One of the issues I am adjusting to in Australia is the difficulty with accents, especially when everyone has been wearing facemasks. One such issue came about when I was at Macquarie Centre and entering Uniqlo (which is a Japanese unisex clothing store) and this shop was one of the few that insisted on taking the temperature of the customers before you scanned the QR code and entered the store. While the lovely young Asian assistant was scanning me she said “nice nipples”! What did I just hear? Really?
She must have seen the confused look on my face as I looked down and scanned my shirt front to see what the issue was, because she repeated what she had said. This time she simultaneously pointed to my basalt carving and said “nice necklace”. Confusion with language can be a funny and awkward at the same time…
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