You friend is mistaken. Can they really speak for all "traditional Japanese" salary men? Stereotypically, the French will detest you for butchering their language, but we don't care. If someone tries to speak Japanese, we will listen to what they have to say. I am really hard pressed to think of a society that would consider an outsider showing interest in the language/culture an insult. Unless the guy is a total ass, most people will think nothing of it at worst and praise you for trying to speak the language at best. Besides, most "traditional Japanese businessmen" speak Japanese. Keep in mind, we look good when we praise another q;) I am sure for many foreigners it can even get annoying. Let's say you have used chopsticks your entire life... people will still praise you for using chopsticks very well. 「お上手ですね、おはしの使い方」とか。。。I even praise people for uttering 1 word in Japanese... call it habit. But I hope your friend's financial advice is better that his/her cultural advice q;)_   See 5 other replies

I'm confused. I have a buddy Investment Banker and one good advice he told me is NOT to speak in Japanese if you are not fluent especially when speaking with Traditional Japanese Businessmen. They consider this an insult and prefer you speak English instead. Thought Joe was in Finance... hmmm...   See 5 other replies

I think I liked the old one better!   See 1 other reply

yea nowhere near booth and brennan (btw im super upset at the way they seem just pushed together) but yea they belong together, i just hope it doesnt take years to get together   See 3 other replies

I just re watched the episode and you were right. I cant remember the word, but he messed it up and she said it correctly. Oh well, I guess we can have a chuckle... kind of like the butchering of the English language on signs and shirts in Japan... I'm just happy to see Japan come up in more media in the US.   See 5 other replies

Re-reading my post I see that it does sound like I was being far more critical than I should have; I really didn't mean for it to come off like that. And yes, I do agree- But I also meant to convey that with the- "at the beginning" part of my original post. By the end of the episode I realized that posting this topic wasn't really necessary. (I guess what I can take from this is that I should always finish an episode before posting anything, hahaha..)   See 5 other replies