Carrots are not the only vegetable 

Carrots are not the only vegetable

Guidebooks will tell you that the Japanese always sit on the fence. They are too polite to make positive or negative assertions outright.

In fact this is a myth propogated by none other than the Japanese themselves. While the British and the Germans are invariably proud of their bluntness, the Japanese prefer to infer their own modesty. This would be fine if it were supported in everyday reality. But the Japanese tend towards the stubborn scale of the social barometer.

In Britain, if one asks a woman for affirmation and the response is "Yeah, right" one should prepare oneself for a messy emotional discharge. In Japan it is much more clear cut. In fact the retort is often razor sharp. For example, a Japanese teacher was asked "Is this correct?", to which she responded "Yeah, right", Clarification was swiftly sought. Her disdainful reply was "If I say yes I mean yes. If I want to say no I`ll say no".

Later in the week she was teaching Japanese words for various fruits. "Isn`t the tomato a fruit?" she was asked. "No, in Japan the tomato is a vegetable" she replied. So now you know.

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