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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
That's very good, Arch.
Foreigners (gaijins) are quite rare in Japan. When kids see missionaries they like to yell out something in English just to try it out. And they usually yell out the first thing they learn in their english class. Which is typically:
"This is a pencil."
or
"This is a pen."
or
"This is a red pen."
So everywhere you go, you hear kids shouting "This is a red pen! This is a red pen!". It's strange, but quite funny at the same time.
Another common thing you hear is "Buta kao!" which is literally "Pig face!" (referring to our big noses and round eyes).
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Very funny, Brian.
Now, I've forgotten all but the most basic Japanese, but I though Kore wa enpitsu desu was this is a pencil.
And I would have to insert something like anata no to make it mine. So boku throws me for a loop, but then again, I don't really know Japanese other than to irritate Japanese.