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I think that's incredibly naive. For one thing, moving from France to Germany is a huge cultural and linguistic leap. Moving from the US to Canada is really not
by M_Grey 10y ago
I think that's incredibly naive. For one thing, moving from France to Germany is a huge cultural and linguistic leap. Moving from the US to Canada is really not.
- raverbashing 10y agoNo, it isn't, and people learn the language
- M_Grey 10y agoI think you're underestimating just how trying a process that can be, and how alienating it is to adapt to a new culture, new food, new everything.
- raverbashing 10y agoYou're talking about two neighbouring countries, apart from language there are no major issues Besides, I've moved to Germany, from a more distant culture than French
- M_Grey 10y agoRight, they're practically identical... except for the language. And the culture. And the food, politics, etc... etc...
- raverbashing 10y agoIf you're lacking in historical knowledge then I can't help you Besides, most of the differences are non issues
- M_Grey 10y agoTo you? Maybe.
- raverbashing 10y agoAre you going to starve because in France they have Quiche and in Germany they have Schnitzel? But yes, I'm good at adapting
- M_Grey 10y agoI believe that you are, and in being so, have lost sight of just how bad most people are at it.
- patall 10y agoThe difference in culture may be there, but it is as big and sometimes much bigger between citys and countryside, regions and social classes. It may be a factor but the as I think main reason most people do not move is not any barrier in the different style of life but more so the fact of moving, getting a way from your sorroundings, friends, family etc. altogether
- threesixandnine 10y agoIt all depends on individuum. I moved two countries to-date that couldn't be more culturaly and language different. I did learn languages before I moved though. Both me and my wife adapted within a week.
- baby 10y agoI did not think about that, it's true that it's relatively easy for an American to move to Canada.
- programLyrique 10y agoMoving from France to Belgium (in Wallonia where they speak Franch) is not a huge cultural or linguistic leap. As both countries are in the EU, it's very easy to emigrate; no visa needed. But as far as I know, there was no sudden emigration to Belgium after elections in France.
- uiri 10y agoWait until after the Presidential election this spring... it is looking like it will be Sarkozy vs Le Pen or Juppe vs Le Pen in the run-off round.
- superzadeh 10y agoI recently moved from France to Germany, and the biggest cultural gap so far is that people in here respect traffic lights and using a qwerty keyboard. Otherwise, most people speak English and the lifestyle is similar.
- yodsanklai 10y agoDon't they use QWERTZ keyboards?
- Symbiote 10y agoIt's fairly easy to order a US or British keyboard in most of Europe, for no additional cost. We'll buy whatever layout new staff want, but we keep spares of these two around. (British gives the European physical layout with the additional key and double height enter key.)
- kriro 10y agoYes :) Having lived in France I'd say switching from the French keyboard to most other western layouts is especially brutal (or making the switch in the other direction). Took me a good while to readjust to the numbers being on shift and the special characters being the default. Very brutal for passwords :D
- lorenzhs 10y agoYes, we use QWERTZ in Germany, but it's muuuch closer to QWERTY than France's AZERTY (needs shift for numbers!). The difference between QWERT{Y,Z} is those two keys (Y and Z are swapped), the shape of the enter key (necessitated by an additional key), and basically all of the special keys. Many of those moves are due to ä/ö/ü/ß. Meanwhile, AZERTY is very different, and even typing alphanumerical things requires paying serious attention to key placement if not used to it.
- raverbashing 10y agoYes. And France is AZERT and UK is almost like the US one but with minor differences But I just set it to US-Intl (wherever the place) and be done with it. I don't look at what's drawn on the keyboard