You know youve been in japan a long time when...

[Oyuki kigan 0]

...you bow when you talk on the phone

 

 

...you have that `whip the onsen towel over your shoulder to dry your back` technique down

 

...you can read the english on SUV tire covers without giggling hysterically

 

 

what do you have?

[bobby12 0]

...you have seen this thread a dozen times already

[daver 0]

bobby"buzz killer"12 at your service.

[Ocean11 0]

... somebody who has been here a bit longer shoots down your "Bin in Japan a long time when ... " thread.

[nzlegend 1]

... you are out with your Japanese mates and you see a pod of foreigners near some tourist spot and you say "look at all the gaijin........"

[BagOfCrisps 24]

A pod of gaijin Is that an official term?

[farquah 0]

thought it was a "gaggle of gaijin"

 

...when you consult five other people before coming up with an answer yourself...just in case!..I think is that right? Maybe?

 

...you point to your nose when referring to yourself

 

...you get on a train and immediately get out your keitai.

[scouser 4]

Good one that pod of gaijin.

[bobby12 0]

I wasnt shooting down the thread it was a genuine answer.

[Yuki's Passion 1]

 Quote:

Originally posted by bobby12:
...you have seen this thread a dozen times already

you can barely count the years on two hands

[kintaro 0]

I was in Honolulu last year attending a friends wedding. I had to go to a store to buy a white shirt. The cash register guy said to me "you live in Japan, don't you?" Surprised, I said "yes, how do you know?" He said my head bobs like a Japanese.

[bushpig 0]

Nice one!

[rach 1]

The bobbing head yes. I get that a lot when I'm back in England. And the mmmm's of acknowledging someone. That isn't very English it seems.

[kintaro 0]

Also, these days I'm so used to what I call "Janglish" that I can barely turn it off. My wife and I speak a mix at home so much that when I visit English speaking nations I often throw in Japanese words here and there like "sugoi" and of course knowbody knows what the hell I'm talking about. Been here too long!

[tsondaboy 0]

...you have developed a taste for “mayonnaise-corn pizza” and like to eat it with lots of Tabasco sauce.

[big-will 7]

And the cheese/tuna combination too.

 

And don't use a teaspoon to put the coffee in the cup. Just shake it out of the bottle. My mum hates me doing that.

[indosnm 0]

 Quote:

Originally posted by big-will:

And don't use a teaspoon to put the coffee in the cup. Just shake it out of the bottle. My mum hates me doing that.

I don't think that's a Japanese trait.. Just plain silly!

[charlotte 0]

All the people where I work do that. No exceptions.

 

I can cope with it though

[damian 0]

um, why you drinking coffee from a jar in the first place? It isn't actually coffee, just a nasty by-product. Did you know that in most non-Anglo Saxon countries, very few people have even heard of instant coffee in a jar? And that includes poor people from Vietnam, so don't go calling people who drink real coffee 'snobs'.

[Ocean11 0]

mezameru, ai suru, ii asa ni naru

[damian 0]

that sounds interesting. Id like to here more

[Ocean11 0]

Feel like a good cringe to start off the day?

 

When you shine, everybody shines. Pardon?

[damian 0]

Marketing... and the people who buy it. Suck.

 

That's my thoughtful comment.

[bushpig 0]

O11, what even got you looking at that in the first place??

[dale#1 1]

There are some pretty amazing Japanese ads out there, good find