tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913157982575363844.post701416656209813673..comments2023-09-04T09:07:51.504-04:00Comments on Slushbusters: Pizza Porridge, PleaseMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05192888587472646161noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913157982575363844.post-62631629196316431632009-01-09T14:19:00.000-05:002009-01-09T14:19:00.000-05:00I am a volunteer reader for Recording for the Blin...I am a volunteer reader for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic. <BR/><BR/>I never know what I will be asked to read.<BR/><BR/>Recently I was reading a book of American customs written for new immigrants to the USA. Wow, it was interesting to see what is normal or obvious to us written as if it is a strange custom somene needs to be counselled about.<BR/><BR/>For example, you can be early for a doctor's appointment but not late. You can be late to a party but not early. Etc.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684163977121111477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913157982575363844.post-83214169696920632712009-01-09T14:14:00.000-05:002009-01-09T14:14:00.000-05:00Which brings me back to my friend Lars the exchang...Which brings me back to my friend Lars the exchange student from Sweden. Someone called him Babycakes and he started calling her Adult Pie.<BR/><BR/>Funny how we can't see in our own language that which is confusing and makes no sense to others. <BR/><BR/>I think that is true for culture in general, we can pick on and judge other people's customs and religions etc because we are seeign it as an outsider. We don't see those things in our culture. <BR/><BR/>We should at least try to understand how it could be that someone from another culture would see it differently. And therefore remember that there is always more than one way to look at something, even if we don't see that at first.<BR/><BR/>I guess in the Netherlands they have butter on their noses while here in the USA we have bloody noses from having our noses to the grindstone....Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684163977121111477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913157982575363844.post-32142261762298584532009-01-08T10:45:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:45:00.000-05:00I loved this post, Lisa! You learn so much about ...I loved this post, Lisa! You learn so much about a culture from its idioms. I was in the Curry library last year and saw a book about idioms of American Sign Language. I so wanted to get it, but it was in Reference and I had to run. <BR/><BR/>I should look that up...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06909176210194176373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913157982575363844.post-60341140432734437912009-01-07T10:03:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:03:00.000-05:00My mom teaches English as a second language to adu...My mom teaches English as a second language to adults, and I've thought about idioms and odd words in our language too. I went with her once to a county fair on a field trip, and looking around the food stalls, I wondered what the foreigners thought. "You did talk to them about the food, right?" I asked. She hadn't. I wondered about all those students befuddled about chili dogs, elephant ears and cotton candy.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192888587472646161noreply@blogger.com