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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2 comments:

  1. awwww, i wish i could come visit you!

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  2. ha! 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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