Friday, 6 September 2013
THREE TIMES AT LEAST, EVERY SINGLE DAY
(Vietnamese person speaking Vietnamese to me - in the shop, in the street, in the park, there were even instances where a motorcyclist stopped to ask me for direction)
me: (pause for 5 seconds) Xin lỗi, tôi không nói tiếng Việt (with probable clumsy pronunciation and weird intonation: Sorry, I do not speak Vietnamese)
them: (look astonished) But you look Vietnamese! Where are you from?
me: Hong Kong.
them: You sure you're not Vietnamese?
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awwww, i wish i could come visit you!
ReplyDeleteha! this sounds familiar... I get it all the time in Hong Kong except that it's kind of embarassing that I don't speak chinese...
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