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Culture Clashes: March 2009
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WHEN IN ROME . Even my teddy bear now has a Facebook profile. So, where does the teddy bear fit into this picture? To those of you who may be afraid I have now, finally, lost my marbles, I can assure you I am of perfectly sound mind! Surely not the teddy bears, themselves? On a more serious note, I do understand there needs to be rules, but I see no harm in teddy bear fans. Next step: how does one find friends? Above: Oatmeal Bear, who is quite a smart dresser and seems to have a lot of outfits!
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Culture Clashes: July 2008
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WHEN IN ROME . I did not go by either parachute or submarine, but otherwise I think I used lots of different means of transportation. My own two feet (a lot), bicycles, cars, busses, local trains, metro, trams, Shinkansen (a lot), ferries, planes…. Old bangers coming down the road regularly. I didn’t see that in Japan. And my friends drive the coolest cars I have seen in a very, very long time. In the picture above is a Mazda MX-5 near Mount Aso in central Kyushu. Please read comments for correction!
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Culture Clashes: Sports: Misleading names and titles?
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WHEN IN ROME . Sports: Misleading names and titles? What do Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), Carl Froch (England), Lucian Bute (Belgium) and Károly Balzsay (Hungary) have in common? They are all current professional world boxing champions in super middleweight! Now, my question is: how can four athletes be the world champion at the same time? Then again, I suppose there is not much logic about the names given to championships and leagues. E.g. The World. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Sites to Check Out.
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Culture Clashes: National Stereotypes and Prejudices
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WHEN IN ROME . National Stereotypes and Prejudices. Unfortunately, the animation above is not working on mobile devices). It made me wonder how jokes about stereotypic national characteristics started. They have been going on for centuries but don’t seem to be rooted in real experiences, so where do they come from? Why does a cartoonist draw a Frenchman wearing a beret, a striped T-shirt, red scarf around his neck and holding a baguette? Please post a comment. Love the slide show! Danes leave their babie...
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Culture Clashes: October 2008
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WHEN IN ROME . I have come across a few music playgrounds during the last couple of years. It wouldn't be fair to say that they are a common phemomenon, but there are a few of them around. However, I have only seen them in Denmark, and I would be happy to hear if anyone has information about any similar playgrounds in other countries. The instrument made of the plastic drainpipes is known as a 'tæskofon'. The closest equivalent I can come up with in English would be a 'slappophone'. Sites to Check Out.
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Culture Clashes: Reporting - Authenticity or Manipulation?
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WHEN IN ROME . Reporting - Authenticity or Manipulation? With hindsight it’s easy to see I should have stopped them. I don’t like being manipulated. Couldn’t you speak with a heavy Danish accent or something? In the clips they ended up using there were just young people who said they were happy getting a new chance in the educational system. What the two girls in the front row are looking at, or whom they are talking to, remains unknown to me, as there was nobody behind the teacher’s desk!
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Culture Clashes: May 2009
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WHEN IN ROME . Sports: Misleading names and titles? What do Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), Carl Froch (England), Lucian Bute (Belgium) and Károly Balzsay (Hungary) have in common? They are all current professional world boxing champions in super middleweight! Now, my question is: how can four athletes be the world champion at the same time? Then again, I suppose there is not much logic about the names given to championships and leagues. E.g. The World. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Culture Clashes: November 2008
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WHEN IN ROME . One of the first words I learned in Japanese was koke (moss). It was everywhere. We tend to look upon it as a weed at home and do what we can to get rid of it. I returned home with a completely different view. It was so beautiful, especially at the rock gardens, when the sun would shine on it. One of the things that left the most lasting memory with me was walking through the literally thousands of red torii by the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto. When you looked at one gate at a ...
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Culture Clashes: Even my teddy bear now has a Facebook profile
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WHEN IN ROME . Even my teddy bear now has a Facebook profile. So, where does the teddy bear fit into this picture? To those of you who may be afraid I have now, finally, lost my marbles, I can assure you I am of perfectly sound mind! Surely not the teddy bears, themselves? On a more serious note, I do understand there needs to be rules, but I see no harm in teddy bear fans. Next step: how does one find friends? Above: Oatmeal Bear, who is quite a smart dresser and seems to have a lot of outfits!
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Culture Clashes: December 2008
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WHEN IN ROME . Reporting - Authenticity or Manipulation? With hindsight it’s easy to see I should have stopped them. I don’t like being manipulated. Couldn’t you speak with a heavy Danish accent or something? In the clips they ended up using there were just young people who said they were happy getting a new chance in the educational system. What the two girls in the front row are looking at, or whom they are talking to, remains unknown to me, as there was nobody behind the teacher’s desk! I haven't seen...
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