☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのStrange things to explain to people

Have you ever gotten stuck trying to explain something? Like it's something that's normal or known to you but strange or unknown to someone else?

One time I tried to explain to a J-friend of mine what "grits" are. LOL I had trouble explaining so, I just gave me a packet of microwaveable grits and told him to taste them for himself.

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[1] mixiユーザー 12月12日 03:12

lol
Im English (from england) and I didnt know what grits was until I googled it just now!

Maybe I just lack common knowledge
wwwwwww

[2] mixiユーザー 12月12日 03:40

grits are not really common. I really only see them in southern states of the US. When I was in theUS they ocassionally had them on the menu (I was in PA) but it wasn't very common or anything.Never seen them in Europe or Japan.

I know I've had to explain tons of weird stuff....hopefully more will come to me

Hmm explaining washlets to people in the states is always interesting and they always seem so excited. I have one so I don't think twice and it's always kind of weird for me lol.

[4] mixiユーザー 12月12日 06:00

hmm one time i was trying to explain to this japanese girl what shock meant
so i just made surprise reaction and she sort of got it....

[5] mixiユーザー 12月12日 07:06

@Karurozu
That's strange since I've heard the word used in Japanese programming.

I like explaining about the Amish. haha

[6] mixiユーザー 12月13日 00:19

Wow!! I really loved grits when I was in US...oh..so nice to hear this word.. I've been back to Japan for ages..!! Sometimes..I really miss food which I can't eat easily in Japan...

Yes...!! So many...!!
Just want to share with you one of them now, maybe..
(When i remember more later, maybe I might come back here to add some more?!?!)

The other day, one of my students' (I'm an English teacher in Japan.) penpals came to visit us here in our hometown.
They brought so many gifts from Australia!! Wow!!! Very nice!!
That was because the student let them stay at her house for a couple of days as a sort of host family.

Anyway...!!, one of them they brought to us was... Vegimite..!!!!
(The spelling OK..??)
So, I showed it to my family who had never heard of and of course.. never tasted before..
The question was "What's that????"

Even though I had the thing, the real thing and showed it to them in front of them, still they wanted me to explain what it was..., but..., very difficult...as I guess in Japan we don't have this kind food.., right??

But I just remembered a story which one of my friends from Australia once talked about Vegimite, something like Miso in Japan...(I'm not sure of that, though...)
So, after remaining a little while silence like "..... " because I really lost my words how to explain it to them..., All the words that I could think of WAS ... " Something like Miso..?? Maybe?? Wanna try some ...??? ... "

They just didn't have enough courage to eat bread or cracker with Miso...|o|

Sorry my story was so long....
( However..., I hope you enjoyed it!! Maybe..??)

[7] mixiユーザー 12月13日 00:30

Sorry...I'm back again....|o|

#4 Karurozu (Karlrose??)

Very very funny!!!
I guess the J-girl first didn't get the word "shock" just because the English real pronounciation and our Japanese word "Shokku"(, which originally comes from English) are different when we hear !!!
After your funny reaction..., anyone could get it..!!!
If I were you, I would try to pretend to touch an electricity, then suddenly..., Shock!!!!!
Yes...I'm so funny....yes....

[9] mixiユーザー 12月13日 03:31

I know what you mean in reverse
Someone tried to explain to me what natto was
i have even seen it, but i tell you
I cant come close to imagining eating it
#7
I know exactly what you mean, lots of borrowed american words don't really come across right away
i was in akihabara( hope i spelt it right)
looking for berserk stuff
and everyone looked at me like i was crazy
till one guy pronounced it bursurkku
or something like that then eyes lit up and all was well

[10] mixiユーザー 12月13日 03:41

wow i cant believe my comment got a few reactions

[11] mixiユーザー 12月13日 04:48

クリス:
LOL I always forget that grits aren't that popular of a breakfast food. I've been eating them since I was a kid and had assumed it was something a lot of people ate. But my family is from the South so many that's why we ate them all the time.

[12] mixiユーザー 12月13日 04:51

Ohh grits.

People in my house eat them, but I personally don't like them much at all. It makes me ill.

[13] mixiユーザー 12月13日 05:25

Have you ever seen My Cousin Vinnie? There is a scene about confusion about grits.

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