No, I don't think it's that word. Chinse people say what sounds like the N-word when they say their version of us saying, "Uhhhhh..."
In case I didn't communicate that well...
When Americans are thinking before we answer, we go, "Uhhhhh..."
When Chinese are thinking before they answer, it sounds like, "Naegaaa..."
I think it's Russell Brand who talks about this in his standup. I heard a group of Chinese women talking on the train once and sure enough, one of them went, "Neagaaaa..." I nearly lost my shit!
“Taking a break between ideas can help bring the audience in,” Patton said, according to a recording of one of the Zoom course sections and a transcription that appeared next to him on screen. “In China,” for instance, he continued, “the common pause word is ‘that that that.’ So in China it might be ne ga, ne ga, ne ga.”
Yup you are on it and correct. I think I spelt it wrong. Its Ne Ga.
No, I don't think it's that word. Chinse people say what sounds like the N-word when they say their version of us saying, "Uhhhhh..."
In case I didn't communicate that well...
When Americans are thinking before we answer, we go, "Uhhhhh..."
When Chinese are thinking before they answer, it sounds like, "Naegaaa..."
I think it's Russell Brand who talks about this in his standup. I heard a group of Chinese women talking on the train once and sure enough, one of them went, "Neagaaaa..." I nearly lost my shit!
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/08/professor-suspended-saying-chinese-word-sounds-english-slur
Yup you are on it and correct. I think I spelt it wrong. Its Ne Ga.