Cross-cultural issues

[Yorkie]

Just tea and a biscuit?

Not just any old biscuit - a chocolate Hobnob or two. Excellent dunker the Hobnob.

[viabuona]

Not just any old biscuit - a chocolate Hobnob or two. Excellent dunker the Hobnob.

Of course, and an old Scotish Highland tea or two or three or fou ouur fivxs orhm neven

[Yorkie]

Not just any old biscuit - a chocolate Hobnob or two. Excellent dunker the Hobnob.

Of course, and an old Scotish Highland tea or two or three or fou ouur fivxs orhm neven

Scottish Highland tea? Yorkshire Gold blend tea for me. Mind you, Walkers shortbread is rather excellent and morish......

[Murkskis]

Yorkshire Gold blend tea for me. Mind you, Walkers shortbread is rather excellent and morish......

Sounds tasty!

Just had Peppermint tea with Honey! MMM... I even added some Milk to get it not so hot.

My first real introduction with that came at my b&b in London in March. I could help myself to a choice of cereal and yoghurt, tea or coffee, fruit juice, and toast...

I also had full English breakfast at Epsom in March (for the third time, probably)! It was pretty good, I was even able to wait until lunch time

No idea! Please, tell us!

Unfortunately, I can not give you an example, now you'll understand why.

The fact is that in Russian, some oriental surnames and names sound .... indecent. (indecent - it's softly told).

Therefore, commenters replace some letters in the names so as not to arouse the audience laugh.
So it goes.

Yeah, I got it! Thanks!
No need to mention it right now

[Sue]

Last Friday we got this both in english lesson:

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[hannah_kirstin]

Sue, that was hilarious! They taught you that in English class?? Wonder what the Brits think about your diagram.

[Sue]

Yes really, in english class last Friday. Our teacher said its a cartoon & our homework was to describe 'what image of the British do the cartoon convey?' . I wrote that this isn't a realistic image of the British

[Yorkie]

Yes really, in english class last Friday. Our teacher said its a cartoon & our homework was to describe 'what image of the British do the cartoon convey?' . I wrote that this isn't a realistic image of the British

Oh, it's actually pretty accurate.......we are always a bit grumpy on holiday because we can never get a sun bed

[Sue]

Ha ha, really? You fast get a sunburn, right? Our next homework is to make notes about what it meant to be german & I've no idea It's only that we all have a inherited guilty conscience cause of Adolf Hitler & we're grumpy, too.

[natsumi]

Ha ha, really? You fast get a sunburn, right? Our next homework is to make notes about what it meant to be german & I've no idea It's only that we all have a inherited guilty conscience cause of Adolf Hitler & we're grumpy, too.

wow ur english teacher sure makes u do...interesting homework...lol
but that diagram was REALLy funny lol

[TullyBascombe]

Ha ha, really? You fast get a sunburn, right? Our next homework is to make notes about what it meant to be german & I've no idea It's only that we all have a inherited guilty conscience cause of Adolf Hitler & we're grumpy, too.

You could write about your musical heritage.

[Sue]

Good idea Tully
I have 7 key points now..North Sea & Baltic Sea is one, health insurance is one, welfare & income support. Most time the Germans eat away from home (restaurants, bars, snack takeaway, kiosks) & frequently we don't pay with credit cards, more cash here in Germany.

[TullyBascombe]

Don't forget the beer.

[maartendas]

One thing I also associate with Germans is how well-organised and precise they always seem to be. Deutsche Gründlichkeit

[Murkskis]

And Autobahns*
''German autobahns have no general speed limit (though about 47% of the total length is subject to local and/or conditional limits), but the advisory speed limit (Richtgeschwindigkeit) is 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph).''