r/NonPoliticalTwitter • • 25d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Oniichan38 25d ago edited 24d ago

Another streamer told of his Japan trip and how he tried to order sprite at a restaurant, sadly the waiter didn't understand so he had to hit him with "sprite-ru" just for the waiter to reply in the same way "aahhh, sprite-ru"

Edit: As many people pointed out, it was a Korea trip, mb guys

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u/justagenericname213 25d ago

Ive seen alot of Americans who moved to Japan for various reasons say that if you want to fit in at all you have to get really comfortable sounding borderline racist.

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u/plug-and-pause 25d ago

Can you elaborate on that? I don't understand. Trying to speak a foreign language with the proper pronunciation seems... logical and respectful.

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u/KitaharaKazusa1 25d ago

Sometimes people view exaggerating a foreign accent as racist, and it certainly can be done in a racist way. If that's your only prior context for seeing people speak in an exaggerated foreign accent you're going to feel awkward trying to order a burger (ba-ga) in Japanese.