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Originally posted by crenshaw
Its just some additional information, not something to get hung up on, neither something to use to apply 'good' and 'bad' labels to cities and / or countries, and should seen as that.
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Very interesting. My 2c on this:
• Be careful where you make the O.K. gesture (a circle with your thumb and index finger). In France it means zero. In Japan it means money or coins. In Brazil, Germany and Russia it is obscene.
>>>>In desh also it is (?) obscene. But due to the western culture invding, that gesture is slowly turning into O.K.
• While handshakes have generally been adopted around the world, Southeast Asians press the hands together, Japanese bow, and Middle Easterners and many Asians favor a gentle grip.
>>>In desh also, its adopted when greeting older folks indicating respect. I do it with the older folks, desh and here.
DIO
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Originally posted by crenshaw
IMO, the report was released in the west, intended for what a western audience would consider as 'polite', as simple as that.
Its just some additional information, not something to get hung up on, neither something to use to apply 'good' and 'bad' labels to cities and / or countries, and should seen as that.
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Are you there?
The fact that New York ranked the most polite and Toronto ranked third in politeness shows what a lame ass POS survey this is.
Johannesburg South Africa in the middle?
Wow! This really shows how screwed up the survey is. And South Africa is the only place from the continent. What abt Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, etc. Did they miss out Colombo?
Opinions Do Differ !.
http://mboard.rediff.com/board/board.php?boardid=news2006jun21msg
Subject: Chennai is the most rudest city
Different cities seem to be rude to different people. It totally depends on your ethnic and lingustic background. I found Chennai to be the rudest city from the moment I stepped on the Chennai Central Station to the Autowalas who literally were uncoperative and rude and abusive why ...just because you did not understand and speak Tamil.Every where you went it seemed too be the Chennai cities culture to literally punish you if you could not understand or speak Tamil.Worse of all if you spoke amongst yourselves in Hindi then you were given the looks of suspected criminals.
It sucked..!
So my experience was Chennai or Madras was the most ruddest city I ever visited.So I disgaree to the article of Mumbai being the ruddest city in the world, the article must not had taken Chennai in account.
Posted by Aditya Datar on 21-JUN-06
RE:Chennai is the most rudest city
Hi,
I completely agree with you.
Mugdha
Posted by Mugdha Ashtaputre on 21-JUN-06
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Speech by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times....
"When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our
vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, 'think of the
starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my
children: 'Finish your maths homework. Think of the children in India
who would make you starve, if you don't.'"
Sankaracharya,
My travel/work/school has taken me to different parts of Tamil Nadu.
I will agree with your post. Chennai or Madras is a very rude city. People speak "French" or Bad words very freely. Besides there is a "Chennai Tamil" which can be quite blunt, rude and vulgur. Examples would be "Kazhthai, Khasmalam, Baadu" etc... As a kid when i was in Chennai, i used to whine when these words were used when my family members were present. I think that Coimbatore and surrounding areas are the most polite towns of Tamil Nadu.
Also i would like to know if Patna and other areas of Bihar was included in the survey. Looks like they included only Capitals of countries or Financial capitals of countries.
Personally i would not agree that KL (Kuala Lumpur) is a rude city (KL to be at the top of the rudest cities of the world is a joke - http://www.canadiandesi.ca/read.php?TID=13624). I have been there for more than a year and i found people very polite, helpful and no nonsense kind of people.
TK A
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