3. TIL American soldiers in the Pacific theater of WW2 always used passwords contai...

TIL American soldiers in the Pacific theater of WW2 always used passwords containing the letter 'L' due to Japanese mispronunciation, a word such as lollapalooza would be used and upon hearing the first two syllables come back as 'rorra' would "open fire without waiting to hear the rest".

I am from the middle East and posted in NY. It was my first time interaction with a first generation Asian. She was at this teriyaki chicken stall in a food court.

My turn came, I walked up and asked for the $6 special. She furiously typed it in the register and asked me, Fie lie O Wie Lei.

I didn't know how to answer that and so I politely asked, pardon? She got a bit agitated and again said Fie lie O Wie lie?!

Now I came under pressure because the line was getting long and I was holding up a very angry and hungry crowd.

The Asian lady standing behind me came beside me, pointed towards a section of the menu on the wall and shouted FIE LIE OR WIE LIE!!

The lady was asking if I wanted Fried Rice or White Rice.

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