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...you starting saying "Anou" instead of "Um" when
speaking in English. 

...you start to dream in Japanese instead of English. 

...you're not terrified anymore of seeing 1 to 2-inch
long monster cockroaches flying or scuttling around
your bedroom. 

  ...you start to like enka. 

  ..you *really* like enka, but you wouldn't tell
anyone under forty forfear of being laughed at. 

                     
..you start longing for a sweet potato, teriyaki,
asparagus, octopus and corn pizza for the low price of
$40 US. 

...you see a blonde person and think "sugoi gaijin da
na". 

...you think a city of 175,000 is a "country town." 

..the first option you buy for your car is a TV set. 

...you buy a potato-and-strawberry sandwich for lunch
without cringing. 

..people stop complementing you on your Japanese, and
start asking you where you had your nose and eyes
done.
 
...you think "English literature major" is a polite
way to say peanut brained bimbo. 

 ..you are not surprised to wake up in the morning and
find that the woman who stayed over last night has
completely cleaned your apartment, even though you'll
probably never ever meet her again. 

...a non-Japanese sits down next to you on the train
and you get up and move. You're not prejudiced, but
who knows what they might do? 

...you think children should have to walk around in
the freezing cold with only short sleeves and shorts
up to their butt (to make them strong!). 


...you sympathize with your Japanese student because
her daughter is  baka because she wears spring tops
with winter skirts and you sit down to try and see
what can be done about this wild child. 

..you develop the fine sense of Japanese manners that
prevents you from facing traffic when you take a leak
outside (sorry ladies!). 

...you enjoy drinking until you vomit. 

 ..you start shunning foreigners you meet far away
from your metropolitan abode in Tokyo (they're
probably not worth talking too,you know). 

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originally contributed by members of the topic "Too
long in Japan" in the"Parti" conferencing system at
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in whole or in part, must contain a reference
          to this fact. Some of the entries are newer
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