Can a German be rude when speaking English?

[pappnase 2,571]

31 minutes ago, jeba said:

Is there such a thing as unintentional rudeness?   Not in my book.

That really is interesting. If every time you are rude on this board is deliberate then my opinion of you has gone down significantly.

I think you are just wrong here jeba.

It's quite possible to do something culturally inappropriate because of a lack of knowledge.

Classic example would be eating with your left hand in India, it's rude, but easy to do accidentally if you don't know.

 

 

 

 

 

[jeba 4,345]

29 minutes ago, pappnase said:

It's quite possible to do something culturally inappropriate because of a lack of knowledge.

Of course, but I wouldn't regard that rudeness.

[pappnase 2,571]

2 hours ago, jeba said:

I wouldn't regard that rudeness

 

Yeah but rude is for the 'receiver' not the giver to decide.

The closest you can get is to say 'It is impossible to be unintentionally rude to jeba' which again explains a lot.

I now understand why you get quite  so pissy when you think someone is attacking you, the idea that it might be accidental rudeness doesn't occur to you. If it triggers the 'rude' bone then it must have been intentional.

 

If you found that rude, it wasn't my intention, and to be clear here is some intentional rudeness, Fuck Off, the idea that one can't be unintentionally rude is bollocks.

 

[optimista 5,839]

Aspergers, perceptiveness and cultural and social sensitivity are all a on a scale. It s not black and white. Rubbing along together is hard.

 

There s a fine line and some overlap between ignorant and rude.