Newbie needs help

[quote=“2wild4canucks”]nolza:

My friend told me when he was in Taiwan last year someone sculded him for being a show off for speaking English in public. I dunno if thats a random cast or not, he just told me to becareful.

"… and be careful because a certain sect of girls will show interest in you just because they know you have that foreigner vibe. "

that really don’t sound like a such bad thing
:s :s :s[/quote]

Weird… I’ve been here nearly 3 years and I or any of my friends have never come across that before… must be some kind of random thing.

No, it doesn’t sound like a bad thing does it? :smiling_imp: It depends, just be careful :wink:

[quote=“nolza”][quote=“2wild4canucks”]nolza:

My friend told me when he was in Taiwan last year someone sculded him for being a show off for speaking English in public. I dunno if thats a random cast or not, he just told me to becareful.

"… and be careful because a certain sect of girls will show interest in you just because they know you have that foreigner vibe. "

that really don’t sound like a such bad thing
:s :s :s[/quote]

Weird… I’ve been here nearly 3 years and I or any of my friends have never come across that before… must be some kind of random thing.

No, it doesn’t sound like a bad thing does it? :smiling_imp: It depends, just be careful :wink:[/quote]

I really doubt i am going to have any “romantic encounter”. I am gonna be on business trip ///

I’ve only been accused of showing off my English once, and that was corrected when I tried to speak in Chinese…

I’m guessing your Mandarin is pretty good. I’m a CBC, who is learning Mandarin so i’m not too fluent. In my case I get lots of giggles, and sometimes snobby replies when they find out i’m a foreigner (i think because they believe i’ve “lost” my chinese culture, although my ancestry is complex). I usually tell them i’m Japanese, which they assume anyways.

I think in my friend’s case its a bit different, and i can see why he gets pick on. He speaks fairly fluent Mandarin, but socialize in English.

[quote=“2wild4canucks”]
I really doubt I am going to have any “romantic encounter”. I am gonna be on business trip ///[/quote]

Yeah… no worries then, have a good trip~

In the case of your friend, yeah… I can see how that might garner some negativity from others by coming off as a showoff to them…