Wie Franzosen, Briten und Amerikaner mit Fremden umgehen

Americans won’t touch strangers, the French won’t talk to them, but Brits will neither touch nor talk to them.

Quelle: FT.com / FT Magazine – Don’t touch me, I’m British

Für Amerika-Neulinge ganz wichtig:

But though Americans won’t touch strangers, they will talk to them. They will chat to people at neighbouring tables in restaurants, or in line at the supermarket. That conversation doesn’t turn the speakers into friends – a mistake Europeans sometimes make. Generalising grossly: to Americans, conversation doesn’t imply intimacy.