Weird foreign customs.

[Garth Vader]

I noticed that noisy eating thing too. That is really annoying.

[monolith94]

"monolith, with fish? You really lost me there. What are you trying to say?"

Lutefisk, fish in jars covered with nasty sauces, all sorts of strange herrings, pickled, etcetera etcetera...

[Mao]

Small question: Why is the international abbreviation for bathroom "WC"? Did I miss something?

[Paul Hanson]

On the subject of weird customs, in the United States it's considered normal to search 18 year old Europeans for concealed weapons and explosives before boarding transatlantic flights.

[Mao]

See my sig about toliet paper.

At any rate, mindseye, I found actually the opposite to be true about noise in China. In cities, they speak that way because god knows how much noise is around. In the countryside, they're just lonely. It doesn't seem to be a matter of culture as much as one of wealth. Going into a low-income housing establishment, you'll notice lots of shouts much, much louder than anywhere in China. Whereas if you go into the suburbs, you don't hear that. Just my two cents.

As for the sweating thing...yeah...I don't smell bad...

[Gangerolf]

danish numbers are pretty weird. they're based on a "snes" which is 20. 60 is "tre snes" ("three snes") and is called tres. 80 is "fire snes" ("four snes") and therefore called fjers. 50 is halvtres ("half tres"). 70 is halvfjers ("half fjers"). 90 is halvfems "half fems", altough 100 is not fems, it's hundrede.

[Az]

It's the same system in French, AFAIK. and yes, it's stupid.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
danish numbers are pretty weird. they're based on a "snes" which is 20. 60 is "tre snes" ("three snes") and is called tres. 80 is "fire snes" ("four snes") and therefore called fjers. 50 is halvtres ("half tres"). 70 is halvfjers ("half fjers"). 90 is halvfems "half fems", altough 100 is not fems, it's hundrede.

"Snes" is pretty old, only seldom used today... It's actually that seldom, I didn't even know, one "Snes" is 20

Though what's funny about our numbers is the fact that we read numbers in a different way:

85 is read as 5 and 80 (femogfirs => Fem = 5 => firs = 80)

No, 80 is not fjers as you say

[Gangerolf]

No, 80 is not fjers as you say

some people say fjers right?

and why do your 50kr notes say femti and not halvtres?

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
some people say fjers right?

It might sound like, since 'j' and 'i' sometimes can sounds alike, and if you should spell it, how it's pronounced, then it might be "fiers"

Originally posted by Gangerolf
and why do your 50kr notes say femti and not halvtres?

"Femti" is old language, don't know why they still print it on the money though... My grandmother still writes that way though...

[Lars-E]

Weird custom: Americans don't dress up for big holidays.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Lars-E
Weird custom: Americans don't dress up for big holidays.

Why should you

[Lars-E]

I am not saying you should just that it's a weird custom. We were invited by an American family to have dinner with them on Christmas Day and they wore t-shirts and shorts. Us the guests had nice clothes on. Different customs perceived as weird by us (at that time at least).

Americans dress up only at work (or in workrelated situations).

[Adagio]

T-shirt is nice clothes...

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Lars-E
I am not saying you should just that it's a weird custom. We were invited by an American family to have dinner with them on Christmas Day and they wore t-shirts and shorts. Us the guests had nice clothes on. Different customs perceived as weird by us (at that time at least).

Americans dress up only at work (or in workrelated situations).

or when you wanna impress a chick, like when you go out or something