don wrote:Some of the humor in this drama-comedy is in the language. Stresseman exaggerates the way most western foreigners speak Japanese--it sounds funny ( :rofl: ) even to me. And Nodame always talks in the the -desu/-masu polite form and refers to herself in the third person like an old fashioned Japanese person.
Though my knowledge of Nihon-go is limited, I did notice Stresemann's exaggerated was of speaking for comic effect... As well as Nodame speaking in the third person (I think I mentioned it ages ago)... Interesting.
And cute. :)