what if you are Japanese and don't speak it?

[YesMySon]

say you are Japanese but grew up in another country and never learned your parents language. You only speak russian or spanish or whatever. If someone tried talking to you, you couldn't speak back to them. Do you think they would figure you are a tourists who doesn't speak the language, or just an asshole who ignores people?

 

[Zer]

I was raised in Germany for 18 years, with a German mum, and I can't speak German. People just consider me a dumbass

 

[koolinkunming]

You're a banana. At least that's what they say.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

I grew up around all minorities and cannot speak Ebonics(well a little), nor Spanish. Does that count?

 

[YesMySon]

I grew up around all minorities and cannot speak Ebonics(well a little), nor Spanish. Does that count?

yeah it counts

 

[YesMySon]

You're a banana. At least that's what they say.

huge if true

 

[SummerStriker]

I've been to Taipei with someone in that situation. When you tell them you only speak English, they look stunned for a second.

Fortunately, there are hotels and cabs in most east Asian countries that cater to English speakers.

 

[Osculater]

Th3n you ain't japanese if you can't speak it

 

[Flemmy Stardust]

What are you imagining here? That because you don't know a language you must ignore people and roll your eyes when they talk to you?

You probably say "i don't speak Japanese" in whatever language and they figure it out.

 

[Osculater]

Ts needs the english version

 

[ithinktheymad]

Sad. I spent most of my life away from the old countries and I'm fluent in both and conversational in local dialects.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Ts needs the english version

That one is universal

 

[Sir Galahad]

Go to Hawaii.

 

[YesMySon]

What are you imagining here? That because you don't know a language you must ignore people and roll your eyes when they talk to you?

You probably say "i don't speak Japanese" in whatever language and they figure it out.

banana exposed

 

[greygoose]

Pretty much a tard. I was taking a korean language classes for a semester abroad, and the nights where I would kind of wander around on my own and hail a taxi, I was pretty much getting shit from cabby's.

 

[Flemmy Stardust]

banana exposed

You're a cantaloupe

 

[esalmighty]

Ts needs the english version

That one is universal

But once he draws lines and arrows on his stomach with a sharpie...then what??

 

[minute bull]

But once he draws lines and arrows on my stomach with a sharpie...then what??

 

[Captain Davis]

Worse than not knowing karate.

 

[Captain Davis]

Go to Hawaii.

Dude?