The Newsroom: My Language Skills Got Me Into Trouble

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]What's the Japanese word for four?

[00:00:02]>> She.

[00:00:02]>> What's the Japanese word for seven?

[00:00:04]>> Shei.

[00:00:04]>> Those words are easy to mix up.

[00:00:06]>> No, they're not.

[00:00:07]>> Yes, they are.

[00:00:07]>> Not for someone who's fluent in Japanese.

[00:00:09]>> You're not fluent in Japanese.

[00:00:10]>> Yes, I am.

[00:00:11]>> No, you're not. That's how you mixed up the numbers when you were talking to Tanaka in the pre-in.

[00:00:15]>> No, it's for exactly that reason. There are two words for four and two words for seven. Yon and Nana. And it went from a four to a five to a seven.

[00:00:22]>> That sounds very complicated.

[00:00:23]>> Not if you're fluent in Japanese.

[00:00:24]>> You're not anymore. You're going to go on TV tonight during Elliot's show, which I pray to God Elliott is hosting, and you're going to apologize and explain your error. In exchange, Daiset Tanaka is going to say that you made it clear that you were on the record, and he doesn't have to resign, and you don't have to be suspended. It won't be our proudest moment, but it'll save the guy's job, save his honor. help very slightly with our increasingly dinged up reputation.