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What are taboos in Germany? |
Travel Info school project Travel Tips I agree with the first answer, apart from the eating bit. Germans will forgive Americans that easily. But one of the more important taboos was not mentioned by anybody, and that is religion. Talk about religion is strictly confined to consenting adults, and it is very bad manners to tell everybody about it, whereas the US Americans are doing that all the time. Others * Excessive patriotism (allthough patriotism regarding the federal state, rather than the country as a whole, is acceptable) * Swearing at people (even uttering mild swear words at someone can get you arrested!) * Talking about your private life in the workplace * Using the informal pronoun "Du" to address strangers and superiors (especially people over 40) * Failing to make eye contact / shake hands when being introduced * Eating with one hand * Littering Hey, maybe I can help. I'm orig. from Germany, I married a GI. Well let's see. My hubby says, we Germans don't have any Taboos! Ha! Germany is more open,esp. with the sexual thing. People are more open about it. The main thing I can think of is: Don't say :" Heil Hitler" or make fun of it. You can't drive a car till you are 18.But with 18 you are full of age and can drink. Can't drop out of school. If you do, you have to go at least once a week and without graduading you will not get a job. This is not much, if I remember more, I'll write again...Good luck always finish your beer,otherwise everything goes Don't talk about Nazi's, this is the third generation born after the war and they really don't want to hear about Hitler anymore. You don't fart, burp and swear in public.Otherwise that's about it. They're not any different then Americans. don' t critisize their heritage, cars and 2 of the biggest NONO's are saying bad things about their beer & wine!! George Bush. Greetings from Germany |
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