It's been awhile.

Scene: Me boiling spaghetti in the kitchen as two roommates sit on the sofa watching "Pearl Harbor" for the fifth time.

As always, I quietly watch as the two talk about how hot the men are.

Roommate: Hey Akiko? What do u speak?

Me: Japanese.

Roommate: Is that...Is Japanese different than Asian?

Me: *look up from the pot* O_o? .........what do you mean?

Roommate: well like...is it like, different? Like U.S. is American...is it different from Asian?

Me: *have no clue what she is asking, I assume she was asking if Japanese was different from any other Asian language??* Well..."Asian" is a general term that's used to describe things from Asia...Japan is part of Asia.

Roommate: *shrug* well I dunno!...so is Chinese like Asia?

(clearly, she needs a geography lesson and needs to learn the proper usage of the word)

-This went on for a bit. Later I overhear the two talking as the Japanese characters in the movie speak in the "Asia language"... ".....Yeah, that's why I was asking [Akiko] because I keep thinking they're making [the words] up."

I chose to forget a large chunk of the conversation because it was a rather ignorant one.

Later I find out that she thought Pearl Harbor was in Japan.