Re: Be and Have in Hebrew, and ACC case

5 Dec 2005 15:56:01 GMT: Helmut Richter
<a282244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

>First of all, I want to stress that this was my concern as well. I am
>neither a cop nor anybody's teacher regarding manners. I just wanted to
>express that a person is not taken seriously who uses foul language (nor
>is a person that would not admit a mistake), and this irrespective of
>whether he is right or wrong in the factual issue. But there seem to be
>cultural differences:
>
>I find it interesting that all three comments in this spirit came from
>Europe: Ekkehard Dengler's, Ruud Harmsen's, and mine. It looks as if what
>North Americans regard as the necessary matter-of-fact-ness is perceived
>as unnecessary boarishness on the East side of the pond.

Could be, but I am not so sure. Many Americans and Canadians I met on
the internet think and behave like us, and many Europeans don't.
What's more, I have been impolite, impatient and rude myself sometimes
(those who can read Dutch may want to check nl.taal). But I have
learnt my lesson, and usually manage to restrain myself now.

>That would square
>well with the contempt expressed by Mr. Rumsfeld when he complained about
>the "old Europe" by which he meant those countries whose attitude appeared
>to him not enough ready to violence.

I think that's another matter. And millions of Americans don't like
him and Bush either.

>On the other hand, communicating face-to-face with people, I had the
>opposite impression: that North Americans expect more diplomatic and less
>matter-of-fact language than Europeans. Perhaps there is a difference to
>be made between business and private situations.

That is also true.

--
Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com

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