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Nah, the reason it's committal in France in non-committal in America is because France is much more of a homogeneous culture than America. Having one meaning f
by heavenlyblue 7y ago
Nah, the reason it's committal in France in non-committal in America is because France is much more of a homogeneous culture than America.
Having one meaning for a single phrase is much easier when you know exactly how your words are going to be perceived.
Trying to say shallow in this situation is more of a case that you, as a French person - don't really want to accept the fact that other cultures may have a different opinion on why they are acting the way they are acting.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoIf you read my previous comment you'll notice that I am only describing the culture. I am not refusing to accept anything.
- heavenlyblue 7y agoYou are refusing to accept that speaking of your feelings openly may be perceived as shallow as not speaking about them. It’s just that you somehow assume that French do it better.
- Sharlin 7y agoI should probably start keeping a list of all the various uses of that ”but X is much more homogenous than the US!” argument. It’s just a semantic stopsign, difficult to argue against because hey, that really sounds like a cum hoc ergo propter hoc but I guess it’s sort of plausible so what do I know? The causation is, of course, always presented as an accepted fact, not as a hypothesis with even a shred of confounder-controlled evidence. It’s just really tiresome.