I am curious as to what made you interested in studying American culture. Please tell me!
Yumiko,
I read that you like watching baseball. I am not a huge baseball fan, but I like watching American football. I watch both professional football and college football.
I know a lot of people in the US do very elaborate things for Halloween, but my family didn't give out candy and I didn't go Trick-or-Treating (going to every house and asking people for candy). I live in a dorm on campus, so for Halloween little kids came to our dorm and we handed out candy. They were all very cute.
I do not watch a lot of TV, but the one TV drama I do watch is House. It is a medical drama. Have you heard of it?
A lot of people, both young and old, do cross their fingers to show that they are lying.
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Yuka,
A lot of Japanese people do a peace sign when taking pictures, but that is not really done in the US. I have had people ask me why Japanese people do that, because they think it is really strange. What some people do in pictures is put "bunny ears" behind someone to make a fool out of them. It looks like putting a peace sign behind their head and having the fingers
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Rie,
It is very cold here in the winter. I hate the cold so much. You are so lucky to have traveled to so many places. I would like to go to Europe sometime. There might be some study abroad programs to come to the US, so you should try that!
A form of body language that is often used in the US is shrugging. This is a gesture done when you want to tell people that you do not know.
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Unfortunately, in the US people do not spend enough time thanking people who have helped them or apologize to people when they make a mistake. Sometimes you can leave a restaurant in the US and they will not say anything to you. It is very sad. I think it is a good thing that Japanese people spend the time to be polite to one another.
I will write back soon. Talk to you later!
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Hello, I am Sarah. I'm half-Japanese and am taking Japanese class at MSU.
House is a good show. Life is a good show too. it is a police investigation drama that has some puzzels that are fun to try to figure out. It is at 10 pm Wednesday nights on NBC.
I also agree about how sad it is that many Americans don't take the time to be polite and say thank you or I'm sorry. I did notice, when I went to Japan, that everyone there that I saw was so polite. It made me happy. :)
Nice to meet you. Thank you for your comment and telling me some things.
Let's keep in touch!!!
I read your blog and looked at pictures! Thank you for telling me funny poses in photographs.
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