Clueless White Guy Orders in Perfect Chinese, Shocks Patrons and Staff
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Published 2020-01-20
The other day I went into a bunch of Chinese restaurants as an ordinary but kinda clueless white guy and ordered food in fluent Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). It was a really fun prank and social experiment to see Chinese people’s reactions — both the waiters and the other patrons in these NYC Chinatown restaurants were totally shocked! Thanks everyone for supporting me on my language learning journey — Fuzhounese videos coming up very soon!
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All Comments (21)
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Him being able to speak fluent Chinese is very impressive, but the amount of food he was able to eat is even more impressive.
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"Your mandarin is better than my mandarin" - random chinese lady. The ultimate compliment to a linguistics nerd.
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I don’t know what’s more impressive, the fact this guy speaks all of these different dialects so well, or how much this guy can eat!
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You can really feel and see the appreciation by the elderly towards him being able to speak their language as a non-native.
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This is a perfect example of why the perfect spy wouldn't be a hot guy in a suit but rather just an average looking bloke with resting tourist face.
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Him: talks in perfect mandarin People in the background: wait, that's illegal
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its crazy how something as simple as language can bring people together so easily. this makes me wanna learn a fluent second language
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I like the first waiter. “You don’t impress me young man” vibes.
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I like when someone turns over like “Da fuq.”
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man: speaks chinese the people in the restaraunt: impossible.
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This is exactly like my British dad in the 1980s. He speaks a few languages fluently. Cantonese (my mum is chinese), Urdu, French and more. It was hilarious seeing the reactions of people. He had a lot of fun practising. As he says in the video, you have to keep speaking it or you'll forget.
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These are the pranks I love to see not harming anyone not making anyone mad just laughter and fun
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This is like the nerd version of flexing your muscles at the beach.
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This dude: *says something in Chinese” Everyone around him: 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
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i love when people recognize him, they're all so happy its so sweet
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I love this. So respectful to their tradition and heritage. I love the reactions. Good job
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The coolest part about these videos is how barriers instantly go down when you can speak to someone in their native language.
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Chinese people: "We've been tricked we've been fooled and quite possibly bamboozled. "
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Keep watching all your videos as its just so wholesome seeing how people react when somebody has taken the time and effort to learn a language that isn't just english.
