tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46713666937837330352024-12-19T03:26:17.170+00:00Culture Bumps is a collection of confusing, strange, irritating, embarrassing, or amusing situations in intercultural communication. If you're interested in cultural differences, you'll love this site!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4671366693783733035.post-14032396794903496522013-09-21T23:32:00.001+01:002013-09-23T12:41:52.629+01:00"When I first moved to Singapore I met a woman in the lobby of my apartment block who was naturally curious about a foreigner living near her so she genuinely tried to be friendly to me. Part way through the conversation she asked me if I'd eaten yet and I got scared that she was going to invite me over for lunch and start introducing me to her family etc. So I made up all sorts of excuses that I'd eaten, what I'd eaten and where. For the next few weeks I tried my best to avoid her every time I saw her.<br /> <br /> Only later, I realised that the question "have you eaten?" is just the Singapore way of asking "how are you?" just like the British talk about the weather as a conversation starter. It turns out to be a completely harmless question."<br /> <br /> Mark (male), United Kingdom<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/culturebumps/main</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0