Re: [tlug] (OT) The enigma of Japan (was: UNIX jobs on TLUG)

[SL Baur <steve@example.com>]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Doug McLean<dmclean635@example.com> wrote:

> Respectfully, I think this is true for immigrants anywhere.  We take
> for granted that we don't have to worry about that in our home
> countries, but people I know who are immigrants to the US would no
> doubt say similar things about us.  Those subtle nuances and jokes
> that only native speakers who grew up in the culture would understand
> put immigrants, even fluent-speaking English immigrants, on uneven
> footing.

Very true.  I have to explain all kinds of slang to my Indian
coworkers.

-sb