> In his memoir The Singapore Story, Lee [Kuan Yew] relates that he tried unsuccessfully to drop 'Harry' when being called to the bar at the Middle Temple, but had stopped using the name by then. He succeeded when called to the Singapore bar the following year.
> Before returning to Singapore, Lee dropped his English name, Harry. Notwithstanding, even until the end of his life, old friends and relatives referred to him as Harry.
@lain there's a town here that was named after a famous philanthropist Lim Nee Soon (died 1936). however, as part of the government push for Mandarin in the 1980s, everything had to be pinyin-ized, so "Nee Soon" became "Yishun" and the name stuck 💀
there are some things jp classroom instruction won’t teach you, like how to use the 12-key swipe input on smartphones or how to install a jp ime on your riced out arch linux install :cat_alien:
@lain@meso@cell@mrsaturday It can be useful when starting to learn japanese, because it forces you to at least try to learn kana and basic kanji.
Classroom teaching for all foreign languages generally sucks. Even english teaching is usually bad and focuses on topics that aren't important in the specific level. Cram the vocab, pass the test and then immediately forget it all.
@phnt@meso@cell@mrsaturday i think people only put up with it because they don't know it can be better. that and they are too lazy to actually learn more than 2 nights a week.
sorry but i will not be convinced that shorts are a bad thing they are comfy they look nice and are perfect for many occasions esp. in tropical weather :cat_smile: