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Ingvarr wrote:In a Russian (drinking) community, you should never leave an emptied bottle on the table - bad luck, I guess, anyway, it's just not a thing to do
Saaropean wrote:Ingvarr wrote:In a Russian (drinking) community, you should never leave an emptied bottle on the table - bad luck, I guess, anyway, it's just not a thing to do
Strange. My brother (who has been living in Russia since last summer) told me you should never empty your glass because it will always be refilled...
If I'm invited for dinner (in people's home, not in a restaurant) at, say, 20h30, I'll never turn up at 20h30 sharp : I'd be extremely embarassed to do so. I'd ring the bell anytime between 20h45 and 20h55. I could never pop up before 20h30 of course !
Nero wrote:If I'm invited for dinner (in people's home, not in a restaurant) at, say, 20h30, I'll never turn up at 20h30 sharp : I'd be extremely embarassed to do so. I'd ring the bell anytime between 20h45 and 20h55. I could never pop up before 20h30 of course !
Heh - they do that in other countries? Far from American standards of "Be on time" and all that.
yabba wrote:This time is here from 12/13-15:00.. It's Mittagszeit and you're not supposed to get on other people's nerves during that time...
Amikeco wrote:yabba wrote:I was taught that, on every day, and I am polite ! And if you switch on your lawn mower during mittagsruhe, you'll get some visit from the other neighbours !
I also won't do something like that, and it can be disturbing, if other do it.
Amikeco wrote:yabba wrote:I was taught that, on every day, and I am polite ! And if you switch on your lawn mower during mittagsruhe, you'll get some visit from the other neighbours !
I also won't do something like that, and it can be disturbing, if other do it.
yabba wrote:And using the polite forms of the verb for addressing your parents seems very strange to me (even to the grand-parents); but I have heard stories like that before
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