In our native land, it is customary to run in circles around the living room after dinner / before bedtime. Actually, any time is a good time for running in circles here, but it's part of the established pre-bedtime routine.
The citizens here prefer to make limited eye contact while talking. They find the constant movement of facial expressions to be distracting, making it difficult to focus on what the person is saying. This particular trait causes some misunderstandings when dealing with people of other countries who place high importance on eye contact and mistakenly believe that not looking means not listening.
Much like popular culture influences the language and expressions in other lands, our country is heavily influenced by Thomas the Tank Engine, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Super Mario Bros, among others. The speech and behavior of certain citizens here will be much more readily understood if you are familar with those.
Some citizens prefer to kiss your hand rather than to be kissed on the cheek. Others view head-butting as a gesture of affection (thankfully that particular trend seems to be fading).
Hand flapping is a common gesture here, and it has with multiple meanings. Depending on the context, it can reflect excitement, agitation, or boredom. The more vigorous the flapping, the more intense the emotion behind it.
So, what are some of the native customs of your "Schmolland"?
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2 comments:
The young citizens in our country do not believe in wearing pants.
They eat foods free of gluten, casein, nuts, egg and soy.
One communicates with pictures.
Dora the Explorah is queen in our land.
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Our citizens require knowledge of WWE and How I Met Your Mother in order to be understood.
Every meal here must include peanut butter in some form; it is the national delicacy.
Citizens always have some object held in their mouths; one must become accustomed to understanding muffled speech.
Life revolves around screens here. To attempt to shut a computer down is a felony, punishable by a several hour meltdown.
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