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Saying what you mean is hard?

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At least twenty-three hours out of every day.

I don't understand why you just can't say what you mean. I suppose that I will with time.

Well, I'm a reporter. That's my excuse. I can't speak for anyone else.

If you're a reporter, you can't say what you mean?

No one usually cares to know.

They don't?

People only give a damn about what I say, not what I mean.

They don't mind if you deceive them?

They'd never know.

Sometimes!

I don't understand it yet.

I dunno, 'cause sometimes what you really mean is ...mean. Or not appropriate. So you have to say it slantwise.

I try not to say anything that is mean, and I do not lie.

Well, you're a special one, then.

Oh me say perfectly what me mean! You just been living under rock! Ha ha ha!

Oh, it's not just you.

I'm too large to live under a rock.

Sometimes you think one thing, but say something else. I believe it is called a "disconnect". Sometimes you overthink the words you want to use, so that none of them are of any use.

Does that make sense?

Yes! That makes sense! Thank you.

You are quite welcome. Unfortunately it is something that happens to me often.

I'm sorry that it happens to you so much. You seem to be a very nice guy.

I get flustered easily. It also does not help that this is not my primary language.

What's your primary language?

Nihon'go des'. Japanese.

You're doing a great job. Do you like it here, or there better?

There are things I love about both. Sometimes, though, I feel uncomfortable here because I do not have the right reactions to things or people have reactions I do not expect.

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