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truehappiness 12th March 2016 12:09 PM

I'm surprised at some of the reactions here. I thought it was a fine interview. She has come a long way from "Everybody has secret, you know?".

rikku1994 13th March 2016 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 3188605)
I'm surprised at some of the reactions here. I thought it was a fine interview. She has come a long way from "Everybody has secret, you know?".

I honestly don't know where they got "ayu is acting like a bitch and seems fake" vibe tbh

LONJJONG 13th March 2016 06:13 AM

She told her staffs her Japanese was not good during their meeting for concert tour 2000 (watch the documentary film), though it was meant for joke, she hinted that she's not really good at articulating words. Her lingual ability probably doesn't determine how well/worse her communication with people around her is.

truehappiness 13th March 2016 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rikku1994 (Post 3188674)
I honestly don't know where they got "ayu is acting like a bitch and seems fake" vibe tbh

Might be all the references to Asian women which may have been 'pandering' for some.

njanjayrp 13th March 2016 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 3188605)
I'm surprised at some of the reactions here. I thought it was a fine interview. She has come a long way from "Everybody has secret, you know?".

I didn't mind her English as much as the fact that she didn't know which language is spoken in Taiwan.

truehappiness 13th March 2016 10:45 AM

I think she just had a bit of confusion with the Mandarin/Cantonese thing. Meeting with JJ, she would be taught the Mandarin phrases but there in HK, she's spoken to in Cantonese at times. Also being called Bin Qi Bu in Taiwan or China but Bun Kei Bo in Hong Kong probably confused her too. I would guess she generally has Mandarin interpreters that speak both dialects so that must have added to things as well.

njanjayrp 13th March 2016 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness (Post 3188688)
I think she just had a bit of confusion with the Mandarin/Cantonese thing. Meeting with JJ, she would be taught the Mandarin phrases but there in HK, she's spoken to in Cantonese at times. Also being called Bin Qi Bu in Taiwan or China but Bun Kei Bo in Hong Kong probably confused her too. I would guess she generally has Mandarin interpreters that speak both dialects so that must have added to things as well.

Possibly, but still she's been to Taiwan enough times. I always thought that when you do visit a country you should at least know what language is spoken there :dead2

truehappiness 13th March 2016 11:14 AM

They likely blend together for her. Could be even more confusing when she goes to Singapore and they speak Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Malay!

Chibi-Chan 13th March 2016 02:33 PM

It's just disrespectful not to know which language is spoken in the country you're visiting. And it was embarrasssing to watch how she first failed to know which language people speak in the country she just visits and then babbling something about being proud to be an Asian woman. Yeah for sure, she's so proud to be an Asian woman and knows them so well and how strong they are that she not even knows what language women speak in which Asian country. Watching her in that interview was what in German we call "fremdschämen" and which describes the feeling of being ashamed of somebody else's actions.

rikku1994 14th March 2016 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan (Post 3188707)
It's just disrespectful not to know which language is spoken in the country you're visiting. And it was embarrasssing to watch how she first failed to know which language people speak in the country she just visits and then babbling something about being proud to be an Asian woman. Yeah for sure, she's so proud to be an Asian woman and knows them so well and how strong they are that she not even knows what language women speak in which Asian country. Watching her in that interview was what in German we call "fremdschämen" and which describes the feeling of being ashamed of somebody else's actions.


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Hmm... funny while a lot of ppl here in Asia (aside from the ones who are living in countries that Chinese is taught) can't even differentiate Cantonese with Mandarin. I feel bad for Ayu for making a common mistake and fans rip her to shreds for it...

LONJJONG 14th March 2016 04:18 AM

Chinese is still the official language of Hongkong though, meanwhile Cantonese is a variety of it and also serve as the local dialect. Not a big deal, righty?

My Rainbow 17th March 2016 01:40 AM

what a bunch of drama queens... so annoying...

kinix 17th March 2016 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by LONJJONG (Post 3188767)
Chinese is still the official language of Hongkong though, meanwhile Cantonese is a variety of it and also serve as the local dialect. Not a big deal, righty?

I think cantonese is their official language not Chinese. It's only that after 1997, the country have higher influx of China immigrants.

shizukanaotoko 3rd May 2016 11:16 AM

One moment that stood out for me was when she was asked about Shawn Yue and whether they keep in touch and how she was just like "no" haha. I found that awkward. She's never been the best at interviews but that also shrouds her in mystery :) She did seem like she was feeling on edge and/or vamping it up a little too much though.


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