2. Humor
I don’t think that we need to treat each other like weird people when it comes to humor.
Latin people have this silly way of making jokes. Very subtle some times, or maybe very straight forward. Most of the times it is harmless joking, until we are in an environment where there is non-Latin people. But most of the time =) we are not mean when we joke.
It is merely another way to joke. Coming to Poland can be a difficult thing regarding humor. Who knows if it’s the same when going to other countries?!… Hmm. Very tricky question? I wouldn’t say that.
Maybe it’s easier to go to Italy for us and joke. But it is certain that they have their joke stereotypes, we have ours and so on.
I’ve been talking quite a lot with Gosia, a Polish friend of mine. I would say that it took us a while, and some open-minds to come through the cultural barriers.
Like for instance, before coming here, I tried to learn some Polish. Some things like “Mogłaby mi pani pomoć?” or “Jak się masz?” were very funny to tell you the truth.
Mogłaby sounds more like an African word, while the second sentence is quite Chinese or something :)
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