tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post8764569747872958913..comments2023-11-09T02:43:59.293-08:00Comments on Christian Medical Comment: Why cross-cultural communication can be so difficultPeter Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17222354018504253042noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-57895929142431286442012-12-31T10:08:58.226-08:002012-12-31T10:08:58.226-08:00YesYesPeter Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17222354018504253042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-16631167030387195042012-12-30T16:39:53.080-08:002012-12-30T16:39:53.080-08:00I think this is a joke, yes? Not completely clear ...I think this is a joke, yes? Not completely clear from the post, but when I realised it did make me grin for a moment!Mike Ashelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117268112058778413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-35504766886473629722012-12-29T19:15:22.094-08:002012-12-29T19:15:22.094-08:00>> In Australia, they hung up, because they ...<br />>> In Australia, they hung up, because they couldn't understand the Indian accent<br /><br />Do the Aussies and Kiwis speak English at all?<br /><br />Sometimes it's hard to tell :)<br /><br />Educated "upper class" accents, as spoken by the Indian elite, are actually very attractive incidentally. Unfortunately here in the west, we're more commonly exposed to the not-so-well-educated ones. It's a mistake to judge everyone by the few we meet. Surely a well-travelled doctor like you must know several Indians who "talk posh".<br />Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654455663519806899.post-13385948033330814212012-12-29T05:11:56.322-08:002012-12-29T05:11:56.322-08:00And in Cuba they did not know what "YOUR"...And in Cuba they did not know what "YOUR" meant.Orlando Bragahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891839091944416605noreply@blogger.com