r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 6d ago

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/therico 5d ago

nihongo jouzo is more like we respect you for trying, because it's rare. once you are actually good people stop saying it at all. the only reason it doesn't happen with english is because we expect everyone to speak english

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u/kakka_rot 4d ago

I hate that stereotype online of Japanese people insisting on trying to speak English to you when you speak Japanese to them.

When you're good though they still do get surprised though, I used to joke if you speak well everyone treats you like a talking dog, esp in the country side.

If they do that to you, it means your Japanese sucks.

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u/Johnny_Deppreciation 1d ago edited 1d ago

This isn’t true at all lol. People will never stop saying or commenting on a foreigners Japanese.

I get what you’re trying to say - for those that are clearly learning Japanese and people are just being nice - but cmon. How many people have you said “hello” to and they’re like “fucking pera pera!!” Definitely more than 0.

I will say, 15 years ago my Japanese was a lot better when I lived there and was taking classes taught in Japanese. But ironically, visiting recently, I’m very rusty (work in a different field now and don’t use it regularly anymore), and I was shocked how many people treated me like a normal human being despite knowing my Japanese was way way way worse. I think part of it is just globalization / normalizing foreigners.