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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
I've had a couple of instances in Tokyo where I would say something in Japanese and I'd get replied to in English for a brief conversation, because they didn't want to speak Japanese to me. A couple of instances were Japanese people, and the biggest problem I have is an Indian fellow who works at my local McDonalds. We always have these weird exchanges because he can speak Japanese (working with Japanese customers all day) but whenever I go up to him he immediately tries his hand at English, which isn't so bad. I just start in Japanese, because I don't want to be treated differently, but he refuses to speak Japanese to me so we have really awkward Japanese-English conversations.
But this really isn't a regular thing, and most Japanese people will be really glad that you're trying to learn and speak their language.
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Not sure if its related, but if my Uncle is involved in a conversation with a foreigner that has difficultieswith Japanese, he will switch to English in hopes that it will be easier for the other party, and just so it won't confuse them. He did this solely out of sincerity and courtesy..