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posted by snowboarder on April 22, 2008

Should Japanese talk to foreigners in Japanese?

I speak Japanese quite well and it kinda annoys me how Japanese people
are always using their broken english on me in japan. I know that
most foreigners don't speak japanese ... and people are just trying to
be nice. The problem is that even when I make it obvious my
Japanese is very good they can't seem to stop the english. This must
really annoy french or german people. Any thoughts?

posted by americanInBeijing on April 22, 2008

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strange reactions

I find people give me a strange reaction when I speak Japanese (I am
fluent). Strange jestures ... and sometimes their Japanese becomes
very strange ... like speaking in katakana words. People have
convinced themselves that somebody who doesn't look Japanese could not
understand their language.

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