Biting satire, brilliant reportage, net-based political provocation? No, minus 10 points. What you just witnessed was an English lesson. Pretty good, huh? In fact, Our Man thinks it is so good, her blog The Daily English Show, is a worthy winner of the (coveted?) Our Man In Abiko Blog of the Week award. He reckons Our Sarah, a Kiwi in the frozen wastes of Hokkaido, has managed to churn out a quality report just about every day for the last three years. Her teaching is spot on, but forget that (Our Man is assuming you don't need work on your English, although comment-leaver Dr Datsun Kildare could do with some spelling exercises), her lessons are topical, sometimes surreal and quite often politically radical. Another lesson Our Man enjoyed was her explanation of Bob Marley's I Shot the Sheriff, complete with dry asides about words for police, and incidentally, the best bio of Taro Aso Our Man has seen. She should be back from her hols shortly, so sharpen your pencils and your wit and don't forget to do your homework.
2 comments:
My God My Man!
You have done it again. Do you not know the rules?
The nearly all male, self-promotional Japan Blogsphere does not mention women in their blogs.
It is just not done.
How can there be self-affirming, witty male repartee if women are allowed in?
Do you want the earth to stop its rotation?
I will ruin my computer if spit out my breakfast cereal again.
What reality do you want your daughters to learn? There is fairness and appreciation for a job well-done? Uh?
You are doing your daughters a disservice.
Does the Queen know about this?
If the Queen asks, I'll tell her:
Just doing my job, Ma'am.
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