"Ne...! Ne...!"

There is nothing but Japanese programs on Japanese TV. You’d think they would at least have one or two English channels. Well, at least I’ll get to practice my listening comprehension skills in the evenings. Actually they do have the occasional Hollywood movie on dual sound, but it took me 2 weeks to figure out the toggle button on the remote (since everything’s in Japanese…)

Anyway, one thing I noticed about a handful of female presenters in variety shows is that they often punctuate their sentences with ‘Ne’ much like we do with ‘lah’s’ or ‘lor’s’. A phrase like “Kirei desu ne!” basically means “Very nice hor?” Put three such easily excitable presenters together and you’d get a symphonic barrage of ‘Ne’s in various tones and pitches.

The seemingly lack of vocabulary in variety shows is quite hilarious actually… will try to get a clip of it when I encounter it again.