Do we have a thread for Amaki Sally's group? LOL Well I posted this on facebook and figured it might be more appreciated here:
https://youtu.be/6Ao62EAO26s?t=46m56s (The video in question)
Ok. General (Jpop fan) Internet's response to Amaki Sally: "Wow a funny cute Jpop idol who speaks fluent English!" My response to Amaki Sally: "Wow this code-switching is incredible! I wish I knew more about code-switching so I could analyse this FOR FUN!"
I actually went ahead and wrote down a short piece of her storytelling because it gives you the visual form of her switching between English and Japanese. DISCLAIMER: My Japanese is not-so-good and I had to use a dictionary and there are still question marks at bits that I'm still unsure about. Plz don't yell at me.
But overall, it's interesting that she's trying to cater to both international and Japanese viewers (the latter "should" be her main audience), but I think maybe you only get 100% the full story if you speak both languages. Also I've long ago noticed that people speak Japanese with a higher voice than, say, English or Finnish, but it's wild to see someone's tone change so quickly and effortlessly when switching between languages. She goes from sounding like your typical cutesy polite Japanese girl to an American... valley girl? I don't even know. Though her Japanese seems very casual as well. So much "nanka" which is sort of the "like" or "niinku" of Japanese...
Starts in the video at 46m56s: (the version with Japanese kana+some kanji is below)
"Okay, I’m just gonna tell you one last story, and then- ‘cause we’re talking about American school now. ano saigo ni hitotsu dake wo hanashi shitemo hayaishi owari ne. Back in, well, when I went to school in America, I didn’t know how to draw on eyebrows, going back to that story. nanka ne mayuge no kakikata ga wakaranakute. I don’t know, one day I was really bored, and I just shaved off all my eyebrows. nanka ikkai, mayuge zenbu soriotoshita koto ga aru no, mou tsurutsuru ni natta koto ga atte nanka, nanka wakannai kedo mayuge soritaku nachatte. sore de zenbu naku nachatta no. But I honestly didn’t know how to draw eyebrows. So I took an eyeliner and I just drew a straight line. nanka eyeliner de, massugu no, massugu no senkai?chatte. I honest- I didn’t know how to draw eyebrows and I just thought that something had to be there. nanka 'nanika naku okashii' to omotta kara I was like, Ima just draw a straight line with my eyebrow. Let me tell you, the only thing straight about me were my eyebrows back then."
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continued at 48m17s
"Anyway, nanka, oh god. When was it? When was this? I think it was like. Not even long ago. sonna nanka mukashi demo nai. nanka ne honto ni nanka mayuge no kakikata ga. Also because I was a cosplayer, so eyebrows were just in the way. Cosplayer atta kara, nanka, ironna, ironna katsura kaburu toki ni, sono katsura no i-, iro ni mayuge awase ni? kaketa no ni motomoto kurui matsuge- matsuge janai- mayuge ga attara, jama datta kara demo sochattan desu yo."
Version with Japanese writing (not many kanji because my face):
"Okay, I’m just gonna tell you one last story, and then- ‘cause we’re talking about American school now. あの最後に一つだけを話しても早いし終わりね。Back in, well, when I went to school in America, I didn’t know how to draw on eyebrows, going back to that story. なんかねまゆげの書き方がわからなくて。I don’t know, one day I was really bored, and I just shaved off all my eyebrows. なんか一回まゆげ全部そりおとしたことがあるの、もうつるつるになったことがあってなんか、なんかわかんないけどまゆげそりたくなちゃって。それでぜんぶなくなちゃったの。But I honestly didn’t know how to draw eyebrows. So I took an eyeliner and I just drew a straight line. なんかアイライナーで、まっすぐの、まっすぐのせんかい?ちゃって。I honest- I didn’t know how to draw eyebrows and I just thought that something had to be there. なんか「なにかなくおかしい」と思ったから I was like, Ima just draw a straight line with my eyebrow. Let me tell you, the only thing straight about me were my eyebrows back then.
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Anyway, なんか, oh god. When was it? When was this? I think it was like. Not even long ago. そんななんかむかしでもない。なんかね本当になんかまゆげの書き方が。Also because I was a cosplayer, so eyebrows were just in the way. コスプレイヤーあったから、なんか、いろんな、いろんなかつらかぶる時にそのかつらのいろにまゆげあわせに?かけたのにもともとくるいまつげ、まつげじゃない、まゆげがあったらじゃまだったからでもそちゃったんですよ。"
Anyway, THAT WAS FUN. I'm not really even sure why I did this other than I got the idea and felt like it? Enjoy Amaki Sally? 🤣For more information on her... Google, because I basically just know her from twitter where people talk about her a whole lot.