Okay. As you've probably guessed, I just had the biggest ah-hah/OMG! moment of my life. Let me tell you about it:
So, I was sitting in the living room with my dad watching Rush Hour 3. I'd seen it before a long time ago, but couldn't really remember much except that it was in Paris and people spoke a lot of French in the movie.
So...there is this one part in the movie, involving the care chase w/cab driver George and the bikers, and Carter/Lee are thrown out of the vehicle. They are then taken away to the underground sewer system of Paris. Lee's "brother" shows up and they have a conversation.
While the subtitles were rolling, I found myself picking up on what I assumed was Chinese, you know, Jackie Chan and all? Then I thought, this is some weird Chinese...It is so similar to Japanese...And then it hit me! They WERE speaking Japanese!!!
I confirmed this when Lee said the guy's name, "Kenji". Such a Japanese name. Anyways, the beginning of their conversation asked "Wasuremasu ka?" and Chan replied "Wasuremashita"? So basically, "Did you forget?" and "I forgot". I picked up some other things by ear, but the subtitles made it extremely easy to figure out if I was hearing correctly.
Isn't that just too awesome! It made me so very HAPPY! So extremely happy that I had to share it via blog! Has anyone else had a ! moment when they hear something in another language and know what it means?
So, I was sitting in the living room with my dad watching Rush Hour 3. I'd seen it before a long time ago, but couldn't really remember much except that it was in Paris and people spoke a lot of French in the movie.
So...there is this one part in the movie, involving the care chase w/cab driver George and the bikers, and Carter/Lee are thrown out of the vehicle. They are then taken away to the underground sewer system of Paris. Lee's "brother" shows up and they have a conversation.
While the subtitles were rolling, I found myself picking up on what I assumed was Chinese, you know, Jackie Chan and all? Then I thought, this is some weird Chinese...It is so similar to Japanese...And then it hit me! They WERE speaking Japanese!!!
I confirmed this when Lee said the guy's name, "Kenji". Such a Japanese name. Anyways, the beginning of their conversation asked "Wasuremasu ka?" and Chan replied "Wasuremashita"? So basically, "Did you forget?" and "I forgot". I picked up some other things by ear, but the subtitles made it extremely easy to figure out if I was hearing correctly.
Isn't that just too awesome! It made me so very HAPPY! So extremely happy that I had to share it via blog! Has anyone else had a ! moment when they hear something in another language and know what it means?
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