> > > Culture shock.
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> > I like that too, but I don't ever let them see me laughing. We all get a little culture shock for time to time.
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> I didn't mean I laughed derisively, or that I haven't also laughed over my own culture shock. It's a phenomenon that fascinates me more than anything else, and it frequently leads to pretty funny misunderstandings. And people who have returned from travelling abroad somewhere invariably have great stories to tell.

Yes, I hear those great stories from time to time.

I was watching an old favorite movie the other day. Perhaps you have heard of "The Gods Must be Crazy." It is culture shock from one end to the other. There is even that old thing about shaking the head up and down to say "no" and side to side to say "yes."

The first time I visited places like California, New England, Florida, and Mexico, I was awash in culture shock. But hardly anything gets me anymore. But then, I have never been east of Greenwich, England.
Howard