> 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,

> 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.