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Blistex posted:You really think China is above Korea? I could understand North Korea. In my experience yes. In SK there are more people who speak a tiny bit of English, but while you don't encounter as many Chinese who speak any English, those who do are vastly better at it than Koreans.
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singapore and hong kong were easily best IMO, but i was shocked at how many people spoke english when i was in south korea. i was in bumfuck nowhere, the place was called like anseong or something, and both cabbies that picked me up spoke fluent english. poo poo was crazy. the girl working at the bakery did too. blew my drat mind. people in japan speak english decently in my experience, they just never want to. while in china i can't go a few minutes without someone screaming at me HALLLLLLO or "welcome you to China" or "come to my hometown with me", people in japan know english and just don't speak it, i feel like. i was in osaka and lost and asked a girl if she spoke english and she was like "no" so i asked her in japanese where was the castle i was going to and she's like "oh just go down this street, a few intersections later, take a left, go straight, you'll see it" i was like wtf your english is great and she's like "eh, its not very good" lol
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Mar 8, 2017 02:24
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Grand Fromage posted:Singapore
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Haier posted:I was born too soon for the proper hair cave experience. lol
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Mar 8, 2017 02:29
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Never been to Singapore so I have no opinion on it. In Osaka I just speak Korean, there don't seem to be any Japanese people there.
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The Great Autismo! posted:singapore and hong kong were easily best IMO, but i was shocked at how many people spoke english when i was in south korea. i was in bumfuck nowhere, the place was called like anseong or something, and both cabbies that picked me up spoke fluent english. poo poo was crazy. the girl working at the bakery did too. blew my drat mind. when i went to japan nobody really spoke english, but there were a bunch of ppl who just looked as if they could, you know?
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Mar 8, 2017 02:37
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Taiwan's general populace is substantially better at english than south korea or japan. Substantially. Once you lived somewhere a while as a foreigner your default is either resorting to local language when english fails, or resorting to english when the local language fails, and it's an interesting distinction. Native english speakers / local language speakers obviously are going to be stuck with one or the other but say a hungarian in Taiwan... Modest Mao fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Mar 8, 2017 03:03
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Stringent posted:when i went to japan nobody really spoke english, but there were a bunch of ppl who just looked as if they could, you know? i am p sure you are trying to make a point, i just have no idea what it is Modest Mao posted:Taiwan's general populace is substantially better at english than south korea or japan. Substantially. taiwan's was really good, i spoke mandarin when i was there though so i didn't really have any need to try speaking english to too many people.
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Mar 8, 2017 03:11
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The Great Autismo! posted:people in japan know english and just don't speak it feel kinda bad making you read all of your post, so here ya go scooter
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Mar 8, 2017 03:16
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I have heard that claim before but would argue that there is no functional difference between not speaking a language at all and being so unwilling to speak it that you won't speak when the opportunity presents itself. The English level in both Japan and SK does noticeably improve after a few drinks.
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Grand Fromage posted:I am incredibly suspicious of a list claiming South Korea has better English proficiency than Hong Kong. I work with IT people all around asia pacific and the list is pretty accurate, maybe a couple of adjustments (excluding Cambodia because I've never spoken to anyone from there) Singapore Philippines Malaysia Mainland China Hong Kong India Sri Lanka Japan Thailand India and Sri Lanka lost points because the rhythm makes it almost unintelligible regardless of vocabulary. LentThem fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Mar 8, 2017 03:38
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Fauxtool posted:https://twitter.com/XHJapanese/status/836946070605180929 Just curious how the hell they convinced them to do it
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Mar 8, 2017 03:43
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Japan is full of people who understand English pretty well but are terrified at the prospect of embarrassing themselves by speaking it poorly.
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Deceitful Penguin posted:I didn't think that they'd be bringing back the eunuchs in that way but hey, gotta get rid of those surplus dudes somehow right? kung fu has had subset of genital specialists for a long time. Something about mastering pain got misunderstood and now getting hit in the balls over and over is a thing. There are also those guys hanging heavy weight from their stretched out pendulous testicles.
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Stringent posted:feel kinda bad making you read all of your post, so here ya go scooter ya i mean its just from my experiences that people don't want to speak it, but then when i ahve trouble understanding japanese, they bust out pretty good english whereas in china it seems that people literally scream the two english sentences they know at you, and then you ask them "where did you learn your english, that's not bad" and they just stare at you like 
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Modest Mao posted:isn't singapore's official languange english Singapore has 4 official languages (English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil, a southern Indian langauge), plus a few unofficial popular ones, like Hindi and Bengali, spoken at home or by a ton of the migrant workers here. But, yeah, almost everyone speaks a lot of English, and if you limit that to people under, say, 40-45, then it approaches 100%. The problem is more that they don't speak BBC or CNN 'standard English' like the Danes or Swedes are learning. They've got their own weird Singlish pidgin that's basically Chinese grammar directly translated to English vocab, with a bunch of Hokkien or Cantonese or Malay words or phrases thrown in, plus a weird mishmash of Chinese and British pronunciation.
