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ekianjo on Nov 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Quiet Ones

Well, I would not go as far as saying it becomes an insult. Especially if you are foreigner, they would understand you are not used to slurping.

w1ntermute on Nov 19, 2012 [–]

Of course, anything will go when you're a foreigner (the so-called "gaijin smash"). But I can definitely see them taking offense when a fellow Japanese person makes this mistake.

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