Dr. Wes Robertson

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Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタルや翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.

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I've got a whole bunch of articles that are currently in press/under review - here's the introductory pages of four. This is an attempt to "build hype" as the youngsters say.

Anti-kanji discourse be like

Stumbled across a "Japan" account on Facebook posting obvious AI slop and the comments seemed to be full of bots. Can't wait to see the incredible Japan related "discourse" that awaits us online in the future.

Editing TikTok videos has forced me to become aware of a smorgasbord of strange expressions I apparently make while discussing Japanese

It's time for the June #Japanese 流行語 deep-dive! Click the link below to learn about: 手渡しそれガーチャー！ほんまごめんやで！ラテギャル OT カロリー高いオルチャンひとカラ放デイコタツ記事エアプ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/j...

Japanese Slang Review – June 2024wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com And it's time for the sixth Japanese slang review of 2024 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won't see in a textbook, looking at what ...

Super excited to take the new JLPT N0 this year! Who else is ready for the challenge? Really cool to see that they've added speaking and writing sections too.

I've enlisted the help of a Japanese beard-stealing demon to help me maintain my beard's length and shape. You know, a 髭盗り魔.

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It's the last day of May, so here's your breakdown of 10 #Japanese slang terms for the month. Click the link to learn about: スヌン禁止曲わかんのみほヘタレチベスナ顔ワンコ系時代インマヌかわいい年齢操作スカポンタヌキもしトラ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/j...

Japanese Slang Review – May 2024wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com And it’s time for the fifth Japanese slang review of 2024 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won’t see in a textbook, l…

New blog post! In this blog post I try to convince you to watch Futekisetsu ni mo Hodo ga Aru (aka Extremely Inappropriate): wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/i...

In This Blog Post I Try to Convince You to Watch Futekisetu Nimo Hodo Ga Aruwesleycrobertson.wordpress.com I've done a lot of things on this blog to date. I've talked about Japanese extreme metal. A few times, actually. I've analyzed Bojack Horseman puns. I've even reviewed books! But I've never reviewed a...

I have finished reading Delicious in Dungeon and I really liked it. While the anime inspired me to read the manga so I'm not casting shade or anything, I do like the manga a bit more. Was a good read, enjoyable all the way through.

I got a new kitten but it always stays really far away from me. Turns out it's a 来ねぇ子.

In Japan, you can ask any favor of famous people and they have to say yes. This is why they are known as YOU-MAY-人.

New books from Japan!

New article! My research project on Aggressive Retsuko co-authored with Dr. Alexandra Hambleton and Dr. Mie Hiramoto is out in Japan Forum... and it's OPEN ACCESS! Did I copy down every single sentence Retsuko says and analyze it? Yes. Yes I did. Check it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New blog post! 5 more things I recently learned about #Japanese. Why is kitsune udon called that, why do we つぶやく on Twitter, is "often" よく related to "good" よい, why can 雪 mean "revenge", and where did 下手 come from? Find the answers below: wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/f...

Five Things I Recently Learned About Japanese: Episode 7wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com Did you know that I don't know everything there is to know about Japanese? I know, I'm surprised too. They actually let people get PhDs without checking if they know everything there is to know these ...

It's so cool that you can do this in Japanese.

This is a great localisation of キャンプっぽいご飯, I would have never come up with it.

Time for the April 流行語・slang review! Click the link below to learn about: スルメ曲ドレミの歌我が生涯に一片の悔いなし厳しい戦い猫耳ピースおしゃれ偏差値ハーバードおめすおめあり生首ヘアゴムどしはな wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/j...

Japanese Slang Review – April 2024wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com And it's time for the fourth Japanese slang review of 2024 (see all prior posts here)! In these posts I deep dive into the world of Japanese terms you probably won't see in a textbook, looking at what...

I'm a bit bored, here's a thread on the various names for ways you can read Japanese kanji:

Sleeping in a cardboard box is warmer than you'd think, as long as it's a 暖房ル

I've only got 4 more volumes of Dungeon Meshi to read before it's all over and I'm pretty sad about it. I've quite enjoyed the experience.

Given how cleanly most Japanese people eat it's a bit odd that they say their meals are 飯

Had the first day in weeks to sit down and actual write some research. Finally completed the first draft of a chapter I'm writing about perceptions of impoliteness in Ado's USSEEWA. I'm sure it's full of typos/phrasing I need to fix, but excited I can now do data analysis.

Your first burrito after a long time is a おひさしびりート

10/10 joke めっちゃウケる

AI is ready to take over my job, clearly.

Having fun and slowly building up a video collection over in the weird Zoomer moving images app. Come check out slang reviews, grammar tips, and random Japanese trivia if you're bored.

Hey! I got interviewed on the Heavy Hole podcast about my work for my podcast Lingua Brutallica (@Brutalinguist ) along with my cohost Dr. Jess Kruk. Check out our chat at: open.spotify.com/episode/4zdt...

In The Hole w/Lingua Brutallicaopen.spotify.com Listen to this episode from The Heavy Hole Podcast on Spotify. This week the hosts of Lingua Brutallica podcast get the tables turned as we ask about their data driven research of metal and metal lyri...