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    What really surprised me when used to talk to my...

    What really surprised me when used to talk to my co-workers was the lack of general knowledge. They used to come up with "What is the national (?) in Europe?", "Che Guevara? Is he a character of a...
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    Poll: thanks for clarifying...

    thanks for clarifying...
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    Poll: yeah...English is not my first language, it`s my...

    yeah...English is not my first language, it`s my fourth!

    their mind-set is unitelligible..not easy to understand...
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    Poll: I always say ther is Japan and the rest of the...

    I always say ther is Japan and the rest of the world. Japan is not a western country.
    1) Having signs and announcemnets in English doesn`t make it a western country.
    2) Shopping at Prada, Guggi,...
  5. Poll: I started noticing the "attitude" towards me...

    I started noticing the "attitude" towards me after a certain time, probably only when I started picking up the language and understanding what was going on around me. As I have an MA in Japanese...
  6. Poll: gaijinalways - thanks for sharing this....

    gaijinalways - thanks for sharing this. Especially the part regarding the URUSAI youth in Japan....especially girls who scream and shout with thier "angelic" voises....

    I find them so annoying......
  7. Poll: Did you associate with a lot of other foreigners?...

    Did you associate with a lot of other foreigners?

    Well, for the first year I didn`t really have many friends apart from my Japanese colleagues. I used to go out with them, to the local...
  8. Poll: ok, I always reacted to those "attacks" and I...

    ok, I always reacted to those "attacks" and I always caught them out.

    My colleagues were speaking in Osaka-ben, underestimating again that fact that I could actually understand them. Maybe they...
  9. Poll: ok guys, I lived in Osaka for three years. I...

    ok guys, I lived in Osaka for three years. I worked in a busy office and I moved to Japan because I studied Japanese linguistics at university. I used to love every minute of it, but after the second...
  10. Poll: Well, all my american friends are not fat... ...

    Well, all my american friends are not fat...

    English food is bad? Have you ever tried it? Do you know much about Cottage Pie, Cornish Pasty, Sunday Roast?

    For me Japan is one nation with one...
  11. Poll: Well, I`m not a loud person, not as loud as...

    Well, I`m not a loud person, not as loud as Japanese people abroad though:

    旅の恥は掻き捨て do you guys understand this?

    They just like to blurt words out...especially when they refer to a gaijin.
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  12. Poll: Both words put together really annoy me! The term...

    Both words put together really annoy me! The term Gaijin is ok in some contexts but when used as derogatory, I really despise it. Sometimes they use it on purpose, especially when they rely on the...
  13. Poll: Well Maciamo, I have a lot of stories like that,...

    Well Maciamo, I have a lot of stories like that, and I`m gonna have to agree with what you say about Japanes people and their concepts of Gaijin forever! They will never accept us as part of their...
  14. Poll: A Gaijin in korea

    I was in Korea with a german friend, visiting a templein Seoul. We arrivedto the temple pretty early and the next tour in english was around midday. My friend, feeling confident in my japanese,...
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