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Dec. 9th, 2020
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Dec. 9th, 2020 09:03 pmOh, man. If I could pull this off there's a possibility I'd NEVER need to go to a Chinese Restaurant ever again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXeW0vyiNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBXeW0vyiNc
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Dec. 9th, 2020 09:23 pmSo, before the interview I had today, I called a local restaurant to see if they'd be open today, and how long. I called, and the person answered in Chinese.
I asked, in English, if they were open today, and they said yes. But when I asked how long they would be open, they said hemmed and hawwed and asked me to wait, she called for someone who wasn't there and then came back to me "Sorry, bad English."
So a lot of people know I tried to teach myself Japanese when I was younger. I can read hiragana and katakana just fine. But when it make to Kanji, which is derived from Chinese, I decided (along with my Tawianese pen pal and friends from Taiwan) to learn Chinese to supplement the Kanji and get another language out of this.
Side note: Straight up don't do this. Take classes. One language at a time.
I didn't stick to it much after 1992, so I know just a little basic Japanese to get through the day. It's not conversational AT ALL, but more phrases, numbers and katakana transliterations. But I also know (an even smaller) smattering of Chinese.
So, nearly thirty years later, my brain actually switched over to Chinese in mid-sentence: "Oh, that's okay. I'll call back later. 谢谢." ("Thank you.")
IMMEDIATELY I REGRETTED IT as she came back with "OH!" And them proceeds to fly with the Chinese. I laughed, and then said to her 我不中文. Which not only tells her I don't speak Chinese, but tells her badly as it transliterates to "I not Chinese Language."
She has a big laugh about it, and tells me bye in Chinese.
Didn't end up going since the interview went south fairly quickly. But maybe next time, I'll brush up a little and order in Chinese.
I asked, in English, if they were open today, and they said yes. But when I asked how long they would be open, they said hemmed and hawwed and asked me to wait, she called for someone who wasn't there and then came back to me "Sorry, bad English."
So a lot of people know I tried to teach myself Japanese when I was younger. I can read hiragana and katakana just fine. But when it make to Kanji, which is derived from Chinese, I decided (along with my Tawianese pen pal and friends from Taiwan) to learn Chinese to supplement the Kanji and get another language out of this.
Side note: Straight up don't do this. Take classes. One language at a time.
I didn't stick to it much after 1992, so I know just a little basic Japanese to get through the day. It's not conversational AT ALL, but more phrases, numbers and katakana transliterations. But I also know (an even smaller) smattering of Chinese.
So, nearly thirty years later, my brain actually switched over to Chinese in mid-sentence: "Oh, that's okay. I'll call back later. 谢谢." ("Thank you.")
IMMEDIATELY I REGRETTED IT as she came back with "OH!" And them proceeds to fly with the Chinese. I laughed, and then said to her 我不中文. Which not only tells her I don't speak Chinese, but tells her badly as it transliterates to "I not Chinese Language."
She has a big laugh about it, and tells me bye in Chinese.
Didn't end up going since the interview went south fairly quickly. But maybe next time, I'll brush up a little and order in Chinese.