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The meaning of 黒猫 is "black cat". It is pronounced "kuroneko" in Japanese (or "hēimāo" in Mandarin).
My name is Brianna, and I am a 20-year old student at UCLA. I study Linguistics and East Asian Languages with an emphasis on Modern Japanese, and a minor in Germanic Languages. My academic interests are in historical and synchronic linguistics, bilingualism and second language acquisition, and the comparative philology of West Germanic languages and of East Asian languages. Personal hobbies include violin performance, video games, and foreign language study. I am interested in teaching, translating, and interpreting as future career options. My dream job would be to translate for a video game company; this is especially appealing since my fiancé is working toward an undergraduate degree in Game Art and Design.
Outside of languages and gaming, some other miscellaneous interests which will probably reflect in my Wikipedia contributions include Classical music; vampires and jiang shi; Asian mythology and culture; Japanese rock music and visual kei; classical civilization and mythology; and random facts that make me sound smart.
Major Contributions edit
- updated Moi dix Mois page to include U.S. tour plans revealed to me personally by Mana-sama himself at the 2006 Anime Expo! How exciting!
- created entry for my fiancé's school, Art Institute of California - Orange County.
- created entry for my alma mater, Capistrano Valley High School.
External Links edit
- How To Learn Any Language.com, where I spend a lot of my time sharing language learning experiences with polyglots
- Live-radio.net, where I listen to radio stations from all over the world
- The World of Warcraft Wiki, to which I contribute regularly
- Wiktionary, to which I also contribute regularly