Cultural differences.

There's a big cultural differences between west and my country.For example in the west if u tell a guy that his gf is hot,that would be a compliement to him,and he would feel proud.I was proud too hearing that from my colleques in London and my answer ussualy was "yes she is hot but she is not for u!"with smile.
But here in Azerbaijan ,if u tell a guy that his gf or his wife is hot,he would beat u up cos he would think that u wanna fu*k his wife.

In the west if u tell someone that he is funny that would mean that he is cool guy.But in my country that would be an offensive word like u r funny as a clawn.doh

What odd cultural differences ur country got with other countries?grin

Yeah,also talking about farts in my country is rude and tasteless topic.But in the west its quite hot topicrolling on the floor laughing
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Ariel u ve surprised me.The facts that u ve given is exactly the same herewave wine wine
Rummy here we combine some Western and Eastern treats so we might have things in common wink wave
Hi Rum. There are a lot of Filipino cultural practices that really differs from the west. Example is; Filipino children are taught the use of "po" (yes) and "opo" (also means yes) when addressing the elderly people. They also use other addresses such as Kuya (brother) or Ate (sister) before saying the name such as Kuya ____ (for an older brother) or Ate ____ (for older sister). In the west they do not have any of those addresses when calling somebody who is older than they are. They just call them their names regardless of whether they are older or not. An
yes there are many differences

i call it the clash of culture . laugh

in the west its not approprate for men to look at school girls (but ask the girls )

in philippines . . the school girls are calling me to caht them and sit with themrolling on the floor laughing

in philippines its so normal for older men to get young lover or wife . . in the west it is considered sick

in the west ...when your older your kids have less and less to do with you . . your not important and your time is past .. .

in philippines life revolves around family and elders

teddybear
Shay in that case,we r like west.we say only brother or sister.we dont have name for a older brother or sister.grin wine

Ariel ,agree same here.my country geograhically situates half in Europe and half in Asia,so the western and eastern culture is mixed here.

Laz,no worries babe,as i told u ,i know what u meanthug grin
We have no swear words in our maori language, the worst thing we could say would be (translated) "I going to chopped your head off"..laugh..actually its not a laughing matter...its better to run if you ever hear that.
Not really, it hasnt been used since last century...wave roll eyes

Women pay for dinner here, I just made that up... laugh
Mr Lonely.yes here is family is very important too.but no old man with young girls.that would look odd.and if u r talking about schoolgirls then its padeiphilia and he would get arrestedcheers
wow Ru4.ur languages must be the best language in the world if theres no swearing.we have many swearing words heredoh laugh and i dont mind the last sentence if was truecheers
rummy

exactlyrolling on the floor laughing


clash of culturescheers
why don't they arrest the school girlslaugh rolling on the floor laughing
man,what r u talking about?laugh

hold on,u mean its legal to date a schoolgirls in fillipines?
hey man . . they are in collage at 16.....

if you want to date a teen and the parents consent . . yes you can date 14 and up . . 18 is fully legal . .

kind of like canada...concent in canada is 14 (without the parents concent or knowledge)

under 14 is statutary . .

chinas age of concent is 14 . .many countries are very liberal when it comes to datingcheers

hey . . ..we are talking about cultural differences . . . stay away from the young girlsdoh they may be too much troudoh doh

a retired pastor 61 years married a 16 year old girllaugh rolling on the floor laughing
Mr.r u sure about 14.thats odd.in here it was 17 ubtill now but new law is 18.so if u date under 18 ,u r in trouble.looks man u need to give up young girls.u might get a heart attack from thatlaugh cheers
In Mexico, and/or Spanish speaking areas in America, we Latinos use the word "jefe" as a title of respect for bosses or an elderly man. For women it would be "jefa". The word means "chief" or leader among other definitions of a leader.

I suppose that if an American anglo called his father or mother "chief" or "leader" they may not like it!!
yes rummy

most of eastern europe is 18 . . . but spain is 13 .lollaugh
yes Ed,that would sound strange here too,if we called our parents a chiefcheers
yes 18 is the clear age of consent in philippines . .

and under 14 is statutary . .

so 14 to 17 is ok with parents consent . . .but that consent can be withdrawn , , , so be very careful . . its not clear cut like china . .14 is the age of consent clear cutdevil
now u r kidding,Mr.leave alone the little girls,pleasescold cheers
@. Mr.Lonely why you send me so much choclates you wana make me fat? uh oh doh

i prefer oranges or flowers. grin
Laz,dont complain.we can it mr lonelie;s chocolates together while practicing our language
rolling on the floor laughing We must understand or learned cultural differences before stepping other country otherwise were all in trouble..rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Mr. Lonely : doh Ephebophilia .
Sino,agreethumbs up wine
ok Rummy i did not know you like choclate, but shhh! now i know i keep it all for you. lips

Can't wait for the practice english and we will have choclate also not just books. laugh roll eyes
Hi Prima, do not tell him twice coz he send you my choclate. wink
Primathumbs up thats a new word to me,i ve learned todaygrin wine




ZLaz shall we add some wine to our lesson decerts?wine grin
Do you guys have good wine if not we order one form Spain wink

hug wine
Lazly : too late. rolling on the floor laughing I have got also chocolate heart. laugh
awww! i told you he is a gentalmen applause
Lazly : I would prefer a gentleman. laugh wine
Rummy shhh! i gona get friendly with Mr. Cap from Spain he will send us a bottle of good wine for our lessons and we share it with Prima also she helped here wink
Calpe,thumbs up thanx.people here would get to jail too,for beating up somebody,but they dont care when its about their family honour or pridecheers
spanish wine is not that good.....but its very cheep...at €1.50 a bottle
Wow Laz.sounds sausy 3 of us having lesson in the dark room with chocolate and wine.10 k will get an heart attack of his jealousy hearing this .smitten laugh rolling on the floor laughing wine
Calpe,sherry is not badcheers



Laz,shall we call Ariel to join us too?She knows how to check the things in the pants rightwink banana banana
Prima.same here.no shoose in the house,and men pay for everything.grin wine
mr lonely boy..hi

Im gob smacked... every day i learn something new !
obviously..
Was not aware, find it hard to believe, however, is that incases when both parties are under 18 or are you saying its legal for a 13 yr old to go with a much older person ?
never mind...its not important.... interesting though, even tho Spain is extremely autonomos, so this could be the case in some areas , but not others ? I dont know?
nevertheless, im looking for someone within my own kind of age group.. maybe a tad younger, as Im very immature for my age rolling on the floor laughing
but wouldnt want to go less than 15 years my age....conversation would be a bit difficult ?

ha ha
cheers
In Germany I am not used to still laugh if applause at the meeting, they knocked at the table. rolling on the floor laughing
Here in Rumania usually if the man invite you he pay, but if you invite him then you pay the diner.
which country is it that you shake your head from side to side for YES, and knod up and down for NO, where as us Brits are the other way around ?
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