Cultural Surprises

Wordless 60 second demo: Japan’s Space Saving Secret:

Japan’s Space Saving Genius exudes peaceful, appreciative efficiency
T-SHIRT APPRECIATION

Perhaps too “Shinto” or animist for some, but it does seem to offer creative balance
Marie Kondo: “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” | NextTalk
• Children’s clothing methods:
• Tank tops and T-s

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Japan’s DIFFERNT Escalator Etiquette (between Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, etc)
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• The Osaka reportedly started as a gesture to accommodate stair-climbing guests to the Japan Olympics … and continued to
2020’s Olympics … but the difference has been amplified as a somewhat humorous “Kansai” quality.
• Japan’s escalator-etiquette

Technical
• The story of Escalators (in) Japan:l
• Cheddar : Inefficiency of Escalator Etiquette

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Gesundheit, Salud, “Eww GROSS!”
Is there REALLY a “3 sneeze protocol” in Spanish?
… Respond To A Sneeze In 6 Different Languages

Babbel Magazine Nov 17, 2022

Comments WELCOME: is this unique to any particular COUNTRY or generation? Or in Spanish spoken in both Old World and New World?

How To Respond To A Sneeze In 6 Different Languages – pl.babbel.com

Comments WELCOME: is this unique to any particular COUNTRY or generation? Or in Spanish spoken in both Old World and New World…

• “In Spanish there are different responses for your first three sneezes, and
  they vary by region.
• The most well known version tends to be used more in Latin America:
  • salud (“health”)
    at the first sneeze,
  • dinero (“money”) at the second, and
  • amor (“love”) at the third sneeze…

It almost makes you want to sneeze.

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Coming soon: hand and facial expressions in different cultures… You may be surprised