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founditeratingyesterday at 11:32 AM4 repliesview on HN

Who the hell talks like this in the first place?

I've worked in Japan for 7 years and majority of the time you will not be working with native English speakers, usually people who speak multiple languages at all times, if you're only language you know is English you are the minority and people will have to work with you to understand.

I couldnt even finish the article after that insane ramble of gibberish I'm genuinely confused who in the hell would ever talk like that.


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birdsongsyesterday at 11:48 AM

> and majority of the time you will not be working with native English speakers, usually people who speak multiple languages at all times, if you're only language you know is English you are the minority and people will have to work with you to understand.

This is pretty much life anywhere outside of North America and the UK (or colonies). In Norway, I don't think a single coworker of mine is a native English speaker (I am). We get along fine of course, but often I see the resistance they feel when having to switch to English. Second (or third) languages just take more brain power, and have more friction.

I have learned Norwegian, but English is still is required sometimes, as it's the common denominator amongst the mix of Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Spanish people. And that English is usually functional and as clear as can be.

This is the engineering department though. If you go to marketing or strategy it's full of this corpo double-speak.

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Klonoaryesterday at 7:38 PM

There are definitely companies in Japan that have people who will talk like this.

Hell, I’ve advised some of them.

numpad0yesterday at 6:24 PM

> Who the hell talks like this in the first place?

guys that aren't sure if the yellow isn't too much

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iso1631yesterday at 5:51 PM

> Who the hell talks like this in the first place?

People trying to hide their own lack of knowledge and ability