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Synne
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Location: Tohoku
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| Montbell wrote: |
Q: Why do you have a Japanese name?
Q: Are there men in America?
Q: So why is your husband Japanese? |
Oh god...owned. |
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king kakipi
Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:06 am Post subject: |
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Student:- Which part of America do you come from?
Me:- Scotland
Student:- Which part of America is Scotland in?
M:- It isn't in America. It is in the UK, above England.
S:- But you speak English.
M:- Er, yes. We actually invented it.
S:- But you've been to America, haven't you?
M:- No.
S:- Well you should go; they speak English there.
M:- Really?
I had a few coversations, in Japan, similar to the above with adults as well as kids.......inlcuding the business man who 'choose' me as his teacher 'cos of my 'Californian' accent............................  |
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shuize
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Posts: 2286
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| king kakipi wrote: |
| the business man who 'choose' me as his teacher 'cos of my 'Californian' accent............................ |
shiyaah dude! That's totally gnarly... 
(Thinking back to the sea turtles in Finding Nemo)
I definitely get my share of misconceptions about where I'm from (and other countries too)...
My favorite question from a group of youngsters..... Penisu wa nan-centi desu ka? (Again.. No joke! You can't make this stuff up)
Don't even ask me how I answer that (cause I didn't)... But my friend got asked by his Jr. High kids, and he replied with a dead-serious expression, "san-ju centi." Apprently he got a lot of respect from the kids that year...  |
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Bozo Yoroshiku
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Posts: 139
Location: the Chocolate Side of the Force
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
| I definitely get my share of misconceptions about where I'm from (and other countries too)... |
St: Where is your hometown?
Me: Niagara Falls.
St: Waaa... Vancouver is beautiful, isn't it?
Me: I don't know. It's a 60-hour drive away.
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| My favorite question from a group of youngsters..... Penisu wa nan-centi desu ka? (Again.. No joke! You can't make this stuff up) |
I don't get asked that question, just grabbed on the subway by the old ladies, and in the onsen by the old men. 
--boz |
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Captain Onigiri
Joined: 20 Jan 2005
Posts: 103
Location: fly-over land
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:28 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I'm not in Japan but this little conversation happened last week.
Middle School Student: Mr. Long, are you gay?
ME: No, and my personal life isn't what we are discussing in class. (A big fat lie told in the name of not getting fired)
Middle School Student: Oh, but do you have a wife?
ME: No.
Middle School Student: Do you have a husband?
ME: No.
Middle School Student: What's your maiden name?
Will go on ad nauseum if I don't yell and threaten disipline slips.
Just curious, but is every person and everything the students don't like called "gay" by Japanese students? That drives me insane. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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Do you like Japanese food?
Do you like Japanese music?
Do you like Japanese TV?
Do you like Japanese beer?
Do you like Japanese gal?
Do you like Japanese temple?
Do you like Japanese alcohol?
Do you like Japanese movie?
Do you like Japanese fashion?
Do you like Japan? |
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abufletcher
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
Posts: 779
Location: Shikoku Japan (for now)
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| Like a Rolling Stone wrote: |
Do you like Japanese food?
Do you like Japanese music?
Do you like Japanese TV?
Do you like Japanese beer?
Do you like Japanese gal?
Do you like Japanese temple?
Do you like Japanese alcohol?
Do you like Japanese movie?
Do you like Japanese fashion?
Do you like Japan? |
Just keep saying:
"No. Next question." |
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bshabu
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
Posts: 200
Location: Kumagaya
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| I was asked by the male teachers at the JHS that I used to teach, "Which side does it hang?" Without thinki9ng I made a gesture of throwing it over my shoulder. They erupted with laughter and earned a place at their table of daily topics for discussion. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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| abufletcher wrote: |
| Like a Rolling Stone wrote: |
Do you like Japanese food?
Do you like Japanese music?
Do you like Japanese TV?
Do you like Japanese beer?
Do you like Japanese gal?
Do you like Japanese temple?
Do you like Japanese alcohol?
Do you like Japanese movie?
Do you like Japanese fashion?
Do you like Japan? |
Just keep saying:
"No. Next question." |
I'd love to watch a video of that lesson. But for Do you like Japanese girls/beer i say "yes, please". For the others I say "No spankyou"  |
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Mtnkiwi
Joined: 27 Mar 2004
Posts: 67
Location: Osaka
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: |
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Just yesterday, while cycling around a lake with my wife and daughter.
Random stranger "Are you a native speaker of English?"
"Yip"
" 'While I'm away', please paraphrase this."
"Huh?" (stealthily moving away) |
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shuize
Joined: 04 Sep 2004
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| Mtnkiwi wrote: |
Just yesterday, while cycling around a lake with my wife and daughter.
Random stranger "Are you a native speaker of English?"
"Yip"
" 'While I'm away', please paraphrase this."
"Huh?" (stealthily moving away) |
Once, many years ago, while coming home from a night out drinking a Japanese man stopped me at the bus stop around one in the morning. In garbled English he asked me if I'd proof read some technical article for him. Drunk, I said "Sure thing" and walked away with his document. The next morning it dawned on me that this guy never gave me a business card much less his name or phone number to contact him. I looked in the document and no such luck there either. Oh well. I hope he had an extra copy. |
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TK4Lakers
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: pointing |
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| While pointing at my crotch area, "big?" |
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Lynn
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 696
Location: in between
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| Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| By JH girl, "Teacher, what is your bra size?" |
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azarashi sushi
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Posts: 562
Location: Shinjuku
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: |
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I've also had the "how big's your chinko?" question.
I had one student ask if he could see my pubic hair.
An elementary grade 3 student asked me "What's your favourite form of transport?". |
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