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Thread: Avoid saying “Thank you” to a compliment
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[quote=DAVEC,405149]Not really Daphne, but we have a very different culture. I have found in China, if I queue and let others go in front of me I miss the bus. At train stations I see 1000s of people push,shove and run for the train, cant understand why when they have a ticket with an allocated seat or bed. I notice that people dont say please or thank you in China, My wifes family couldnt understand when they gave me food or drink I would say thank you. My Chinese teacher taught us 'qing wen' as a polite intro to a converstaion, probably as close as you get to please but she also said you wont need to use it much as others dont. 'Mai dan' gets shouted at top volume in restaurants when you want to pay. Try shouting 'pay bill' or 'bill' in UK and expect to be ignored. We would say 'please can I get the bill'.[/quote]
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