Actually,intercultural understanding is hard to know what is important. Generally,in every country an alien critic to our own culture is fail to get touch with our cultural sensitivity.
Now I am studying German as a foreign language. For example It is difficult for non German speaker to use "Sie and Du"(either is "You" in English).We cannot understood how Germany use "Sie and Du" in English Culture. In some case, to change the word "Sie"to"Du" means"I Love You".But recently I heard that young people prefer to use "Du",and some couples call "Sie"each other. Therefor intercultural understanding is difficult.
By the way , Japanese often misuse an complex honorific expression even though their own language. Why can aliens understand such like that?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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