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Who among us would have guessed $4 could bring such a negative reaction? I guess the moral is: Ask first!
This article brings up a fairly interesting and often overlooked aspect: communicating across cultures is not just about speaking a foreign language but also about understanding each other from a cultural perspective. This is easier said than done and clearly exposed in this example.
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