Truth 59Just Because They Can Speak Your Native Tongue Doesn't Mean They Understand Everything You Say
Some years back I gave a presentation to a group of Japanese colleagues who spoke English relatively well. I launched into the presentation, not really thinking much about the fact that English was their second language. I had a lot of very rich content in the presentation and explained some of the intricacies of my topic in great detail. I used my regular attempts at humor that would kill a room in the U.S. (well, maybe not kill a room), but in Japan you could hear crickets chirping. At the end of my presentation my colleagues spoke in Japanese to each other for about 5 minutes while I stood there wondering what was happening. After their ...
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