I recently came across this funny video that reminds a typical social situation in US, where as internationals we mean something and the words we used mean something else in US….just communication gap / difference in choice of words. It is totally worth watching….you will either learn something, if you have not been to US Â or enjoy the funny situations and think of your first days in US…
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Hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!
So who is this person in the video? 🙂
When I came to US for the first time to start working on a project assignment there was a colleague of mine – Tom – who used to keep bragging all the time about his kids keeping him super busy and stuff like how messy his house gets when he does office work-from-home to stay up with the kids and wife is out for work..(back then she was a realtor). Just to keep the conversation moving I asked him one day- ‘how many kids are there ?’ . A question pretty common in India , which you expect to be answered by a number/count….correct ? Well, Tom’s reply was quite different and this incidence is from 5+yrs ago but I still have clear imprints of how serious he was with his calculations.. and I still smile when I think about it. He replied…my wife has 2 , I have three , and we both together have 1 and there is one dog….so SEVEN !! I was like WOW ..that’s different ..can’t imagine anyone answering that way in India :).
Another type is..when you ask someone – ‘do you have any kids’ and they reply – ‘no, we have dogs’ 🙂 !
Not sure if its just me who thinks these answers are funny !