Oooh... Okay that... kinda explains it. I guess. >__>
Yeaaah. I think that they actually teach American English in Japan, though. Well, not that I really know but that's the impression I've got. They also like to hire Americans to teach their kids the correct pronunciation sometimes. One of my American friends had a job like that in Japan, actually.
I think the most difficult was the whole clothing confusion. xD Like pants versus trousers. But I have to say that football was always just association football to me. I remember that I heard the word soccer sometime around when I was in high school age I think... And it took me ages to figure out what the hell it meant. :D;; But then again I think not being a native English speaker has a lot to do with that. In non-English speaking countries association football is just waaay more popular and all the other versions are just curiosities mostly.
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Date: 2010-09-12 06:54 pm (UTC)Yeaaah. I think that they actually teach American English in Japan, though. Well, not that I really know but that's the impression I've got. They also like to hire Americans to teach their kids the correct pronunciation sometimes. One of my American friends had a job like that in Japan, actually.
I think the most difficult was the whole clothing confusion. xD Like pants versus trousers. But I have to say that football was always just association football to me. I remember that I heard the word soccer sometime around when I was in high school age I think... And it took me ages to figure out what the hell it meant. :D;; But then again I think not being a native English speaker has a lot to do with that. In non-English speaking countries association football is just waaay more popular and all the other versions are just curiosities mostly.