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Re: How to survive in Japan [English]

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From: Kenji Okamoto
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 05:15
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In article <1799@nttvdt.ntt.jp>, konagai@nttvdt.NTT.JP (Shunsuke Konagai) writes:

> For example
> I admired an American for his skill of using chopsticks.
> I even wonderd when I met foreigners who speak fluent Japanese.
> Everytime I got to know a foreigner, I wanted to ask him/her *THE* question.
>   "How do you like Japan?" ;-)

Funny, these seem to me very natural reaction for anyone not familiar with
foreigners.  I wonder this kind of behaviour, very naive, hurt a foreigner.

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I suppose something else should have been mentioned.  I could not imagine
what it was.   I'm a typical Japanese ???

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From: okamoto@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp (Kenji Okamoto)
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Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
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Message-ID: <4620@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp>
Date: 8 Sep 92 05:15:16 GMT
References: <4486@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp> <1799@nttvdt.ntt.jp>
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