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enthusiasticBoy

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

December 27, 2007
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In my opinion , we can share our information to improve our skills exactly our craft in speaking and writing English,what's your idea?

  • 1st information:In my Country ,it's the custom to take your shoes off your shoes when you go to somebody house's
  • 2nd information: In my Country,when you meet someone for the first time you aren't supposed to kiss him or her.
  • 3rd information: In my Country, when you go out with your friends it's not acceptable to share the expenses (often).
  • 4th information: In my Country, its not acceptable to point to anyone with your finger exactly in formal situations.
  1. what your culture follow any of these customs?
  2. Do any of these customs seem unusual to you?Expalin.
  3. what customs should a visitor to your country know about? 

Please send me your idea and answers ,


Let's get to gether soon  (( LaughingLaughing ))

 

 My friends Comments:

From: Reem_Oman
Sent: 06:02 AM Dec 29 2007
Message:

Reem_Oman

Hi Mehdi ...
How r u ?? I hope to be fine .
How is your family ?? I hope you all best .

I´m fine too . Thanks 4 the lovely message . I really liked it and I liked the information that u wrote .

I think it´s a good way to practice writing . You are genious ( you deserve a star for the idea )

The custom in your country is almost close to mine ... so I didn´t consider any of them is unusuall .

We also take our shoes off when enter anybody´s house to show respect .
We also considered it impoliteness to point to sb in public .

In Oman it´s must to wear ( abaia ) black ,long dress ( it´s for wamen ) so we can´t go out with out wearing it .

In Oman we can´t shake hand with strangers , but if it´s a woman we shake her hand to show respect and we don´t have to kiss her .

I hope you enjoy the message ...
bye ..
see u soon

 

 

From: OffTheWall
Sent: 09:18 AM Dec 30 2007
Message:

OffTheWall

Thank you my friend, i'm fine i hope you too.

The weather here in France is not very cold, it's sometimes rainy and quite smooth.

What a good idea you have ! It's a good thing to exchange our lifestyle like that.

You know here in France, there are many people from different and various origins.

So when somebody come to the house of someone, he doesn't take his shoes off, except if he come upstair in rooms.It's not all time like that, it depends of people and places.

In France, if you meet someone for the first time you can kiss her, it depends with some people you kiss her and with other you don't. But with mens you only shake hands generally. With friends from Africa or Middle East you can kiss them even if there are mens. And if you shake hands, you can bring your hands to your heart after. It means that you like your friend.

If you go out with your friend, sometimes we share expenses with natives French, and like you we don't share with friends from other cultures.

In France also, it's not very polite to point someone with you finger.

In France, when you eat it's better to eat with your right hand.

Friday is a special day for muslims, and sunday is special for christians. So for me even if I'm not a hard believer, we eat with all my family a special dish name 'Kesksou' or sometimes a 'Tajine' after buying hallal food.

French like very much bread, there are about 100 sorts of bread here. We like also bakeries and cakes and chocolate (many sorts exists also)
 

 

Komodia
Re: In my Country ,it's the custom to... by Komodia
05:13 PM Dec 27 2007

 That's fun!..

About the first information, here taking off your shoes without asking would be, at least, weird, unless you are good friends with that person and he/she isn't very formal.

About the second one, here you greet everyone with a kiss on the cheek, unless you're a man meeting another man, then it's more common to have a disctinctive greeting with your hands, if you're young. If not, then a regular hand greeting would be perfect. Anyways, it's not bad to greet with a kiss on the cheek if you're a guy who has a good male friend.

About the third one.. I had never thought of that! It really depends on the situation, but you usually share the expenses. It's not weird to do so.

About the fourth one. Here it's not really accepted or not accepted.. It depends on the situation. But in an informal situation there's no problem about it.. Usually I point someone with my finger when I have to say something like "youu bastard left me alone that night ¬¬!!" with a non-serious face hahaha, and it's considered a joke.

 

 

If you're a foreigner coming here (Chile, south america) you should know that here we have a "normal occidental culture" hahaha.. But people are, mostly, more open minded. Not many relatively young people are really religious (at least in the capital city), though the most important religion here is catholicism. With that I mean that maybe many people believe in god and consider themselves christian, but not many people go to church every sunday. Then being intolerant to any religion would be considered very rude to most of the people here.

And you should also know that people in Chile curse a lot, but it's not meant to harm anyone. It's just a way to express xD.. Of course you shouldn't curse in formal situations, but being with friends it's more than normal. We also have a very particular sense of humor, love to tell double-sense jokes, and some people are very ironic (in some particular cases, too much. but most of them just make you laugh). So if you ever come here you should just relax and enjoy, if you're coming to meet people informally. Here people really know how to enjoy themselves, and how to make other people enjoy Laughing

 

 

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05:13 PM Dec 27 2007

Komodia

Komodia
Chile

 That's fun!..

About the first information, here taking off your shoes without asking would be, at least, weird, unless you are good friends with that person and he/she isn't very formal.

About the second one, here you greet everyone with a kiss on the cheek, unless you're a man meeting another man, then it's more common to have a disctinctive greeting with your hands, if you're young. If not, then a regular hand greeting would be perfect. Anyways, it's not bad to greet with a kiss on the cheek if you're a guy who has a good male friend.

About the third one.. I had never thought of that! It really depends on the situation, but you usually share the expenses. It's not weird to do so.

About the fourth one. Here it's not really accepted or not accepted.. It depends on the situation. But in an informal situation there's no problem about it.. Usually I point someone with my finger when I have to say something like "youu bastard left me alone that night ¬¬!!" with a non-serious face hahaha, and it's considered a joke.

 

 

If you're a foreigner coming here (Chile, south america) you should know that here we have a "normal occidental culture" hahaha.. But people are, mostly, more open minded. Not many relatively young people are really religious (at least in the capital city), though the most important religion here is catholicism. With that I mean that maybe many people believe in god and consider themselves christian, but not many people go to church every sunday. Then being intolerant to any religion would be considered very rude to most of the people here.

And you should also know that people in Chile curse a lot, but it's not meant to harm anyone. It's just a way to express xD.. Of course you shouldn't curse in formal situations, but being with friends it's more than normal. We also have a very particular sense of humor, love to tell double-sense jokes, and some people are very ironic (in some particular cases, too much. but most of them just make you laugh). So if you ever come here you should just relax and enjoy, if you're coming to meet people informally. Here people really know how to enjoy themselves, and how to make other people enjoy Laughing