Catching People Talking About Me in Foreign Languages... They don't know

We're going home, everyone. You can praise me, you can praise me. I can speak Japanese, too. You speak fluent Chinese and Japanese. You're learning some Korean. You must catch people talking about you, right? Well, yes, but... Whenever I hear this question, I'm always reminded of that Seinfeld episode. You know, when they're in the nail salon and they catch the staff talking about them? Where's my tail? I heard every word you said! Every word you said! Is it just a little bit of paranoia that when we hear people speaking a foreign language, we tend to wonder, are they talking about me? Or perhaps it's the fact that foreign languages tend to make some people feel a bit uncomfortable. Maybe even a little bit angry? You got some nerve! Well, anyway, today we're going to be taking a look at footage where I actually caught people talking about me on camera and they thought that I couldn't understand. Write in the comment section what your experience has been. Like this video and subscribe. And today we're going to be delving into this old question. How likely is it that people are actually talking about you? And if so, what are they saying? Let's get started. But no English. No English? Oh no! Why? Empty head. Empty head? Is this your teacher? Yes. I am English teacher. English teacher. But no English. No English. Only Japanese. No English. Good luck. Don't give up. Can I take a picture with you? Yes, you can. We can take a picture together. Cheese! Shall we take a picture together? Of course. Yay! Cheese! Thank you. And are you okay? I'm okay. Are you okay? For commemoration? Do you want it? Your classmates must be jealous. I'm jealous. This is fun. See you later. Look at those high school kids. They are so cute. You know, a lot of high school kids want to practice English. They all learn it in school. If you're alone on a trip, they're easy to talk to. They really are. They actually will look at foreigners, notice foreigners. Like he just said, is she from Russia? Like most Japanese people think I'm from Russia. And I could just tell they wanted to talk. But maybe if you didn't speak Japanese, you wouldn't have heard that. Them talking, is she from Russia? You pick up on that, you're like, they've been watching you the whole time. They wanted to talk. So make the first move if you want. Now I can say I touched a deer. Congratulations. How's your English? Do you speak English too? This is my mother tongue. I'm shocked. Really? That's so funny. Thank you. They're all looking at me. They're looking at me from down the street. That's kind of fun. Look at how cute these little pandas are. Wow. That's Dousha. Called Anko. In Japanese. I feel like I did a bad thing. I ate him. I ate him. Really? How big is that little panda? This big? Really? Okay, I'll eat it. Thank you. Two little pandas. Your Chinese is so good. Thank you, thank you. I'm flattered. What do you want to eat? What do you like? I like good food. I like Northeastern food. Do you have Northeastern food? No? I don't think so. There's Beijing food. Take a look at the picture. Why are you so quiet all of a sudden? What do you think? Quiet or not quiet? Quiet. Because your Chinese is so good. So what did you think? In these 10 years of living in China and Japan, I've sometimes caught people talking about me, but I've never caught anyone saying anything bad. That is the truth. Not saying that it doesn't happen, but a lot of it is definitely in our heads. And one way we can overcome this is by learning other languages, which I strongly encourage you to do. Let's stop being the paranoid idiot, to put it harshly. So here I am on the train again. Cheers. I'm a busy person like you. I have stuff to do in life. I have a job. I only have so much free time to study. That's why I take opportunities like this. I'm going to be sitting here for two hours and pop this open to learn a little Korean. I always recommend software that I've used to learn these languages. Pimsleur has been great. You can find it in the video description. There's a link. They've got 50 languages, 7-day free trial. Try it out. You can't go wrong. The free stuff only gets you so far. I started that in the beginning too. I didn't want to pay any money for anything. You can buy these lessons, $15 a pop. You'll get addicted because they're really good. I'm going to learn some Korean. 정말 감사합니다. Thank you very much. Pimsleur. Here I go. Making use of my time while sitting on the train.