Cultural Reactions

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• An Englishman didn’t understand an Indian’s frown when he offered him a hamburger.
• A Spanish man raised his left hand in order to greet an Indian lady. He didn’t understand why she refused to greet him.
• An American police officer thought a fellow British police officer had had an accident or had been hurt when he heard him say, “I had a bloody awful week.”
• An American professor doesn’t know how to react to the compliment of a Japanese professor visiting the university. The Japanese professor said: “This university is beautiful and spacious. Compared to this one, my university is so small that it can’t even
• An Irishman complimented a Japanese lady by saying she was beautiful. He didn’t understand her reaction when she said, “No, you’re lying. I’m very ugly.