http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/12/10/tout-est-okay/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/12/10/tout-est-okay/#comment-26 astrid Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:10:42 +0000 http://toomanyfrogsand1brit.co.uk/2007/12/10/tout-est-okay/#comment-26 I had a similar experience in Japan when I was a teenager. I was a vegetarian, and I had memorised the Japanese term for 'vegetarian', which was 'saishokushugisha'. The first time I used it, I was in a restaurant and the young waitress had no idea what I was saying. She was helped by an elderly man, who translated my outdated Japanese to the modern term, 'bejitarian'! I had a similar experience in Japan when I was a teenager. I was a vegetarian, and I had memorised the Japanese term for ‘vegetarian’, which was ’saishokushugisha’. The first time I used it, I was in a restaurant and the young waitress had no idea what I was saying. She was helped by an elderly man, who translated my outdated Japanese to the modern term, ‘bejitarian’!

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