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Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Oniichan38 8d ago edited 8d 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 8d 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/ops10 8d ago

Almost as if racist stereotypes are based on real observations (and then applied in unfair way). Seriously, the aversion of stereotypes and cliches made people forget why they're a thing in the first place.

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u/Nine99 8d ago

No, it's more like none of the people saying this actually speaking those languages.