[NYC News] POTATO 10.2012 NYC crosstalk NYC’s Problem Prescription

POTATO 10.2012 NYC crosstalk
NYC’s Problem Prescription

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1. I have a crush on three people, and I’ve never spoken to them, on top of that they are younger than me. How should I ask them out?
First, talk to them. Everything starts there!
Yamada: What? Three crushes!?
Chinen: Then go out with them all. （笑）
Nakayama: Or like, don’t limit your crushes to three, and like more people.
Chinen: I know! You decide Monday, I’m going out with this person, on Tuesday, I’m going out with this person…and allocate a person to each day of the week!
Nakayama: Yeah, just completely separate your feelings.
Yamada: Oh god no. （笑）Well, we’re all like, so shocked that we’re saying this random stuff. （笑）Like, we’ve never had crushes on 3 people at once, so I don’t get how she feels…
Nakayama: True that. What should we do?
Chinen: Well like, the problem is that she’s never talked to them.
Yamada: Yeah. It’s way before you can say you’ve crushed on them.
Chinen: First, talk to them. Everything starts there, I think.
Nakayama: I think so too.
Chinen: Like, being friends with them isn’t anything bad, right? Then, that’s when you decide if your personality fits with theirs, and if you actually like them.
Nakayama: Anyway, the fact that “all three of them are younger” doesn’t matter. It’s not age. Actually, why did this girl decide to send this problem to us? Ah, maybe these three people are us!? （笑）
Yamada: Okay then, that’s easy. Love me, and me only. Kay, case closed~
Chinen: (ignores) Anyway, make sure you start form friends.
Nakayama: That’s Chinen-san. You summarized it well. By the way, when you discover who you really like, what would you say to ask them out?
Chinen: (sings) I♪Lo~ve you~~~♪
Yamada: Okay, done. （笑）
Nakayama: Let’s pretend I said that line. （笑）

2. I sometimes think that I’m too rough on my words. For example, like, “○○jane?” What do you think? I would love to hear your opinion♥
Take a look at your favourite actress and try to be like them!
Yamada: “○○jane?” should be… alright jane?
Chinen: It’s the same as us jane?
Yamada: If it’s the roughness like that, that’s fine, I think. We say that too.
Nakayama: Okay, let’s get what Yama-chan said just then to be put into my dialect and put it on the magazine. （笑）I don’t think you have to worry about that stuff either.
Chinen: I mean, if you really want to fix that, then when you’ve accidentally said it, be like, “iin jane….t Jackson.” （笑）Case closed.
Nakayama: Oh yeah, that sounds great.
Yamada: Even saying so…I think girls with great wording and care in what they say are attractive.
Nakayama: Yeah, I think so too. I find girls with quality attractive.
Chinen: Yeah, it is true that guys tend to look at the gentleness and grace of a girl. Like, maybe say “Gokigenyo” (a way of hello/goodbye a rich girl would use)
Yamada: That’s gone too far.
Chinen: Or like, “Gomen asobase” (a form of excuse me now I’ll leave that rich women would use)
Yamada: Titf.
Nakayama: Or like, “gomen sha-se-“
Yamada: That’s just plain weird. （笑）Anyway, to be honest, I think wordings can’t be changed that easily.
Chinen: Also cuz it sounds unnatural if you try too hard.
Yamada: Oh, you know how actresses on TV have really good wording? How about you watch TV a lot and try to copy them?
Nakayama: Oh yeah. That sounds helpful.
Yamada: So then, in conclusion. First, you find a graceful actress that you want to set as an example. Take a look at them in terms of their manners in words and actions, and try to be how they are. This will do, the wordings should come naturally.
Chinen: And it might also help not to just blab out whatever comes into your mind. First, before you say anything, think about it twice in you head, and then verbalise it. That way your wording will get better, and there’ll be some grace coming.
Yamada & Nakayama: Oh~ right~