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Fauxtool posted:kung fu has had subset of genital specialists for a long time. Something about mastering pain got misunderstood and now getting hit in the balls over and over is a thing. Don't sign my posts.
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Well that didn't take long. . . U.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North's latest test http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-kcna-idUSKBN16D2MC quote:The United States started to deploy the first elements of its advanced anti-missile defense system in South Korea on Tuesday after North Korea's test of four ballistic missiles, U.S. Pacific Command said, despite much moaning and wailing from Chinese diplomats.
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 i have been training in kung fu for 20 years Wow you must be a master, show me what you can do *punches himself in the dick REALLY hard
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Blistex posted:Well that didn't take long. . . its so convenient for them that they can demonize and blame all their political issues on south korea and japan who dont take China's childish posturing seriously at all. If a country as reactive as israel was a neighbor china would probably be a lot more careful what they do
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The Great Autismo! posted:ya i mean its just from my experiences that people don't want to speak it, but then when i ahve trouble understanding japanese, they bust out pretty good english Honestly this makes living in Japan much nicer than anywhere else in Asia if you're fluent in the language, I imagine. I go about my life and almost nobody fucks with me by Englishing at me. I acknowledge it's kind of a pain if you're a tourist, but as a long term resident it makes me happy.
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The longer I live here the less people English at me. I guess I've got that Ehime swagger/stench.
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Fauxtool posted:pendulous testicles. Mods, name change please.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/world/asia/china-trump-media-satire.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0quote:Chinese Mistake Satire on Trump as Real News Legit mistake, or did they know it was satire and spread the story anyway to make Trump look foolish? Facebook Aunt fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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Mar 8, 2017 22:30
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legit mistake chinese propaganda consists of puff pieces to maintain a positive narrative, selective reporting on bad things happening elsewhere, and manipulating economic data but rarely straight up blatant fabrications of events
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Imagine falling for the Borowitz Report, which steals its format from the Onion and its content from your aunt's Facebook feed.
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LimburgLimbo posted:Honestly this makes living in Japan much nicer than anywhere else in Asia if you're fluent in the language, I imagine. I go about my life and almost nobody fucks with me by Englishing at me. I was shambling around Tokyo in the 90's, its as others have said, English is Mendou, plus, the added bonus of preferring death to standing out. on the other hand, that is 20 years ago, maybe people are keeping their freak on after they hit 21 now.
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What is a middle-class apartment like in China? What is a "middle class" standard of living there?
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Pick posted:What is a middle-class apartment like in China? What is a "middle class" standard of living there? A middle class apartment in a major city in China will look like the Red Army Corp used it for target practice on the outside and be well decorated, clean, and modern inside. A poor house interior will match the exterior. In rural areas you can, until someone pulls out a cellphone or watches a tv, easily be convinced the that the year is 1200 and the emperor reigns still.
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Pick posted:What is a middle-class apartment like in China? What is a "middle class" standard of living there? Same domestically as the US but you probably don't have a car and can't really afford international vacations
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https://track3.mixtape.moe/ttulyn.webm
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Mar 9, 2017 01:26
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Is it wrong I want that remix of tunak tunak tun?
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Barudak posted:A middle class apartment in a major city in China will look like the Red Army Corp used it for target practice on the outside and be well decorated, clean, and modern inside. A poor house interior will match the exterior. Do you have any photos of apartment interiors you'd categorize as middle class versus working class?
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Pick posted:Do you have any photos of apartment interiors you'd categorize as middle class versus working class? korean and maybe japanese tvs and rice cooker vs. all chinese appliances
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 gonna assume this is chinese but if not ok
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Fojar38 posted:legit mistake I found this amazing propaganda rag recently. The big feature story was a multi-page thing about how Uighurs love being part of China. Literally every article in it was just utter bullshit.  Sheep-Goats posted:Same domestically as the US but you probably don't have a car and can't really afford international vacations Also everything breaks constantly.
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Fat Jesus posted:
Japanese bruh
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LimburgLimbo posted:Japanese bruh should have known, joyful honda e; I really want to know what it says and why the gently caress they call cat food puppy
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