The Westerner’s Fear of the Neonsign : The Seven Stages of Gaijinhood

The first dip in sanity occurs when people try just too hard to learn. Eager students may sacrifice critical judgment in the race to absorb their new cultural surroundings. They often stop you while you are eating and say: “You know, you’re not supposed to do that with your chopsticks, it means that the souls of the dead children won’t float to heaven properly.”

On pourrait remplacer « Gaijin » par « Barang » et « Japan » par « South-East Asia », cela marcherait tout autant.