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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by PsyLiam: [qb] The assumption is the whole crux of the argument. Yeah, if I was in China, and saw a white person, I would take a stab that they are likely to be American, but I wouldn't go up to them and start chatting in English assuming that they could understand me. [/qb][/QUOTE]Happens all the time here in Tokyo. All non-Asians are assumed to speak English. Even non-European non-Asians are assumed to speak English. It's the best guess, since English is the world's lingua franca, and most international business people and tourists (as opposed to economic refugees) here do speak English. The largest exception are Chinese and Korean tourists. About 15 years ago, when foreigners were relatively rare here, school children would routinely yell "hello, hello!" at any non-Asian person to try out their English. Drunken salarymen will still do this. On the other hand, whites are usually assumed first to be Americans, then English. Scots, Australians, Germans, Frenchmen, and especially Canadians and Frenchmen spend most of their time feeling indignated. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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