when i grow up i'm planning to visit japan and korea, any of u guys have any cool foreign travel experiences u wanna share? also i wanna learn a bit of japan and korean later on to show some respect to their culture when i go there, but one thing i worry about is looking dumb ngl with bad pronunciation or something of their language
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Puget [#3]you don't need to worry about looking dumb, if you are white/black you can play the gaijin card
Im south asian lol so im not either
Paracosm [#5]well when i went to europe and usa i was just shocked to see so many indian people there ig
one of my fathers friend works at tesla so i got to ride one
ye europe and USA is very culturally diverse
Paracosm [#5]well when i went to europe and usa i was just shocked to see so many indian people there ig
one of my fathers friend works at tesla so i got to ride one
I think only the western Europe is diverse, the eastern part isn't really diverse, I've seen 2 black people in Czech Republic in the past 25 years of living
The biggest problem will be language barriers. The portrayal of East-Asian countries by westerners in terms of how approachable the country is EXTREMELY unrealistic. Don't expect to go in there without a mapped out idea of what you are going to do because its unlikely any Japanese or Korean person will understand English (I'm from Taiwan and the best move was to literally write in fkin Chinese to get anything across; english didn't cut it).
Respectful people (for the most part) but if you want to order something at the restaurant, pointing at parts of the menu would be the easiest + using basic connector words from the menu to order (if they have some english on the menu, just say that). Asking for directions probably won't work out so have a plan of what you'll do.
Zaynio [#9]The biggest problem will be language barriers. The portrayal of East-Asian countries by westerners in terms of how approachable the country is EXTREMELY unrealistic. Don't expect to go in there without a mapped out idea of what you are going to do because its unlikely any Japanese or Korean person will understand English (I'm from Taiwan and the best move was to literally write in fkin Chinese to get anything across; english didn't cut it).
Respectful people (for the most part) but if you want to order something at the restaurant, pointing at parts of the menu would be the easiest + using basic connector words from the menu to order (if they have some english on the menu, just say that). Asking for directions probably won't work out so have a plan of what you'll do.
really? i've seen a lot of youtube videos with MOST of the japanese/koreans knowing a DECENT level of english, definitely enough to get by on.
dignityx3 [#10]really? i've seen a lot of youtube videos with MOST of the japanese/koreans knowing a DECENT level of english, definitely enough to get by on.
You would expect English to be solid enough for day-day communication but its really not.
The reality for Asian countries (not just Japan + Korea) is that despite the education system requiring English, most of them can only understand bits and pieces of broken english. If you write down the English however, that'll be slightly different and they'll probably be far more proficient in that aspect.
Just have a mapped out plan of what you'll do. Don't expect to improvise the mother language on the spot or use English to get around. It'll be quite frustrating and its no ones fault really for that.
dignityx3 [#10]really? i've seen a lot of youtube videos with MOST of the japanese/koreans knowing a DECENT level of english, definitely enough to get by on.
its more sea and sa which speak enough english to go by bc here its seen as a status symbol whereas east asians respect their mother tongue more
Paracosm [#12]its more sea and sa which speak enough english to go by bc here its seen as a status symbol whereas east asians respect their mother tongue more
Areas like India and SEA definitely have better english. Part of the reason could be how the pronunciation works. Another reason could be history related to EU
Puget [#8]I think only the western Europe is diverse, the eastern part isn't really diverse, I've seen 2 black people in Czech Republic in the past 25 years of living
lol
where do u live?
i live in 300k polish town and saw like a 5% black, middle-east and asian ppl.
bow___ [#14]lol
where do u live?
i live in 300k polish town and saw like a 5% black, middle-east and asian ppl.
my city has 8k people, I've seen 1 black person who's my neighbor and 1 black person in Prague lol
and even when I visited our big cities I haven't seen other black people
Paracosm [#5]well when i went to europe and usa i was just shocked to see so many indian people there ig
one of my fathers friend works at tesla so i got to ride one
well seems like india is taking revenge from last century lol
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