Even still, noodle hit the nail on the head.
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Originally Posted by noodle
It defeats the point of a cultural experience
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to go to Japan and encounter Mexican culture, which is a culture that I've had plenty of exposure to over my life time AND if I wanted to *really* experience said culture, I would go to Mexico, not Japan. Encountering people there speaking Spanish would indicate to me on the sub-intellectual level that "they're everywhere". Which is kind of a racist attitude, I know... But that's just from living in a place where it's actually true XD . Intellectually, I would know that the statement isn't
actually true in all cases.
I would also be bummed to go to Tokyo, Japan and get stuck in a pocket of people from America, be the anglophones or Spanish speakers. I briefly toyed with the idea of going to school in Yokohama until I found out that I'd most likely be housed with other international students, about 80% of whom typically were from America. That was kind of a turn-off...
But you're right. Words can often come out very differently from how they were intended. I hope I haven't upset anyone <_<;;; !