Language barricade
When I was in Istanbul, I could sit for hours and listen to the Turkish language – which by the way was nonstop as those people talk a blue streak – here in Shanghai I love the language too but it amazes me how much people just take for granted that they can’t understand us and we can’t understand them – last night a woman was discussing her husband right in front of him – said he’s boring and laughed, then said he can’t understand a word I am saying. Then it was a woman preparing food and right in front of her another person said I hate her cooking. Who knows what people are saying about you while they smile there and speak in a foreign tongue.