# Japanese romanization

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-romanization/242370>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-romanization/242370 "2004-04-27T22:54:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-romanization/242370/21 "2004-04-29T08:19:53Z")

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> [@tremorviolet](#):
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> Dang it, I just snorted Diet Coke on my keyboard.
> 
> **jovan** can’t be a sci.lang.japan poster 'cause he hasn’t made any snarky comments about learning Japanese via anime yet… 😃

I actually had a Japanese teacher once that commented that he was disappointed by the trend, and how HE worked on learning Japanese with soap operas.

Awesome teacher though.

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