Cross Culture Communication

Friday, December 15, 2006

Do you think men and women write in a different style to each other? If you look at an e-mail (not knowing who it is from), can you tell if it is from a man or a woman?

I think word's expression isn't so different between men and women. For example, this is an e-mail from my man friend. "Hisashiburinikaerutoiine." On the other hand, this is an e-mail from woman friend. "Ohisashiburi~(the first 'o' is the small letter in hiragana)" Thus, it isn't so different style in only the expession. However, women friends use many pitographic characters or face marks, but men friends don't use many them compared with woman's friend. In addition, women like to use small letters such as "sounandaa(the last 'a' is the small letter)", but men doesn't like to use them. Therefore if they use expressions such as this, I may know if it is from a man or a woman.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Have you ever eaten in a foreign restaurant? Did you make any mistakes? Please your experience. Did you learn anything?

I went to the restaurant in Britain in this summer. The dishes all were very delicious. However, I had known there is a system to pay a tip in Britain, but I didn't pay a tip because I didn't know I really should pay it or not. Actually I might have to pay it.
When I was a junior high school student, I went to the restaurant with my friend. (Maybe not a foreign restaurant) I didn't know right how to put a knife and a folk in the middle of eating or after eating then, so my friend taught me it. I thought table manners are so difficult then. I think so even now.