Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
Sometimes cultural nuances do get lost with a language problem - I used to have a next door neighbor from Vietnam and I learned that my interpretation of a "friendly greeting" and his were very different, usually by about 30 decibels.
Yeah--it's really weird. My wife speaks Chinese much louder than English even in the same environment. I've noticed the same thing with the few of her relatives that speak English also.