Skype practice? & lang. pack for xp?

[KiraNL]

Hi,

I just begon with learning japanese and am really a newbie (know too litle to speak it in normal conversations exept for what is given as example in the lessons) but was thinking maybe that someone who just begon too and speaks english want to practise from the newbie lessons it would go better then because we can correct each other and such.
Just an idea.

My skype name is xkiranlx

Feel free to call/add/chat. (oh yeah i live in the netherlands if you want to know which time it is or something.)

And my 2nd question was, how to read kanji on xp..i only see ?? so figured out there must be a lang. pack for it?
Does anyone know where to find it if true?


Btw i like this site really much, it is going to be a great help!

Regards
KiraNL

[JonB]

And my 2nd question was, how to read kanji on xp..i only see ?? so figured out there must be a lang. pack for it?

Are you talking about on IE? In which case maybe all you need to do is go to View->Encoding and then try something like Japanese (Auto Select). My one at work seems to be set to unicode (UTF-8) and that works fine.

If you want it on outlook etc you may need to install the language pack. got to control panel and select regional and language options. On the Langauges tab press the details button press add and select your input language.

Hopefully that should do the trick. I live in Japan and have an English O/S and that is all that I have ever done.

Cheers
JonB

[KiraNL]

Found it, Tnx for the help.

[Ulver_684]

Found it, Tnx for the help.

KiraNL-san!

My Skype name is Ulver_684 "Sindy"

Everyone is welcome to add me if anyone is interest lets practice English/Japanese/Spanish together!

[TheProfessorOne]

My Skype name is: theprofessorone

....I think....

Anyways, I just started and would love to chat with others who are beginners or are past me and can help to teach me....call anytime.

[KiraNL]

Nice, Ill add you 2 a.s.a.p, Have to say im not that far with learning yet..know the basics

[Ulver_684]

Nice, Ill add you 2 a.s.a.p, Have to say im not that far with learning yet..know the basics

KiraNL-san!

Thank you for adding me and see ya all at Skype now that my computer is back.

[Jordi]

皆さん、私のskypenameはjordi1991です　

feel free to add me

[Ulver_684]

皆さん、私のskypenameはjordi1991です　

feel free to add me

Jordi-san!

Thank you I'm going to add you right now ok!

[ピーターズ]

piitaazuです。

[Ulver_684]

piitaazuです。

ピーターズ-san!

Thank you for giving your skype name!

[untmdsprt]

untmdsprt です。

I used to chat with Japanese people, but I'm finding they will either speak to you like an idiot or a native. Even when you have your profile in Japanese, they will insist on using romaji. I've asked politely that they use hiragana. My request is ignored, and then they start typing:

ohayou gozaimasu - good morning
konnichi wa - hello
konban wa - good evening

[Ulver_684]

untmdsprt です。

Untmdsprt-san!

Thanks you too my friend!

[rdavison]

rndavisonです :)

I'm around beginner S1 lesson 80, and I've been doing a lot of 'extra-curricular' self-study.
よろしくね

(i tried registering rdavison as my skype name, but it was taken, so my skype name is actually rndavison)

[Ulver_684]

rndavisonです

I'm around beginner S1 lesson 80, and I've been doing a lot of 'extra-curricular' self-study.
よろしくね

(i tried registering rdavison as my skype name, but it was taken, so my skype name is actually rndavison)

rdavison-san!

Thank you, see you on Skype mina-san!