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Why it pays to learn the language...
This Japanese guy was working for this Indian guy in Los Angeles who would constantly put him down? All the Japanese guy would do when he was insulted, would be to bow and say, "This morning, every morning."
Another putdown, and again, "This morning, every morning."
This went on week after week.
A Chinese guy who was watching got sick and tired of it. He went to the Japanese guy and berated him, saying, "That Indian guy is insulting you and all you do is bow and say, 'This morning, every morning.' Why don't you talk back?"
The Japanese guy said, "I am talking back."
The Chinese asked incredulously, "You're talking back? Where do you get that?"
"I'm talking American, but I'm thinking Japanese," said the Japanese employee.
The Chinese asks, "What do you mean by that?"
The Japanese guy asks, "How do you say 'This morning' in Japanese?"
The Chinese thought, and finally answered, "Kessa."
Then the Japanese fella asked him, "How do you say 'Every morning' in Japanese?"
"Mai assa," the Chinese fellow replied.
"Well...?????" the Japanese guy answered.
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