Ha I was right
July 30th, 2007 at 8:44 am by David FarrarI had dinner at La Casa Pasta with some students last night. It was the first time I had been there since they moved premises along Dixon Street. The food was pretty good, especially for the price. Took a while to get the food, but worth waiting for.
Anyway at the table next to us was a group of Asian naval officers. Someone queried what nationality they were and I said I thought they were Japanese. Someone else insisted they were not and said they were Korean. One person said he knew Japanese and they were not speaking Japanese.
I claim victory on the basis of this article in the Dom Post. One day I’ll tell the story of what happened in my younger days when I asked a Chinese girl (who I had only met clubbing several hours earlier) whereabout in Japan she lived. Surviving that incident provided a good incentive to improve my recognition abilities. On the other hand hey I still regularly get asked if I am Australian when I travel!
July 30th, 2007 at 9:48 am
I wondered about the origin of the ships. It gave my son a great thrill seeing them though. Boys and war toys, eh!
A far more dangerous occupation is picking a Canadian as an American.
Vote:July 30th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
> A far more dangerous occupation is picking a Canadian as an American.
Pascal’s Other Wager: If you can’t tell, assume Canadian. I you’re wrong, you get less hell.
Vote:July 30th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
When a French barman asked if I was an Australian I responded that you Algerians always get us mixed up, but that Algeria is much closer to France than Aussie is to New Zealand. He threatened to punch my lights out. Apparently it is okay to call a Frenchman a queer, but to suggest he is Algerian is a grievous insult. I grovelled my way out of that hiding.
Vote:July 31st, 2007 at 11:38 am
Well I concede… they must have had funny accents!
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