Social norms vary a lot from country to country and even city to city. Did you know what seems entirely normal to you is actually incredibly rude in other countries? Find out what other cultures think about things like winking, tipping, hugging, and much more. Check this out, especially if you’re a big traveler! Tweet: http://ctt.ec/30Bb2
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You missed the best one:
In Romania Saying “mother’s pussy” is socially acceptable. You can say in front of your mother, grandmother, sister, cousin, Its just not a big deal.
Strangely Saying penis is not.
The Asian country they were talking about in the end must be India, though others like Thailand are not much different. In India I witnessed cases all the time like for example a biggish American lady entering the internet shop and the guy who worked there told her she is too fat for any of the chairs that he has in the shop.
Also in India there is absolutely no qualms about asking you how much money you make. They ask you straight away when they meet you- what’s your name, where are you from, how old are you, what do you do and how much do you get paid. I always felt like I’m being interviewed for a job or something. :)
Good morning Aaron!
I could not believe my fellow countrymen to be called stiff. OK, knowing tons of Germans myself, you could get the idea, sometimes… But this could have to do with the way those Germans were adressed by some Americans.
It was some time ago, when I worked in a bank in Munich. And we always loved to chat with our customers, like most Bavarians do. We loved to talk to other Bavarians, as well as to customers from around the world. But we were quite often surprised, when American tourists entered the bank and asked, well more often ordered, us to do something, that we could not do. Of course, no American tried to speak Deutsch or Bavarian, or at least tried to understand, where our limitations were.. Maybe this rude behaviour led to the feeling, that the Germans were stiff, because we were annoyed.Try to learn some German words at least, And you will be very welcome in Bavaria. And of course, there is not only one Germany. You would find people in the north behaving very differently from those in the east. There are 16 states in the Federal Republic of Germany and at least 1000 different ways of how open people will interact with foreigners. From fear to joy, from hate to love, you can find everything.
And by the way, you are right with the flags. We really show our flags only during the FIFA world cup (4 weeks) and the UEFA European Championship (3 weeks). Both of them are played once every four years. The flags show the support for the football team “Nationalelf”. No German, who considers himself sane, would hang out a German flag on the 3rd of October or during a war or on any other day. We would not cheer for the military on any sports event, because we do not think of those guys as heroes. We really consider flags and cheering to military nationalistic and maybe fascistic. So when my friends or I came to the US for the first time, we could not believe, that even those small children of our hosts were told to love the flag and sing the anthem and of course to be proud of this wonderful country. Because of the German history we learned in school to avoid such “nonsense”, because it would ultimately lead to hate and war. I am quite sure, that without football (soccer, of course) most Germans would not know the German anthem and nobody would ever think about buying a German flag.
Aaron, whenever you come to Germany, I would very much like to tell you the 10 most important expressions for a good start with the Germans. You would definitely find all those open minded and loving people, who would welcome you in this strange country. And we would be happy to share the good stuff.
Did I tell you, that the Oktoberfest started last weekend?
Have a nice one…
Andreas