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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
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Okay, the first time I'm gonna do the jingle.
Yes.
The opening jingle with the mic.
Oh yeah!
You look so happy!
I do!
It's so fun!
Wonder how we sound.
Yeah, I do wonder how we actually sound, you know.
How...
Sounds like...
Like...
Ryan Reynolds or...
Yeah, the top radio host.
Yeah.
Alright.
So, today we've got a...
Ryan?
Got a little Ryan here.
Got a message from Kanon-san.
Kanon-san?
Yes.
Thank you, Kanon-san.
About Emily in Paris.
Emily in Paris.
Have you two seen the movie "Emily in Paris"?
No, I've not.
I think I've heard about this movie, but I...
Not seen it.
(Speaking Japanese)
(Speaking Japanese)
(Speaking Japanese)
So, what do you think?
That is kind of true, actually.
(Speaking Japanese)
Okay.
A little mean.
Well, yeah.
That's not nice.
Like...
It's...
I think that there's a huge difference between like...
American culture...
Between European culture...
Even if they speak like...
Same language...
I mean English.
Like, the British people are a little...
Maybe mean to...
Other people?
I mean...
You would feel mean...
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That they are mean...
Fool.
Because they tend to do those things like...
(Speaking Japanese)
But they're not trying to be mean, are they?
It just sounds a little mean.
They are trying to be a friend, actually.
Okay, so in their heart, inside...
So, like...
What, are they being like tsundere or something?
Is that what this is about?
You know, it's a kind of...
Like, a 5th grader boy tries to...
Chuckle to your favorite girl.
Okay.
So they like you.
Yeah, I understand that.
Like, you know.
They would be very, very polite...
If they don't want to be your friend.
They would be like...
"Hello, sir."
"Okay, sir."
"No problem."
"Go ahead."
Like...
Wow.
You feel that distance.
They would be like, "Take a distance."
"Okay."
"Be very polite."
Wow.
I think that's a European culture.
It's not about French or Britain or German or...
Okay.
If they want to be your friend, they are going to...
Like, make fun of you.
Like, a little...
Little dirty things like...
Your faces, your...
You know, those little racism things.
A little bit.
That's a little too much, you know?
Yeah, but it's just...
A joke.
It's a joke.
Yeah, you know, it's a kind of black joke.
From their culture, it's a form of love.
Yeah.
Friendship.
Friendship.
Form of friendship.
Yeah.
Oh.
I think that's a huge difference between...
Uh-huh.
Your country.
Uh-huh.
When did you first start noticing that it was a form of friendship?
Not that they were just trying to be mean.
Ah.
Did something happen or did you gradually start to understand that,
"Okay, maybe this isn't...
Maybe they're not just trying to be mean.
They're just trying to communicate with me and be friends with me."
It was like that.
At first, it was like...
I felt like...
"Why are they talking to me like that?"
And they were so unpolite and disrespectful to me.
I was like, "I hate those people."
But I started to notice and understand their feelings.
Then after that, I realized that,
"Okay, this is the way they communicate to the new people."
Ah.
Can you imitate that?
Like...
Can you try that on me?
Um...
Like what kind of...
I don't know how harsh...
Okay, okay.
It is so...
Um...
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There are some levels.
Okay.
You know.
Right.
The...
Okay.
The harder one is hard, you know.
So like...
Sometimes it goes like a battle.
Sometimes.
Okay.
If you go a few steps in a little further,
it's going to be like a battle sometimes.
Okay, got it, got it.
Because it's...
The more closer you are to that person,
the more harsh it gets.
Yeah, yeah.
Like...
Like emotional things would be...
You know, those emotional battle...
Oh, okay.
Would be...
What happened with you and your friend.
So for me, would it be something like...
Like how I work?
Uh-huh.
My...
My passion towards work?
Uh-huh.
They would joke against that?
No.
Yeah.
Okay.
Or a lighter one maybe would be my fashion, I guess?
Like fashion...
That's imaginable.
Yeah, fashion.
Like...
Like maybe the fact that you ride on a bicycle...
And go anywhere.
Yeah.
Like take two hours to get Kake-chan's house.
Yeah.
Those things.
Oh, okay.
Like things, you know.
Okay.
So actually, it's not that funny.
Uh-huh.
It's just simply mean.
It's not...
Like for me, like Japanese people, it's not fun.
Okay, it's not funny at all for us.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't...
Actually, I can't understand that sense actually.
Are they laughing?
Yeah, they are.
Oh.
It seems that those are funny to them.
Okay.
And I still don't get their sense, but at least I understand that this is the way they communicate.
Yeah.
And try to be a friend.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
So you can't really communicate in that style to them?
Well, I need to do.
You need to.
If you want to be a friend.
In order to show your...
Yeah, yeah.
Is it dangerous for someone like me who doesn't understand the manners of all that to like
try it on them?
Like would it be like a little bit dangerous?
Maybe.
I might step into something that...
Maybe.
Would cause huge trouble.
Like battle or trouble.
Yeah.
Maybe.
Oh.
Yeah, that's a little difficult.
But if the fact that you can step into something sensible, sensitive, that means you are close enough.
I see, I see.
So...
Yeah, makes sense.
All right.
Like when I...
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If I study French, they come to my desk and like try to make fun of my French.
You know, those things.
Right.
And if they do say to me, if they say to me, like I would say like, "What about your Japanese?"
Or "What about your English then?"
Or like "Your French is incorrect."
You know, those even if you were born in French, but your French is not good actually.
Those.
Wow.
Those.
And they laugh at those things.
Those jokes.
And they shake hands.
And they shake hands.
That's crazy.
And go to the bar together.
And they be best friends.
Yeah.
What?
I guess that's culture.
Yeah.
I guess they probably don't understand why we laugh.
Yeah.
At like the "Osuna osuna."
That's probably like not understandable for them too.
Like what's so funny about that?
Right.
Right?
Like the Boketsukomi kind of thing.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's interesting, you know, how the comedy, how what people laugh at is different, you know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like, I remember one thing that I, my host family, they were huge, like very tall.
Yeah.
They were like 2 meters or 190.
They were very big.
And I am small guy.
So like on the first day, they told me that, "Wow, you are very small."
I knew that Japanese people are very small, but those things to me on the first day, they were like, "Wow, that was so rude."
Yeah.
But I had to say that, "Wow, you are so big."
And like, you know, those things to them, say back to them.
Yeah.
That's culture.
Culture.
Yeah, it's a huge culture difference.
Yeah.
If you can say those things against them, that means you are an adult.
Oh, okay.
So if you cry against those words and feel sad, that means you are still kids.
Oh, okay.
That's what it is.
If you can handle that insult or not.
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh, that's it.
Culture.
Yeah.
That's...
I guess that's European culture.
European culture, yes.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
