There has been this big do at our institute. International relationships etc.
There was this one senior diplomat who said that the point of friction was the lack of cultural communication.Though all countries spoke English-the interpretation was totally a cultural phenomenon.I agree. 'Yo' to a US person is hello. 'Yo' in Tamil is like hey you (@#$%^&*) not invective but would imply some degree of annoyance.
another professor remarked in another conversation that the mountain people all have a way of greeting that is a peculiar narrative style .They start by asking for a story- whats the story. something like "Kya kahani hai ?" in hindi. They also begin a reply with Eisa hai na ......
Which brings me to the subject of languages.
I am going in for french classes from Monday.
on a lighter note
check out this quiz that I picked from another blog coder or killer
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/
I scored 8/10. Shows my psychology background .
2 comments:
Hello Mansi,
Being no psychologist I scored a perfect 10/10 !! Guess what my score card read, "You had spot Hannibal Lector in seconds at an Open Source Conference.Your liver is safe"
S.Sharath Chandra
That was a strange game to say the least. You know if you're looking for a flash game that is both scary and artistic check out 99rooms. http://www.99rooms.com/ It's really great.
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