Tom Helsby was taught by him. It’s a thing within traditional Japanese martial arts that students trace a lineage through their teachers.
Anyways, when sensei’s from Tokyo come over to Britain, there’s the slight problem of face, or losing face, which can happen if there’s a difference in accents, or ‘Ben,’ as the Japanese refer to it.
Kanetsuka, though born in Tokyo, didn’t have a high class Tokyo accent, and any misunderstanding that might occur when talking with the heirs of Morihei Ueshiba, basically his son and grandson came over to teach would be a thing of shame, who were high class Japanese.
But us gaijin we had no face to lose, because we’re gaijin; no matter how into Nihon culture and language etc.
So, senpai’s, senior students, and my Sensei would be classed as Kanetsuka’s senpai. Tom & Maria, his wife, encourage us all to learn Japanese for this reason.
So, that is how I came to learn Japanese.
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