oritsu_luv: (curiouser and curiouser)
oritsu_luv ([personal profile] oritsu_luv) wrote2008-12-09 07:25 pm
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There's this amazing Chinese food place that we order from sometimes. The food is good, interesting, and seems relatively more authentic than a lot of Chinese food restaurants, and the people are really nice. They always send special little extra desserts or appetizers.

Today I called to order dinner, and after I'd placed my order, the man asked, "Are you Nihonjin?"
I said no, but I studied Japanese, and had lived there for a bit. Then the man switched to Japanese, and we had a little chat, after which he said my Japanese was good, and wished me a good night, ending with 'Shitsurei Shimasu'.

He was nice, and it was amusing.

But I still don't really know how he guessed I spoke Japanese.

I guess...I kind of get more of an accent when I speak to people with an accent? Like, with the idea that it will help them understand better? Or because I just get drawn into speaking with an accent 'in answer' to theirs? Like after I see a movie in a certain accent like Irish or Southern, and get stuck talking in that accent? Maybe?

At any rate, I guess I was speaking English with a Japanese accent?

I don't know.

It was pretty interesting though!

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