Dr. Wes Robertson
@scriptingjapan.bsky.social
Chair of Languages & Cultures @ Macquarie University. Sociolinguist of Japanese. Lingua Brutallica co-host. Studies Japanese script, media, language, and metal. 日本語の文字やメタル や翻訳を研究する社会言語学者. He/Him.
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
https://wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com
Heck of a translate software you got there Google (Furieren's Funeral Parlor is my favorite manga)
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Heck of a translate software you got there Google (Furieren's Funeral Parlor is my favorite manga)
Shrine to Cogimyun set up in office
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Shrine to Cogimyun set up in office
Never seen "memento mori" verbed before.
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Never seen "memento mori" verbed before.
Sincerely godlike food wow
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Sincerely godlike food wow
セブンのカリカリ梅しか勝たん？
December 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
セブンのカリカリ梅しか勝たん？
Insane price???
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Insane price???
Found another wild あ゛
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Found another wild あ゛
Cogimyun Supremacy
December 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Cogimyun Supremacy
What happened to all the んs?
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What happened to all the んs?
Sometimes you just really want to see the translation of a panel
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Sometimes you just really want to see the translation of a panel
Interesting 母
December 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Interesting 母
Haha I got it before you did
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Haha I got it before you did
Beer for me and you
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Beer for me and you
Gunna scream gunna cry
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Gunna scream gunna cry
Hey! Do you like kanji variants?
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hey! Do you like kanji variants?
Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Really great study on the rather troubling online discourse around Japanese language learning in certain portions of the web, focused on "techno-solutionism", consumption, and native bias just got published by a good buddy of mine. Open access too! Check it out @ academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
Misread as free market for a second
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Misread as free market for a second
Tired of spending time at the old school. Going to check out this new school.
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Tired of spending time at the old school. Going to check out this new school.
Based on a real life experience
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Based on a real life experience
If Japan didn't simplify its characters I probably would never have become literate
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If Japan didn't simplify its characters I probably would never have become literate