Ok, they don’t always say it. But they must be thinking it. When a foreigner comes into their country – when an Australian comes to India, or a Philippino comes to the USA, or a Mexican comes to Saudi Arabia, the nationals notice things. They notice the strange things the foreigner does…
So I just love this post over at OceanicThai, with a whole bunch of things that “Southeastern Asians wonder about us” – apparently a set of questions that have actually been asked out loud! Some of my favourites:
- “Why do you get up so late in the morning?” (i.e. 6:30 a.m.)
- “Why do you think this food is spicy? My baby even eats it.”
- “Why are you foreigners so fat?”
For the full list, check out Why Do You Do That?
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Thank you for reading my blog, and for featuring my latest article! Because we are proficient in the language, and we have had close national friends for years, we have had these questions asked at least once, and sometimes lots of times! Thank you, Missionary Blog Watch, for caring about us missionaries out here.