Re: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 21:42 9-6-01 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:

>I forgot one point.  People here for just a week or two not really expected
>to significantly change their mannerisms to match the US norm.  All that
>should be expected is for them to accept that things are not done exactly
>the same way here as at home. In other words, adapting, not conforming  to
>the US norms. My understanding, from what you said, is that you would
>consider an American who does this rude.

Then, unfortunately, you misinterpreted my post. I guess this can be 
contributed to my exact choice of words. For instance, I can't immediately 
tell the difference between "adapting to" and "conforming to" without 
getting a dictionary. English is after all not my own language.


Jeroen

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