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The good thing about the Japanese when it comes to foreigners speaking their language is that they have patience and don't mind you making mistakes, they've als
by drumhead 3y ago
The good thing about the Japanese when it comes to foreigners speaking their language is that they have patience and don't mind you making mistakes, they've also got a good sense of humour so they'll find it more funny than offensive and give you the "nihongo josu" compliment.
- jstarfish 3y agoYeah we noticed a way more laid-back reception on our last trip, but we didn't encounter as many elderly Japanese as we did in years past (I assume because of ongoing COVID fears). Definitely not as much rigid formality with the younger crowd.
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago> The good thing about the Japanese when it comes to foreigners speaking their language is that they have patience and don't mind you making mistakes. In fact, they like you making mistakes. Much has been written by sociolinguists about how conservative Japanese are uncomfortable with foreigners speaking Japanese too well: it puts the foreignеr in an uncanny valley where his/her speech doesn’t match his/her foreign looks, or it offends their sense of firm ethnic boundaries.