Friday, December 05, 2008

Speaking a refined language

I never have really thought about how our language could be so beautiful as the more professional I try to be, I must be vague and not too specific when I try to express how the situation is. English is more straightforward and it's harder to show how deep the thoughts were but it's easier to show the feelings and state of mind at the time of the expression.

Hearing the speeches by Iranians speaking in Japanese today, each time I was thinking that the young man or woman should use a different expression to show the complex feeling of that time. It would be "modest" or "graceful" in English but the "okuyukashii" expressions used in the most refined expressions in Japanese speeches are where culture meets language and I'm sure with Iran or otherwise known as Persia has the "okuyukashii" culture that could match the Japanese languages.

One day it would be my honor to be able to express our feelings with "okuyukashii" expressions talking about our rich culture which can never be done in the short-cultured English language.


it was the Japanese speech competition day!

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