Yeah my computer does that with Kanji too XD

Ah I think it has to do something with whether you have those langauge packs on your computer or not. If not, and you run Windows, then you need to get the Microsoft Word CD and install those language packs on your computer. (I had this warning a long time ago, so I'm not really sure if I'm right.)

For Mac and Linux, I don't really know. (Although the characters appear on the computers at my school, which are Macs, btw.)

Back to topic, I'm self taught in Japanese too. :)

Luciene wrote:

Ianna,May 5 2006 wrote: English, some French, and Elvish.

Don't ask about the Elvish.

You speak Elvish? Me too!!! But last year. I gave up Lotr this year. Do you speak Quenya or Sindarin?

LAWL

Hogwarts is correct, yes. You need a Chinese/Japanese language pack installed on your computer to display them. Some come with them, some don't. I'm not sure if the Microsoft Office CDs actually ship with them by default or not..

English, entry-level German.
ANCIENT LANGUAGE FROM INHERITANCE MUAHAHAHAHA I BAIT YOU HATERS

English, spanish, and a little japanese

English as my mother tongue, French to AS - I'm semi-fluent, even with a D, and Spanish, to GCSE. Might learn German though...

English, bad gcse german, a little bit of french and an even smaller bit of chinese (only speak, cant read or write) and an unbelievably small amount of latin (took it up to about 2 weeks before exams then dropped it).

@ Sent and HH - Yeah, I know :P

@crazy - Konichiwa sempai!!!

And to everyone who self-taught themselves Japanese - We're so amazing!1!!!!!!111!11!!!! ^_^

English and Portuguese (sorta).

I speak Hindi, Tamil & English. A bit of Marathi too. Since i am a Tamilian, I find other South-Indian languages (i.e. Malyalam, Kannada & Telugu) easy to understand but I don't speak them.

English, weeeeee lil' bit of spanish, latin, and japanese.
Eh.
Scratch the japanese, been awhile.
Wanna learn all sorts of languages though.
Thinking about Rosetta Stone.

I almost forgot all the stuff I learned in Spanish class last year... :blink:

Also learning a bit of Korean too. (unintentionally)

Unintentionally how?

Er...one, Taekwondo classes. They use Korean words a lot there.

Two, I sometimes end up watch parts of those Korean dramas my mom watches (got bored of them a long time ago).

Three, I'm a fan of some Japanese singers that are actually from Korea (ex. BoA and DBSK). Sometimes I see Korean words written in the comments of their Japanese MVs on YouTube.

Four, there are tons of Korean people living in my neighborhood and going to my school.

However, I'm more interested in Japanese than Korean...but it still sounds like a good language.

lols, korean boys are pretty. im not a fan of BoA tho. i find her irritating.

Whew, foreign territory here for me.
I'd perfer Japanese myself, but I think Korean looks better.
Cleaner somehow.

Just read about Japanophobia on Wiki. Scary. :blink:

Anyway...I'm studying my Spanish stuff right now. My mind's completely blank...