I would never in a million years have guessed, at the age of 25, I'd be eating raw squid quite happily. But then, I would never have guessed I'd be living in Japan either. When I was younger I didn't really even want to travel abroad, let alone live there. The thought of not understanding and not being able to communicate made me almost fearful.
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I remember your post from a while back about how Germans would just start speaking fluent English when you just asked what the meaning of one word was in German and I can completely understand your infuriation, it happens to me a lot too. Except here it's often by people who are not really fluent in English but cannot conceive or acknowledge the existence of someone who isn't Japanese speaking Japanese.
Please post more about your language encounters on your LJ, if you feel inclined, as I would love to read them.
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On a similar note found some manga porn on the bullet train...took it home for research purposes.
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