Comments on: Men, English, and international romance

By: Lachlan Jackson

Lachlan Jackson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:36:34 +0000

Thanks cba and Kimie for yor kind feedback. Perhaps you might be interested in several articles on the Charisma Man phenonemon that appeared in this mornings Japan Times. See the links below:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20100713zg.html

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20100713a1.html

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20100713vf.html

Hope you like ’em!
Lachlan Jackson.

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:45:50 +0000

Congrats, Lockie! A great post, well deserving the editor’s selection! おめでとう:-)) Re your comment “non-western women in relationships with Japanese men are expected to learn Japanese, while Japanese men who want a western partner will need to utilize English in supposedly skillful and complex ways”, another place you can look into is the online dating sites for Japanese men looking for foreign partners/wives. Check out the description of foreign women (usually Asians and Russians) as potential partners, particularly comments on their ability and willingness to learn Japanese (e.g. I’ve seen, “they will learn Japanese in three months!” hence the male consumers won’t have to bother making an effort in learning their partner’s language). Looking forward to more posts!

By: ResearchBlogging.org News » Blog Archive » Editor’s selections: International romance, sluggish T-rex, double rainbows and World Cup excuses

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:09:15 +0000

[…] Men, English, and international romance. We begin this week with a post about international relationships, specifically of Japanese folks with foreigners. There’s been a lot of attention paid to Japanese women with foreign men, but what about the reverse? In an amusing post, Lachlan of Language on the Move looks at some of the cultural aspects. […]

By: cba

cba — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:48:20 +0000

Great piece! I wonder if the differences you suggest in the penultimate para do not turn exclusively on the issue of language, but also expectations regarding the subjectivities of women, both western and asian. For some bizarre reason, I suddenly have a line from Leonard Cohen running through my head, about the “homicidal bitchin’ that goes down in every kitchen to determine who will serve and who will eat”….but then again, I could just be thinking like a western woman.