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Weldal wrote:In Brazil men never kiss each other on the face, only men and women kiss each other or only women kiss each other on the face. I said this because I know that in other countries it is natural that men kiss each other on the face, but here it is considered not social at all...
Patricia wrote:Well, here men DO kiss on the cheek
Weldal wrote:Saaropean saying that in Germany not even shaking heads is allowed, only nodding with the head
Ron wrote:Never touch other people, not any part of the body is lisenced. Only very good friends do.
Ron wrote:Men don't kiss each other, never. (a few gays don't follow this rule )
Ron wrote:Don't stare to people, eye contact must be taking as less time as possible. Looking to people can be seen as a treat.
Ron wrote:Talk to eldery people in formal language.
Ron wrote:Don't burp at the dinner
Ron wrote:Use knife and fork to eat, hands are forbidden!
Ron wrote:Never calling swearwords in public.
Ron wrote:When you go to the toilet, don't say you want to go to the toilet, but say that you want to wash your hands, or brush your nose.
Saaropean wrote:I didn't say shaking hands is not allowed. In fact it's the appropriate way of greeting someone.
Luis wrote:After all this, Ron and Saaropean, how come you don't want us to label you as 'cold, unfriendly and rude', hehehe
When you meet somebody you don't kiss him/her but you shaking hands.
Don't stare to people, eye contact must be taking as less time as possible. Looking to people can be seen as a treat.
Luis wrote:Touching is allowed and very much used Gesticulation is very important and specially amongst friends, you can touch almost everything Favourite areas though are shoulders, hands, arms, the back, etc
Ron wrote:Never touch other people, not any part of the body is lisenced. Only very good friends do.
Luis wrote:Don't stare at people? So, when you meet someone, you don't greet him/her, you don't touch him/her and you don't look at him/her Sounds... interesting
Here, eye contact is definitely very important
NulNuk wrote:in Israel ,ppl dont dont just go dans with every body ,not even gulz that is considered very sloty (+ here when gul go dance with someone it means she whants this someone )
NulNuk wrote:EU gulz have big problem with that ,they teaze too much ,and offten they make mans mad ,becous it looks like thy just joking on us :0{ ) I even so a Dutch gul allmost been beated because her behavour ,she tease with an Arab boy in discotec,and he thoght she likes hem ,when he tryed to hugh her durind dancing ,she ,she treated hem like he was some kind of seek batard ,and sleept hem in the face ,than he got reall mad ,because she was the one who came and start teasing with hem ,it was only natural for hem to think she likes hem ,but she just a sloty EU gul ,and she was only teasing with the poor "monkey" from here .
(I dont like and never use violense ,but I allso felt like slaping her on the face for her beheavor ,if a gul puts her hands arroun a man ,she shouldnt expet from hem to keep hes hans in hes pokets ,thats stupid ).
Guide de séjour des étudiantes et des étudiants étrangers wrote:It is important to know that, for Québécois women, a date does not imply anything else but meeting the other at a specified place and time. "NO" always means "NO", and should never be interpreted otherwise.
Luis wrote:Oh, and everyone is invited to everyone's house and you can even drop by uninvited at times
NulNuk wrote:other thing ,in Israel u dont say a guest that drop by ,that he is not wellcome ,ppl here ,like in probably most of the world ,drop by ,same is in Argentina meatings are for busines ,friends you allways well come !!!!
telling some one to make an appointment to see you ,is like you were saying he\she is not a friend !!! ,that gous for all Dutch\German ppl ,I never so ppl from other countries having problems or complaning about that
Saaropean wrote:Reminds me of New Year's 2001/2002. I was in a pub in Vancouver/Canada with some friends (2 German guys, a German girl and 3 Brazilian guys). Of course there was good music and a dancefloor, so we Germans started dancing naturally. But our Brazilian friends preferred standing around drinking beer, because they said "dancing is something for girls". We Germans couldn't understand that. In our eyes, they were either terribly shy or (after their "explanation") plain stupid.
Weldal wrote:Sorry, but this is exactly how it works here in Brazil: men go to parties to drink and women go to parties to dance, so when a guy is interested in some girl he asks her for a dance, but when he is not, then he drinks, just this. It's not natural here a man going to to a party with the purpose of dancing, drinking is so much more fun...
Seriously, we are not Russsians, so we are not supposed to be lovers of the dance or something like this. And carneval happens only once a year, so...
As for being stupid, we can also think that those typical German green and white clothes and green hat are rather stupid too...
Saaropean wrote:The advantage of the appointment is that you are sure the host has enough time for you, and that you get something to drink or even some cake or so if you come around tea time (Kaffee und Kuchen = coffee and cake)...
- Let's hope the younger Brazilians here have a different attitude towards dancing
Weldal wrote:Carneval only once per year, not the whole year...
Ekalin wrote:Weldal wrote:
Carneval only once per year, not the whole year...
Except in Bahia, of course.
Weldal wrote:Yes, you are right, Ekalin, I forgot Bahia: those guys seem that they never get tired of carneval...
Probably they are the jovial Brazilian ones that Luis mentioned...
Weldal wrote:Well, as I said, Carneval only once per year, not the whole year...And most, if not all, naked dancers are women, not men, fortunately...
Saaropean wrote:Ron wrote:Never touch other people, not any part of the body is lisenced. Only very good friends do.
Except for shaking hands, which is, of course, very different from holding hands.
Saaropean wrote:There are a few cases where it's perfectly acceptable that two men kiss each other: if they are not both hetero, or if they are relatives. A man is allowed to give his father a kiss on the cheek. :p
Saaropean wrote:Yes, but on the other hand, you should look into the eyes of the person you are talking to. If you don't, that person might think you're not honest.
Saaropean wrote:Really? I address every adult stranger (except for other students) in formal language, no matter how old they are. But I can't imagine using "Sie" instead of "du" towards my grandparents, for example.
Saaropean wrote:Burping and farting is not only taboo while you're eating...
Saaropean wrote:Here, too, there are a few exceptions: Soup is eaten with a spoon , and the hands can be used for fast food like burgers with fries or a hot dog.
Saaropean wrote:Except in certain TV shows, but that's another topic...
Saaropean wrote:Ron wrote:When you go to the toilet, don't say you want to go to the toilet, but say that you want to wash your hands, or brush your nose.
In an informal situation (I mean among friends or relatives), you can pronounce it.
By the way: I once tried to explain the German expression Ich geh' mal für kleine Jungs/Mädchen to a South American guy, but obviously I failed, since he replied You can come to jail when you do that in my country...
Luis wrote:Touching is allowed and very much used Gesticulation is very important and specially amongst friends, you can touch almost everything Favourite areas though are shoulders, hands, arms, the back, etc
Luis wrote:Ron, there are many Portuguese dishes that need to be eaten using your hands, there's no other way
Luis wrote:Oh, and everyone is invited to everyone's house and you can even drop by uninvited at times
Luis wrote:After all this, Ron and Saaropean, how come you don't want us to label you as 'cold, unfriendly and rude', hehehe
Luis wrote:I can say this is quite different from the evil Dutchmen
They don't even serve food at parties
Plus, when I visited a Dutch family last summer, they offered me 1 cookie! Yes, 1 cookie They gave me one cookie and put the box far away and didn't make me eat more cookies (which were very good by the way) Northeners
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