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10. Similar horrors await those who arrogantly believe they are fluent in Russian or German when not.

Sun Jul 16, 2017, 09:32 PM

Jul 2017

That's my personal experience as a people watcher.

It's always best to express humility when you are stumbling about in languages you were not born to.

Hell, not a day goes by I don't fuck up in my native English.

My sputtering attempts at other natural languages sometimes make people laugh. I'm okay with that. They know and I know I'm a language klutz. I'm okay with that. Honorable mention to Hunter simply for trying...

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I don't think you understand....私は本当にあなたが理解しているとは思わない [View all] yuiyoshida Jul 2017 OP

What an idiot. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #1

One more 'ugly American' malaise Jul 2017 #2

. . . janx Jul 2017 #3

conversing with Trump? lunasun Jul 2017 #4

Interesting story. The arrogance. You tried. Eom pirateshipdude Jul 2017 #5

Truly the ugly American ornotna Jul 2017 #6

He might also include some classes safeinOhio Jul 2017 #7

I'll say it on here like I told you on Twitter JuJuYoshida Jul 2017 #8

Your kindness and patience with him has its own reward I think. I doubt he apologized to you, that monmouth4 Jul 2017 #9

Similar horrors await those who arrogantly believe they are fluent in Russian or German when not. hunter Jul 2017 #10

Great story! Blue_Roses Jul 2017 #11

Vietnamese language is a lot like that madokie Jul 2017 #12

Thanks for the pleasant read. It's a nice story. TheBlackAdder Jul 2017 #13

What a willfully ignorant moron. 5 seconds of researching Japan and one should get the idea stevenleser Jul 2017 #14