English speakers generally do not understand Japanese

[drainer@mpinet.net]

 That is not a matter of want or lack of interest, it's a matter of 
economics.

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Armand Petri" <armandnjosie at hotmail.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: English speakers generally do not understand Japanese


> There are many Japanese films that we would like to view, however my 
> japanese is limited to what I learned as a GI and my wife's is limited to 
> what she recalled form a childhood on a Japanese "Nanyo" Island. Secondly, 
> there seem to be many films available for sale or rent but only a 
> comparative few have subtitles. Admittedly much of what we want see is 
> purely a matter of being curious and not so much for entertainment.
> Nevertheless why is it the Japanese do not seem interested in subtitling 
> much of their film? Is it just not worth the expense or is there some 
> other reason?
>
> Armand