For Those Who Travel Internationally PLEASE Read

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Originally Posted by robert42

Avoid eye contact - we dont like that lol

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Ha Ha, thst so true, sadily. well unless your built like a brick shithouse, in which case go round starting people who look at you, then you will fit in perfectly :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Syrus

Ha Ha, thst so true, sadily. well unless your built like a brick shithouse, in which case go round starting people who look at you, then you will fit in perfectly :thumbsup:

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Howdy Syrus,

I still don't git it,I was raised to believe that only 'girlie-men',don't look another man in the eyes or a lady,in fact,we Texans consider it to be rude.

When I was stationed at Great Lakes navy base,up at Chicago,I found out real quick,that most yankee's think that saying Howdy and smiling,is just some kind of a suspicious thing..lol..they looked at me like I was fixin to rob em or something. Although,the waitresses in the cafes there,did seem to appreciate a friendly greetin..once they realized that I was sincere. I reckon that they were used to dealin with sour-faced yankees who only complain and make snide remarks.

Have a good one !

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy Syrus,

I still don't git it,I was raised to believe that only 'girlie-men',don't look another man in the eyes or a lady,in fact,we Texans consider it to be rude.

When I was stationed at Great Lakes navy base,up at Chicago,I found out real quick,that most yankee's think that saying Howdy and smiling,is just some kind of a suspicious thing..lol..they looked at me like I was fixin to rob em or something. Although,the waitresses in the cafes there,did seem to appreciate a friendly greetin..once they realized that I was sincere. I reckon that they were used to dealin with sour-faced yankees who only complain and make snide remarks.

Have a good one !

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Howdy Y'all,

When I was in Saudi,we weren't allowed to stare at women and certainly never look em in the eyes unless we had some dang good reason to do so..how many other cultures are offended by lookin in their eyes and sayin "Howdy" ?

Are y'all Brits saying that if I pass someone on the street there,that they'd act like yankees and think that I'm up to no good - if I said Howdy and nodded my head at em ?

Have a good one !

er....people would prolly wonder why ur sayin hey to a total stranger here yeh lol people can be wound up pretty tight in the UK

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy Y'all,

When I was in Saudi,we weren't allowed to stare at women and certainly never look em in the eyes unless we had some dang good reason to do so..how many other cultures are offended by lookin in their eyes and sayin "Howdy" ?

Are y'all Brits saying that if I pass someone on the street there,that they'd act like yankees and think that I'm up to no good - if I said Howdy and nodded my head at em ?

Have a good one !

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Hi Torog, I think if you said "howdy" to a passer by they would just think it's a bit unusual, as if someone from over here were to say somthing like " aye aye fit liken the day" or "Awrite mate?" you would probable think "what?" but not in a bad way if you know what I mean. :rasta:

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Originally Posted by Torog

Howdy Y'all,

When I was in Saudi,we weren't allowed to stare at women and certainly never look em in the eyes unless we had some dang good reason to do so..how many other cultures are offended by lookin in their eyes and sayin "Howdy" ?

Are y'all Brits saying that if I pass someone on the street there,that they'd act like yankees and think that I'm up to no good - if I said Howdy and nodded my head at em ?

Have a good one !

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Its only really in places like London where people tend to keep themselves to themselves. If you tried to talk to someone on the tube you would be considered very weird. Don't know much about the south other than London but up North everyones pretty friendly you can just chat to strangers.

So long as you don't stare at someone you'd be fine.