Saturday, December 06, 2003

A taste of India

One thing that was kinda entertaining about the trip to Taj Mahal was the (what would you call it) musical languages. The guy at the restaurant was obviously Indian, but he greeted us in Japanese, so of course I answered him in Japanese. At one point he asked if we wanted rice or naan with our lunches, and I turn to Kate and ask her, in English, "You want rice or naan?" And we discuss it, and I turn back and before I can put it into Japanese he says, in English, "So, both with rice?" So I say in English, "Uh, yeah."

I mean, I kinda figured he would speak English, but you never know. You don't want to assume that foreigners speak English just because they're not Japanese.