Comments on: Audio Blog #86 - Vending Machine Evolution

by: Angela

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:30:02 +0000

In the USA we mostly have vending machines for food and drinks. Every once in a while you can find one with travel sized products like mouth-wash and potable tooth brushes.

by: Mayumi

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:12:55 +0000

Tino-san,

It’s great to hear that you are enjoying the new format of Miki’s blog.
Thank you for your feedback!

by: Tino

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:42:49 +0000

Im a bit late in commenting as Im pretty far behind on the lessons but just wanted to say; Im really enjoying the new format of having 2 presenters talking round Miki’s blog. I enjoyed this subject (shortening words) and hopefully we’ll see a whole lesson on it sometime in a different series

by: Yuichi

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:46:48 +0000

Cassandraさん
アメリカの短くする言葉（省略する言葉）を教えてくれてありがとうございます
「ありがとうございます」は「あっす」にもなるし、若い人はカジュアルに「あーざっす」とよく言いますよ

by: Ｓｉｎｄｙシンディー

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:20:02 +0000

Rion-san!

The author of this blog is Miki-san and she does a great job! I understand your point but it has nothing to do with her so calm down your words. S_R_C

by: Cassandra

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:13:29 +0000

日本語の短くする事がとても面白いと思いますね！！日本で住んでた時に、友達が「マックする」と言って、「マックドナルドで食べる」意味だったから今日のブログを聞いたらなんか懐かしいです！アメリカでは、何がありますね。私の一番好きな、アメリカの短くする言葉は、「Whaddaya think?」や「Whatcha doin’?」だかな？まぁ、あまり短くならないけどスムーズな音ですね！

面白いブログをありがとうございます！あっ、待って、ありがとうございますって「あっす」とよく聞いたので、それで、また後で！

by: maxiewawa

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:53:19 +0000

確かに多いですね。とても便利と思います。

by: Mayumi

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:22:41 +0000

rigo-san,

The first word in the picture is “インゲン.” I’m not sure, but I think it is haricot. I’m sorry that you can’t see what kind of vegetable is in.

by: rion

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:10:18 +0000

This blog entry was particularly mind-numbing. Could the authors of this blog come up with something a little more interesting please. Vending machines in Japan get old pretty fast. Yahoo has 2,910,000 results for vending machines in japan.

Why not mention the fact that these machines are a total waste of billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity yearly? Why not mention the C02 they emit?

Any country that has a vending machine for every 23 people has nothing to be proud about. This is not a good thing. It’s extremely wasteful.

by: Spidey

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:45:26 +0000

On my planet we have a “Time” vending machine.

私の惑星では、時間の自動販売機があります。

Instead of choosing from drinks, you can choose from different amounts of time!

飲み物の代わりに選んでから、別のことができます。別のことは。。。時間です！

When you press the button you can get a holiday.

ボタンを押すときに休みの時間ができます。