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

[JC Helary <brandelune@example.com>]

On mercredi 10 juin 09, at 19:42, Josh Glover wrote:

> 2009/6/10 Shawn Brown <big.coffee.lover@example.com>:
>
> > After the instructor left one mother commented I was clever (actually
> > about an unrelated matter where I did something that I was not
> > supposed to do but that the situation called for).  I sort of took it
> > as feedback that I handled the situation fine.
>
> I'd actually take that the same way I'd interpret a Japanese person
> saying "Nihongo ga jouzu desu ne" after I say "konnichiha".

Yes, but sometimes they mean it. I usually take that as a form of  
aisatu.


Jean-Christophe Helary