So-So Japanese

Please do not upset, but I would like to say it especially to American.

As I wrote before, most of Japanese doesn't have enough circuit to distinguish English sound. For long sentence, we can guess what we are told and could know what words were used, but not for short sentence.

Famous example is "Here to go?" phrase at McDonald. I know that this sentence is grammatically incorrect and English hates to hear that. But anyway, no Japanese can understand what was asked the first time.

All we can reply is "Pardon?" or "I'm sorry?"

However, most of American just repeat "Here to go?" and never try to use other alternate words. If I was talking with foreign guy in Japanese and if I used a kind of slang, I was trying to use other simple words, "I asked that do you eat hear or bringing with you" something like that.

I guess it is because American doesn't understand/expect people cannot use English, or thinks that every people must use English in US. This is not always a bad thing. They may think everyone in US is US people.

I have another experience to prove that. When I went to US the first time and I walked on a street, I was surprised to see that people asked me direction. We never ask direction in Japan to a people who looks like foreigner!

Anyway, I would like to say here is,

Please try to use the other simple expression when you see foreigner struggling.

That's it! Thank you for your hospitality.