Comments on: Laowai Comics: Laowai Who Complain About Being Misunderstood

By: Claus Rasmussen

Claus Rasmussen — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:41:32 +0000

It is worse when the waiter doesn’t understand Qingdao but have no problems with Tsingtao

By: jixiang

jixiang — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 05:49:50 +0000

True to a point. In many cases, it is also their own choice.

By: joe blow

joe blow — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:10:13 +0000

It’s not always their choice. In a lot of the restaurants that get frequent foreigners, the owners tell the staff to speak to them in English.

By: bag o dicks

bag o dicks — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:04:14 +0000

Well, at least he got fooyooar right.

Source: I live in Beijing.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:25:44 +0000

Ah… so many conflicting emotions with this one. Love your work LCG but this one has left me feeling … ‘im not really like that am i?’ ‘surely its not my fault… its them who dont understand, my language is fine.’

I can have a two hour conversation with someone i just met in Chinese no problem then ask a waiter for another round of beers to be met with a blank stare and a
“他说什么？“ from the waiter. I really hope i dont look like that guy you just drew when it angers me.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:18:48 +0000

How about not mock?

By: Med

Med — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:30:28 +0000

> The worst is when people try to mock others about language when they clearly don’t know the language themselves [...]
What about it? So what, I would need to be a NBA player if I want to mock last game’s shittiest player’s performance?

Anyone can laugh about pretty much anything, chill the fuck out…

By: LCG

LCG — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:31:19 +0000

oh shit! typo… thanks for notifying me!

By: Lao White

Lao White — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:57:39 +0000

I’m only now getting it that this must be an autobiographical, if not hilarious, journey of the author’s progress in china over time. Notice the gradual deterioration of the white people he draws – fatter, more slovenly, thinner hair – compared to a year ago.
Couple that with the increasingly frustrated tone of these “comics”, the author’s need to defend himself against or viciously attack the commenters, and it all paints a clear picture.

By: jixiang

jixiang — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:29:52 +0000

I don’t really mind if somebody genuinely doesn’t understand my Chinese. Well, I am frustrated about it, but I obviously don’t blame them, since the problem is my own.

What I do mind, however, is when Chinese waiters DO understand what I say to them in Chinese, and then still insist on trying to reply in horrible English. Just do me the courtesy of replying in the same language I spoke to you in, especially since my Chinese is better than your English, AND you don’t even know if my English is that good (not every white person speaks fantastic English).

By: Thisguyissuchatwat

Thisguyissuchatwat — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:47:33 +0000

The worst is when people try to mock others about language when they clearly don’t know the language themselves, have put this through Google translate and come up with the wrong character for “kuai”

块 = piece, slang for 元
快 = fast

By: Laowaied

Laowaied — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:26:47 +0000

So true that. It bugs the hell out of me. And what makes it worse is when some Noob tells me that I have to work on my tones. Grrrr