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Help[Opinions] Re: Where are you from? nt
in reply to a message by queenv
I'm from Sweden.
Maybe it's just me but I usually look at a poster's profile before replying if I know that what we are discussing could be something that varies from country to country (or culture.)
I think it was pretty clear that I'm from a country where nicknames and the original full names are no longer associated with each other and if she then replies by telling me that I'm wrong I think she either didn't really read my reply or just doesn't acknowledge that things could be different elsewhere.
Or maybe I'm overreacting...
Maybe it's just me but I usually look at a poster's profile before replying if I know that what we are discussing could be something that varies from country to country (or culture.)
I think it was pretty clear that I'm from a country where nicknames and the original full names are no longer associated with each other and if she then replies by telling me that I'm wrong I think she either didn't really read my reply or just doesn't acknowledge that things could be different elsewhere.
Or maybe I'm overreacting...
This message was edited 5/29/2009, 7:34 AM
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Okay, so that wasn't the best opening on my part. I apologize.
I do feel that you are overreacting. To say that I am narrow-minded, intolerant and disrespectful other culture just because I think that most people would recognize a nickname is going a bit far. "Where I'm from . . ." doesn't necessarily indicate another culture (You could just be from Wisconsin or something) so I didn't feel the need to check. A simple "That's how it is in Sweden" would have been enough and I would have accepted that.
I do feel that you are overreacting. To say that I am narrow-minded, intolerant and disrespectful other culture just because I think that most people would recognize a nickname is going a bit far. "Where I'm from . . ." doesn't necessarily indicate another culture (You could just be from Wisconsin or something) so I didn't feel the need to check. A simple "That's how it is in Sweden" would have been enough and I would have accepted that.
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It's not another culture, but things do vary from state to state, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin could be totally different in that respect. I know that Upstate New York and the Raleigh area of North Carolina are totally different with names, though I wouldn't say that the culture is different at all.
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I never said you where intolerant or disrespectful of other cultures. But, yeah, I did call you narrow-minded which probably was a bit of an overreaction and not the best way to phrase what I wanted to say.
I owe you an apology. I'm sorry. Truce? :)
I owe you an apology. I'm sorry. Truce? :)
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:)
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