cultural differences
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381953)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Mar 20
Have you seen squat toilets? Maybe you’ve used them. Maybe they have been part of life to you and it’s Western toilets that seem different, although I've seen squat toilets in France too. Individual cultures have a lot of...
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marguicha
@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
12 Sep 19
Many of you know that in one more week Coral (@TheSojourner) and I will spend a week in Aruba.
We have never met each other face to face, but we feel that we know a lot of each other by reading each other´s posts and writing...
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16 people
Linda Mansfield (Snowdrop)
@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
26 Mar 18
I like to know where Mylotters come from, I find it really interesting so I always check out a person's location as I love to hear about cultural and language differences.
Take the USA for instance, although we speak the same...
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StacyB
@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
14 Feb 18
Earlier my sister and I went to the library, and as we were going in the building a man was on his way out, so I held the door for him. His response was "It's okay ma'am, thank you I've got it ma'am. Thank you for being a...
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The Invisible Man
@TheInvisibleMan (17594)
8 Nov 17
Today I saw a situation that made me think about cultural differences. At the mal, I saw a couple eating with their mouths open. I couldn't identify their nationality, but it made me think how different we are.
Why would they be...
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3 people
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381953)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Jul 17
When we came to the continent in 2015 I couldn’t work out a symbol I used to see often on price tickets. It turns out it was the number ‘1’. I’ve seen it again this year but it hasn’t taken me quite so long to work out just what...
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wildlittlefan
@wildlittlefan (4680)
• Hong Kong
4 Nov 16
I think almost all the people of Hong Kong are sick of seeing so many people from Mainland China who comes to Hong Kong and act like their own home. They are so self-centered and talk very loud in the public area. They always act...
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DJ
@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jun 16
... to ever open their eyes to understand other cultures. Then they say and believe to belong to an "open-minded", "evolved", "advanced" and “modern” culture or background or country.
The main point of writing the post about...
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Porcospino
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
1 Feb 16
In Denmark we usually open gifts in front of the giver. When we receive gifts we open them immediately, and in my country people would find it a little strange or impolite if we didn't open the gifts right away.
I used to be a...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381953)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 15
Is it the custom in your country or culture to give small gifts to the wedding guests at a wedding? This was unknown when my friends and I were all getting married. I think perhaps the Italians in Australia were the first to give...
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joizee
@joizee (500)
• Philippines
26 Apr 13
Hi! Have you heard of the latest buzz in Facebook? It is about one of the three men who looked handsome, well he's ridiculously handsome for my eyes, was rejected to enter Saudi Arabia because (I quote) "they are too handsome and...
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2 people
rawar31
@rawar31 (112)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
26 Aug 11
I believe in friendship. I take it very seriously- so I dont have a whole heap( or alot) of friends. I try to chose friends very wisely so now that I'm living in a spanish country( and I'm english) I find it hard to make friends...
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Jun 11
I remember a trip to Lake Tahoe where the MIL made sandwiches for us even though we were planning on eating out. Well we were sitting by a lake, not feeling like getting up and finding a place, kids got hungry, we ended up eating...
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silvercoin
@silvercoin (2101)
• Lithuania
10 Jun 11
I thought it was a right thing to do, but now I don't think so.My niece left her house, parents, university and she even converted to other religion just to be with "love of her life".After five years of marriage this man is...
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