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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 43 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

In a Japanese language course, students were assigned native speaker penpals. I had asked some pretty boring questions in the first letter like how old are you, what are your hobbies, etc. The teacher proofread the letters before we sent them. The feedback I got: you really don't need to ask what nationality they are, there's only one country that uses Japanese. I turned beet red on that one.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

That's just stupid honestly. There are plenty of non-Japanese people living in Japan, who often have children.

[–] teft@piefed.world 6 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yes but wouldn’t those children’s nationality be Japanese?

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

No? I feel like you don't become a nationality until you become a naturalised citizen. Even then you might still answer the country of your birth.