Probably the biggest goof in this sentence was Huntsman?s self-introduction, ?I am Mr. Jon Huntsman.? It is even more bizarre to refer to oneself as ?Mr.? in Chinese than in English because of the Chinese cultural emphasis on humility. For example, Americans respond to compliments with ?Thank you? while Chinese will typically answer ?Nali, nali??literally, ?Where, where?? (A joke I?ve heard in China is that Americans claim to ?speak? Chinese no matter how few words they understand, while Chinese claim to be unable to speak English no matter how many words they understand.) Calling oneself ?Mr.? in Chinese sounds as jarring as calling oneself ?the esteemed Mr.? in English.
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