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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 5:34 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
...and I've been admonished for speaking Mandarin in NY's Chinatown and Oporto. In fact, the guy in the latter place yelled at me to "speak in English or Portuguese, but not Chinese."

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Wow really? I always speak mandarin when I'm in NYC chinatown and haven't had anyone yell at me. I've had some rude service but I always assumed that was business as usual.
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