When introducing someone, the Chinese tend to introduce his title or profession first, The Americans tend to explain what they are doing when meeting people, focusing on the specific matters. And for the name, Chinese think the family is the most important, so family always is the first name. howecer, American's family is the last name.
>>family always is the first name Japan too. That is east asian culture, isnt it?
In The US, when people meet others, they shake hands. In Japan and other asian coutries (I guess), they bow each other. And I think this is biggest difference that Japanese people dont use "How are you?" in our conversation. I meant they rarely use that.
Well...Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country,so definitely there are some different traditionals. The 1st one is the greeting way.When we meet someone,we usually ask the question "did u have ur lunch(or dinner)yet?" instead say "how r u?" like American way.The answer for that question is always a fake answer,haha :) .im just jokking.We always say "i did" even u did or not. The 2nd thing is the difference about personal asking.In U.S.,it is kind of impolite if u ask somebody esle about age,married status,or salary.However,those question are very common in Vietnam.After greeting,we are going to ask those question each other.Also,they may have some more asking like "what does ur wife(ur husband) do?" , "how many children do u have?" , "how old are they?" and so on....
America is really different from my country. In my country, if people dont know each others, they wont say hi to the others. But here in America, people always say hi and very friendly. I think people in my country are kinda selfish and not really helpful at all. I told you about some bad things about my countr but i still love it because it has tet's holidy which is very important holiday, and it's really traditional. And i agree with Abby because she lived in the same country with me before. And also i agree with both masaru and tony that family name is the first name, and it's asian culture like masaru said.
(: The most important holiday is Thai New Year " Song Karn" .It is really different from America . Song Karn become many reasons. First,It has 5 days celebration. Second,We visited our older relative to show espect. Third,We uesd water to celebrate this holiday.People throw water to each other for fun.so I love this holiday and look general to celebrate in my hometown.:)
Hieu talked about friendly Americans. I wanted to say there's a difference from place to place. Many people would say Seattleites are more friendly and helpful to strangers than New Yorkers, for example. I personally think the whole West Coast is more relaxed and friendly than the East Coast, but I'm sure some Americans would disagree! I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, a city about the same size as Seattle. People were less friendly there. We thought that smiling at a stranger could lead to trouble so it was better not to make eye contact. I was surprised when I moved to Oregon and everyone smiled at each other.
There's a big difference between "friendliness" and becoming "friends" though. I've heard lots of people from other countries say it's really difficult to make an American friend. People will be very kind to you but not invite you to dinner or a party. Generally, I think it takes a long time to move from an "acquaintance" to "friend" here. We're always so busy that we don't always relax and just enjoy spending time with people!
Hieu and Debbie talk about how friendly american people are and even though Debbie said New yorkers are less friendly than people from the west coast, the yare still more friendly than japanese people. in japan, people almost never talk to strangers. in the us, people often ask me the place where i usully buy shoes. this seldom happens in japan. if you talk to the other you dont know at all, they might think you are a werid person. anyway, i like the way american people are since it is easier to be friends in that way.
haha...i like abby's comment,because it is really same stuition.People said,"did u have ur lunch(or dinner)yet?" instead say "how r u?" That's also sounds friendly.However,we dunt hug or kiss when we meet other friends.In fact, i thought its depends on the his or her personality and behavior. I like Tony's comment that i was totally agree.
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When introducing someone, the Chinese tend to introduce his title or profession first, The Americans tend to explain what they are doing when meeting people, focusing on the specific matters.
And for the name, Chinese think the family is the most important, so family always is the first name. howecer, American's family is the last name.
>>family always is the first name
Japan too.
That is east asian culture, isnt it?
In The US, when people meet others, they shake hands. In Japan and other asian coutries (I guess), they bow each other.
And I think this is biggest difference that Japanese people dont use "How are you?" in our conversation. I meant they rarely use that.
Well...Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country,so definitely there are some different traditionals.
The 1st one is the greeting way.When we meet someone,we usually ask the question "did u have ur lunch(or dinner)yet?" instead say "how r u?" like American way.The answer for that question is always a fake answer,haha :) .im just jokking.We always say "i did" even u did or not.
The 2nd thing is the difference about personal asking.In U.S.,it is kind of impolite if u ask somebody esle about age,married status,or salary.However,those question are very common in Vietnam.After greeting,we are going to ask those question each other.Also,they may have some more asking like "what does ur wife(ur husband) do?" , "how many children do u have?" , "how old are they?" and so on....
America is really different from my country. In my country, if people dont know each others, they wont say hi to the others. But here in America, people always say hi and very friendly. I think people in my country are kinda selfish and not really helpful at all.
I told you about some bad things about my countr but i still love it because it has tet's holidy which is very important holiday, and it's really traditional.
And i agree with Abby because she lived in the same country with me before.
And also i agree with both masaru and tony that family name is the first name, and it's asian culture like masaru said.
(: The most important holiday is Thai New Year " Song Karn" .It is really different from America . Song Karn become many reasons. First,It has 5 days celebration.
Second,We visited our older relative to show espect. Third,We uesd water to celebrate this holiday.People throw water to each other for fun.so I love this holiday and look general to celebrate in my hometown.:)
Hieu talked about friendly Americans. I wanted to say there's a difference from place to place. Many people would say Seattleites are more friendly and helpful to strangers than New Yorkers, for example. I personally think the whole West Coast is more relaxed and friendly than the East Coast, but I'm sure some Americans would disagree! I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, a city about the same size as Seattle. People were less friendly there. We thought that smiling at a stranger could lead to trouble so it was better not to make eye contact. I was surprised when I moved to Oregon and everyone smiled at each other.
There's a big difference between "friendliness" and becoming "friends" though. I've heard lots of people from other countries say it's really difficult to make an American friend. People will be very kind to you but not invite you to dinner or a party. Generally, I think it takes a long time to move from an "acquaintance" to "friend" here. We're always so busy that we don't always relax and just enjoy spending time with people!
Hieu and Debbie talk about how friendly american people are and even though Debbie said New yorkers are less friendly than people from the west coast, the yare still more friendly than japanese people. in japan, people almost never talk to strangers. in the us, people often ask me the place where i usully buy shoes. this seldom happens in japan. if you talk to the other you dont know at all, they might think you are a werid person. anyway, i like the way american people are since it is easier to be friends in that way.
haha...i like abby's comment,because it is really same stuition.People said,"did u have ur lunch(or dinner)yet?" instead say "how r u?" That's also sounds friendly.However,we dunt hug or kiss when we meet other friends.In fact, i thought its depends on the his or her personality and behavior. I like Tony's comment that i was totally agree.
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