"Chris Kern" <chriskern99@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1oa1svsdqefs285h69fm61grlssbtd86hq@4ax.com...
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> "For a foreigner, even writing hiragana is amazing."
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> Gee, thanks.
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> And is it just me, or do some Japanese people have a mental block that
> prevents them from believing that a gaijin can read or write Japanese
> -- even if the ability is shown to them multiple times?
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> It's even funnier when they forget to be surprised for a minute.

Don't worry. After you've been in Japan for about 5 ~ 10 years it will
appear quaint and you won't care anymore.