User Comments - lunetta
lunetta
Posted on: Studying Japanese
October 10, 2007 at 2:31 PMHonestly I don't think it's just in China you'll run into conversations like that. The topics might be a bit different from culture to culture but it happens everywhere and we've probably all done it ourselves at one point or the other. People are usually just curious and wants to start a conversation with you. It only gets really annoying when it comes from people who are supposed to know you...
Posted on: #19
October 10, 2007 at 9:00 AMHmm, did you do a search of the words 'boat, love, drugs' on imdb? Because then you get Miami Vice 2006 as one of the only movies.. I'm such an imbd cheater... ;-)
Posted on: Treating and Foreigners on TV
October 5, 2007 at 11:20 PMJoachim, that just goes to show how much I remember of what I read. ;-) Still, I think it's interesting to hear exactly what these analogies are as they vary from culture to culture.
Posted on: Treating and Foreigners on TV
October 5, 2007 at 5:36 PMI definitely think you should do something on the ideas about food that the doctors were discussing. I have met some of the same ideas in other cultures as well and it can sometimes be difficult to understand this way of thinking.
Posted on: Too Fat
October 3, 2007 at 9:45 AMNicolas, thanks, that did the trick.
Posted on: Too Fat
October 3, 2007 at 8:35 AMThere's something strange going on with the picture. Just when I logged in it was of a fat guy but after navigating the site a bit it's the picture from the Don't Leave lesson.
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 2, 2007 at 9:42 AMMike, I felt the same way until earlier today when I swallowed the bait, hook, sinker and all. I feel trolled upon and that's not a good thing to happen in any forum. Nicolas himself has admitted to liking endless debates in the comment above but that's a very dangerous thing to do in a forum like this as people easily misunderstand each other and get upset. I like coming here because everyone is usually playing nice and I want to keep it that way, just like I don't want any newcomers to be scared away by a bad tone. At least Nicolas had the decency to reveal himself and giving us a chance to stop wasting our time and energy.
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 2, 2007 at 8:07 AMWell, Nicolas, I'm not quite sure what it is you want to achieve by going on about this subject but I don't see the Cpod conversations as much different from other kinds of group work in schools. We all learn by talking with other learners about what we learn and if we should get something seriously wrong I'm sure the academic team will give us a hand.
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
October 2, 2007 at 7:02 AMNicolas, are you seriously saying that the language rules set by books and dictionaries are more important than the actual use of the language? I'm sorry but if large group of people say something I would consider that to be correct language no matter what the dictionary says. And I would like to challange the notion of correct language as well. Who actually decides what it is?
Posted on: Table Manners and Tipping
October 13, 2007 at 9:19 AMI just want to point out that not all westerners come from cultures with heavy tipping like the US and Canada. In Denmark we almost never give tips, usually only at restaurants and often not even there. However, I don't think anyone is going to be offended if you do tip them.