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<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/014961.html">Just Use Your New York Instincts and You'll Do Fine</a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 78921 -->Student: Um, would we really use the extremely polite form with random strangers on the street?<br/>Japanese teacher, exuberantly: Oh yes, definitely.<br/>Class: [Laughter.]<br/>Japanese teacher: I'm not kidding, you don't want to make them think you like them or want to get close to them... they're a stranger! You want to keep as much emotional distance from them as possible.<br/><br/>--Japanese Class, Columbia University<br/><br/>Overheard by: Vicksburg<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Jun 7, 2008
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