We can't pretend and say "oh, it's just the culture..."
For me , it is racism. I don't want to go to far in that subject because i never experienced it (yet) and i don't want to start a whole debate.
But i can compare that to one situation that ha...
It is said that extremely nationalist Japanese like to call themselves Nippon-jin, instead on Nihon-jin.
Many Japanese consider that a foreigner cannot learn the Japanese language properly. What is the reality under the apparent politeness and ent...
Yes that's true! My dad works with Taiwanese people, and they absolutely don't seem to mind the loud slurping sound; which in France is considered really impolite.
As for the chopstick problem, I do sometimes put both chopstics together and just "...
I am an undergraduate of linguistics and literature. So far I have learned languages from the Romance and Germanic group and have decided to try out another language group.