Comments on: Get it Straight: Fact and Fiction of Taiwan https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/ Do Cruising Right and Be Happy Wed, 09 Aug 2017 02:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Idk https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-35430 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 02:06:43 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-35430 Wow thank you for 13 years i didnt know that thailand and tawain were different i thought the word taiwanese (i think thats what people in taiwan are called) was a thing that people in thailand were called and i never knew tawain was a seperate country i also learned alot of other things so thankyou ( i think i got confused because the both start with the sound tie )

]]> By: Cindy https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-30970 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 04:25:36 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-30970 In reply to Emily.

Hi, I am also Taiwanese American. As for the Taiwanese language, only native (or aboriginal) Taiwanese would speak Hokkien (Taiwanese) and Mandrin.
(BTW: Thanks for not saying Taiwan is a Chinese province(cause clearly, we are not) )

]]> By: Sandra https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-29371 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:39:56 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-29371 HAHAHAHAHAHA I’ve been living in Taiwan for two months now and nearly noticed ALL of your points. Everyting is just sooo true, but actually, that is why I love this country so much!

xx Sandra (from originally from Austria – not Australia ;) )

]]> By: Taylor Rankins https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-29106 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:32:24 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-29106 To the Author-So your in taiwan right now? I hope you get this in time but for my school project we had to an asian countrie, I chose Taiwan because I am a bit Taiwanese( I’m also black-white-american indian-japinese- and of course taiwanese) but anyway what special clothse do they wear there? We have to dress up(please give me tips for a guy).

]]> By: Andrea https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-27703 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:06:50 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-27703 Great post! And I absolutely believe that people confuse Thailand with Taiwan. Because: Same story here in Europe with Sweden and Switzerland. Swiss people are from Switzerland and Swedish people are from Sweden. And never mind the question where those 2 countries actually are situated ;-)

]]> By: Sabina @GirlvsGlobe https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-26557 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:37:42 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-26557 I loved this and CANNOT believe people think Taiwan is Thailand! Actually, that’s a lie – I can totally believe it, but it makes me super sad. I had no idea they were so into cute things in Taiwan – I thought that was mainly Japan for some reason… You learn something new every day… ;)

]]> By: Evie https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-24944 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:42:07 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-24944 Hi! Great post! Very accurate!
I was born in Taiwan but I live in the US. So, I’m Taiwanese, haha!
People usually ask me if I’m Chinese and it kind of annoys me when they say “What’s the difference?”. But ANYWAY…these are some things I love about Taiwan when I visit there:
– cheap but DELICIOUS food (must try beef noodle, bubble tea)
– night markets: fun for everyone, mostly people active at nights :)
– most people there are very nice and sweet and they are polite with foreigners
GREAT place, except the weather. So glad I stumbled upon your site!

]]> By: A Cruising Couple https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-15938 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 18:52:23 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-15938 In reply to Emily.

Hi Emily! Thanks for leaving your comments- it’s great to hear from another perspective, especially since you are Taiwanese American! That’s interesting your friends don’t confuse it for Thailand.. haha just yesterday actually we were at a tax office explaining that we had income from Taiwan. We must have said Taiwan three or four times, and every time he just repeated ‘Thailand’, and even wrote Thailand down on his notes! Are your friends American born Chinese/Taiwanese? That might explain it! Or they are just better educated on their geography haha. Also, that makes sense that there is more Taiwanese in the south. We lived in the North, and none of my Taiwanese friends could speak it, though often their parents were conversational. It will be interesting to see what happens with the language in a few decades! Thanks again for the thoughtful comment!

]]> By: Emily https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-15924 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 03:07:38 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-15924 So hi!
I’m a Taiwanese American and my parents are from Taiwan (Kaohshiung and Taipei)
Your article is pretty much true. But whenever I tell my friends I’m from Taiwan, they basically never confuse it with Thailand. Probably different people have different concepts of understanding :D It’s pretty much true we’re bad drivers. It’s probably because we mainly ride motorcycles =w=. Also, whenever I go back to Taiwan and my relatives take my family out to dinner, they never ask us if we want rice or noodles. Rather, they ask what we want to eat or suggest a place for us to go eat.
Additionally, Taiwanese is more of a local language. Basically A LOT of people speak it. But it’s mostly spoken in the southern areas really. Whenever my parents take us to the night market, they speak Taiwanese to the vendors. Just saying. No biggie
But your articles about Taiwan are very good and accurate. You make Taiwan look even more awesome :D

]]> By: Fund Your Travel By Teaching English In Taiwan - OurOyster.com https://acruisingcouple.com/2013/04/where-is-taiwan-fact-and-fiction/#comment-13963 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:43:24 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=5536#comment-13963 […] No, no, no, not Thailand. […]

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