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    16-11-2011
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    The word "NO" doesn't mean the same thing in all countries!!

    I learned this and I will try to explain this by using 2 examples:

    example 1 : 
    A while ago, I met a russian girl (an erasmus-student)  
    One evening she invited me for a cup of of tea....In Belgium, we would never do this, it's just a habit that young people normally don't do. For us, this is something for old people?! (=Cultural difference)

    But I just couldn't say "NO" to her because she insisted ... So I agreed ...
    Then she also insisted that I ate a cookie. She REALLY INSISTED. It even made me feel that it would be very rude to say "NO". It made me feel as if I would have said "NO" to her, she would think that I didn't like her. So, I ate one, but wasn't hungry AT ALLEmbarassed, but she was happy Cool 

    example 2 :
    Almost the same thing happened to me with a Turkish girl. She asked me to come to a party....
    BUT I had a test the next day Arrow so I had to study Exclamation
    In this example I did say "NO" because of the test. And, as I expected a little bit, she didn't really understand that.
    A Belgian girl would understand this giving the circumstances but it seems that, if a girl asks you something in Turkey, all men normally say "YES". The girls see it as an insult if you say "NO" to them, the reason why is less important.

    Conclusion :
    Think twice before saying "YES" or "NO". And always watch out that the other person interprets this "YES" or "NO" the way that YOU mean it!

    16-11-2011, 00:00 Geschreven door Tim Vanbelle  


    13-11-2011
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    Welcome to my blog everybody!!

    Because of a course called "Cross Cultural Communication", I have to make a blog !

    As you all know, for the moment, there is no such thing as a "world culture". Every place on earth that we visit, we see differences in:

    -languages
    -habits
    -religion
    -behavior
    -looks
    -...

    The course deals about these cultural differences and intercultural communication ( The communication between persons of different cultures).

    Soooooo... Idea
    From now on I will try to get in touch with as many foreigners as possible and post all these international experiences over HERE...
    I look forward to this assignment and I'm very curious about the cultural differences/difficulties that I will encounter ! Razz

    See you soon!

    13-11-2011, 00:00 Geschreven door Tim Vanbelle  



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