tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post2751512114702825970..comments2023-07-22T06:42:24.121-04:00Comments on One foot in front of the other: Jumping to conclusions: A sword that cuts both waysMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-2297493964312972342007-05-25T12:16:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:16:00.000-04:00Yeah, I felt so cocky, but this encounter let the ...Yeah, I felt so cocky, but this encounter let the air out of my tires pretty quick.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-39482509267229052872007-05-25T12:09:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:09:00.000-04:00that was funny!that was funny!Zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925184667906937669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-57001043036800345102007-05-07T23:50:00.000-04:002007-05-07T23:50:00.000-04:00Hi, Kozy-san. Thanks for your comment. We think we...Hi, Kozy-san. Thanks for your comment. We think we're different from everyone else, but people are people. Only the language changes.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-42560737200286668642007-05-07T20:57:00.000-04:002007-05-07T20:57:00.000-04:00Michael-san, I like this story.When I went to Ho C...Michael-san, I like this story.<BR/>When I went to Ho Chi Minh, some people thought I was a Vietnamese. And also I had the same experience in Taiwan. I really enjoyed the situation.<BR/>The Kinokuniya clerk should learn Japanese from you;)Kozyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465037368784720672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-29700573677474522007-05-06T11:07:00.000-04:002007-05-06T11:07:00.000-04:00Yes, sometimes people's assumptions can be funny.Yes, sometimes people's assumptions can be funny.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-75949130096009070932007-05-06T09:34:00.000-04:002007-05-06T09:34:00.000-04:00I have the same problem--hahaha--people usually sp...I have the same problem--hahaha--<BR/>people usually speak Spanish to me-- Thais tend to speak Thai to my wife, who isn't Thai at all!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-50157901234199825692007-05-05T21:07:00.000-04:002007-05-05T21:07:00.000-04:00It was very amusing, indeed -- in retrospect. Keep...It was very amusing, indeed -- in retrospect. Keeping the mind and the imagination in check are often difficult for me to do.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-79820421004558943462007-05-05T16:07:00.000-04:002007-05-05T16:07:00.000-04:00That is so funny! Foreigners so often approach me ...That is so funny! Foreigners so often approach me and pose questions in<BR/><BR/>1. Spanish<BR/>2. French<BR/>or insist I am Israeli<BR/><BR/>I can barely speak English properly - maybe that has something to do with it.east village idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030258480344283688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-50331063146882974412007-05-05T12:10:00.000-04:002007-05-05T12:10:00.000-04:00:)Mike, it's good to hear from you!:)<BR/><BR/>Mike, it's good to hear from you!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133620064728357184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19108210.post-59960393212892925032007-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:002007-05-05T11:53:00.000-04:00Thanks Michael, for a thought-provoking post...The...Thanks Michael, for a thought-provoking post...<BR/><BR/>The Japanese can be such sheep, can't they? <BR/><BR/>There again, what kind of bloody fool Japanese-English translator would spend more than 20 years preferring, unthinkingly, the Japanese word Zazen to perfectly good English translations like sitting-zen, sitting-dhyana or sitting-meditation?<BR/><BR/>Or a Japanese word like o-henro-san instead of, say, Wayfarer? <BR/><BR/>The Japanese word somehow sounds more authentic, doesn't it? -- to an unenlightened sheep, at any rate!Mike Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712396374023835678noreply@blogger.com