tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post7074457017593901074..comments2023-04-21T15:19:04.905+08:00Comments on Being Multilingual: Multilingual woes and joysMadalena Cruz-Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-29973294578369599952010-11-29T19:22:29.371+08:002010-11-29T19:22:29.371+08:00ms_bobdog: Lateness, of the longer-than-millisecon...ms_bobdog: Lateness, of the longer-than-millisecond kind, is a cultural institution in some places, sometimes even associated with politeness. If you arrive on time for, say, a dinner invitation, you give the impression that you are too eager to start eating, which you shouldn’t. Not to mention that if you do arrive on time, the hosts may still be in their undies applying make-up and shaving, because they’re counting on your being polite.<br />Those of us who are polite in this way look very odd to those of us for whom being polite means respecting an agreed time on the dot, and vice versa. Those of us who have regular contact with both types of culture need to learn to switch timetable habits, along with language.<br />MadalenaMadalena Cruz-Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-24493971318412474012010-11-27T20:02:37.093+08:002010-11-27T20:02:37.093+08:00I have never encountered any issues with being a f...I have never encountered any issues with being a few milliseconds slower than monolinguals in retrieving names from my memory. Neither have my monolingual friends had problems with that. I have a far greater problem with people's habitual lateness, which, uninterestingly enough, takes up more than a few milliseconds.ms_bobdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175658529569132614noreply@blogger.com