 meow!
I live in Japan and when I first got here my Japanese was kind of dodgy (it's not exactly fluent now). I went to a restaurant with a few friends and, as I was vegetarian at the time - and mindful of what I was eating, brushed up on a few phrases so I could explain that I didn't eat meat or fish.
However....I got the words for meat (niku) and cat (neko) mixed up. So there I was explaining to the poor old waiter that I didn't eat fish or cat. He kind of stared at me...probably wondering why on earth this foreigner thought that Japanese eat cats. Anyway, I eventually worked out the mistake and explained that I didn't eat meat, fish and definately not cat.
Today, I am no longer vegetarian but you'll be pleased to hear that I still don't eat cat.
Cheers,
Rob
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