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Originally Posted by Henbaka
If you "talk shit" about someones country, then _you are_ rude. if people "talk shit" about sweden I wouldn't like them whether they spoke swedish or not. However if they can debate real issues like a real person, then I'd be glad to know them even if they couldn't say "hej".
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Sorry, when I say talk shit, it doesn't mean someone is talking bad things. It's an expression in English and in this case, people making comments about Japan based on false assumptions. To me, that is someone talking shit.
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Originally Posted by Henbaka
I scored pretty high on TOEFL. That doesn't do much for my knowledge in how america or england works. What it will do, is make it easier for me to study those things, and converse with english-speaking people.
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Of course I meant when you live in those countries, your ability to score high on those English proficiency tests would help you better understand local cultures.
I was just using it as an example and it's not a good comparison since English is pretty easy language to pick up and you don't need to have TOEFL scores to prove that you are fluent.