English Bandit Apologists' Responses
It's all your fault! Can't you be more civil? We're just doing what's in our interest.
3. as adult, you should be able to guard yourself of being taken advantage
of, an example could be to put a sign on yourself saying you speak French and
you are from Quebec.
4. for anyone learning a second language, it couldn't be more natural to try to
talk to native speakers of that language to seek improvement. my non-chinese
friends learning Chinese are doing this to me all the time.
http://home.wangjianshuo.com/archives/20050517_language_exchange_partners_wanted.htm
chunguang Says:
November 27th, 2005 at 11:49 am
I guess the way Americans treat foreigners are much better than the way the
Chinese do. Surely here no beggar, hawkers to bother you, and the ordinary just
totally ignore you. Few people will come up to you and say ‘nihao’, neither will
they come for free Chiense lessons. You end up with very few friends.
Thankgiving, Christmas or other holidays, you will be alone in your dorm. Don’t
expect to be invited to an American Thanksgiving dinner, like how the laowai
being invited to the Chinese family chun jie dinner.
. . .
Oh, my fellow chinese, why don’t you learn the superb american way to treat foreigners, our guests? When will you ever learn?
http://www.talktalkchina.com/index.php/2005/05/20/language-rapists/
... Does it hurt my feelings a bit when I ask a question in Japanese and am answered in English well maybe a bit but hey that person spent a lot of time studying English they want to use it. Is it rude? I think rude is in the heart of the partyinvolved. If they honestly are just trying to do their best to communicate with you, I think a good round of charades now and then is entertaining. I will always bend over backwards to think higher of a person then try to assign them negative traits like; rude, ignorant, backward, prejudiced. I hope others give me the same consderation when I inadvertantly do something they don't like.
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14915&page=5
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Even if the frequency is as claimed (and I believe Taro-san - who no doubt is popular due to his sparkly, blue eyes), the presumption that all these people are after "a free English lesson" is just exaggeration. Maybe some Japanese think foreigners are fun to talk to, maybe some are bored, maybe some want foreigners to feel welcome in a country where foreigners often seem to be excluded. You can't assume to know their motives. But you can control how you react to them.
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http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21026&page=8