> America has a very work-centric culture. Within a few minutes of meeting someone, people typically talk about their family or work. That's pretty much the no

> America has a very work-centric culture. Within a few minutes of meeting someone, people typically talk about their family or work. That's pretty much the norm in Australia too and I would expect so even elsewhere. I'm not going to claim it's universal but I'd suggest at least widespread in the modern developed world (I was going to put in "Western", but even in Japan I'd say self-identification via career choice is largely the norm). To what extent does corpspeak exist in other languages though?