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I don't mind finding work in Japan... ...if it wasn't so hostile to workers
So far, Japan is near the bottom of my list for western countries to work at, and I would much rather find a job in Korea instead
Japan is an Eastern country. In fact, it's the farthest East county possible.
I think the words you were looking for were "first world countries".
Nobody takes that to be literally about geography anymore. Japan might be far away from Texas, but it's politically a lot closer than Russia just a ferry ride away.
No love for New Zealand huh?
New Zealand? What's that?
What's a New Zealand?
Checked my map, it's not there
It's an updated version of a Dutch province
its so east that it loops back around to being west
It’s*
Syntax mistake—not grammar
[Pedentry intensitfies]
Appropriate user name, though.
Syntax would be more like sentence structure and order. Contractions are indeed grammar.
Developed*
Depends on your meridian.
Po-tay-to po-tah-to doesn't really matter to distinguish between them when what I meant was clear, although I probably would've said first world if I was nitpicking my post before sending