Sunday, April 24, 2011

Japanese people speak Chinese right?

Question:


No lie, I was asked this question by someone. I answered, "No...Japanese." They said, "But they understand Chinese." I gave up from there.

O_O

Answer:


and all of europe speaks one language also ;)

The most you come close is that one of the japanese character sets is the same/carries much the same meaning even if is pronounced differently. A chinese person reading a japanese sign would understand it .. .and vice versa.

but ignorance and naive assumptions are with us everywhere..

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