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| This is Aanna from India. I'm currently working in Singapore and I'm having a problem here.. communicating/ socializing/ making friends with native speakers !! I do not find any issues in communicating with the non-native speakers .. I do get along with other nationals.. like Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean.. but with native speakers?!! Ah ! ... I don't know what I'm really lacking and trying to figure it out.. need help!! Well, I could guess some reasons.. but how far are they right? no clues .. 1. Native speakers do not socialize / make serious friends with other nationals. 2. It is really frustrating for them to communicate with people who speak plain English. In other words people who can't articulate well.. 3. Strong cultural differences could be a reason. Some friendly gestures in one culture may be considered as lack of etiquette in English culture. Any ideas on these lines, please ..? Cheers Aanna |
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| Dear Casiopea Thanks so much for your comforting words !! Warm Wishes aanna |
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| Dear Aanna, I dunno if the "problem" is with the language. Locals keep a greater distance from "strangers" and I think from each-other as well. I have long suffered from the same phenomenon too. Now almost all my friends are non-local Indians. I would love to share my experiences with you, so please reply if you are still interested. (I can see your post is pretty old) Cheers, Zoltan (a Hungarian MBA student in Singapore) |
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| "share my experiences" ..that would be so sweet! |
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| Hi, Aanna! Nice to see you back here. Sorry, I don't have much time now, so let me be short. A lot of Singaporeans "no can speak good English" either. I wouldn't approach the problem from here. Do you use yahoo or msn messenger? Why don't you add me to your contacts and we could chat if you want. My IDs are: EMAIL REMOVED - Send PM to This User Instead EMAIL REMOVED - Send PM to This User Instead (I use yahoo a bit more often) See you online! Zoltan |
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