[Mageia-discuss] Cultural difference: "Let your yes be yes" <---> "It is rude to say no"

Fri Jul 13 22:01:14 CEST 2012

On 13/07/2012 15:11, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+>  this was meant as example how
+> things can take a real bad turn if "yes" and "no" are not used in
+> their true meaning.
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+I agree life would be a lot easier if worldwide we would give exactly 
+the same meaning to "yes" and the same to "no".
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+However, even one person can use the word "yes" in different meanings, 
+depending on the situation
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+* to indicate he understands the person who is telling him something 
+(not to be mistaken for agreeing with him)
+* to indicate enthusiasm about how a situation is developing
+* to indicate he agrees with something
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+Besides, when hundreds of thousands of persons in a certain area give a 
+different value to the word "yes" than you, are you sure their value 
+isn't just "different" instead of "wrong"?
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+If it were wrong, it would cause problems among themselves, however, 
+they don't have those problems. There are only problems when interacting 
+with people who don't give the same meaning to the word.
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