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I'm traveling to England for the first time ever, how can I deal with the culture differences I face without being awkward?

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Question added by Lana Oudeh , PR Coordinator , Al Ghanem
Date Posted: 2016/02/22
مها شرف
by مها شرف , معلمة لغة عربية , وزارة التربية السورية

I agree with specialties answers. Thanks.

Rasha Maarabouni
by Rasha Maarabouni , Executive Registrar , Lebanese International University

Make your mind accustomed to their culture;  and Just try informing and learning as much as you can before you travel about their culture so once you get there you will feel as if you were living in England for ages. 

waleid husein mohamad
by waleid husein mohamad , Executive Chef , مطعم دايت سنشرى

Ahtat the word "culture" a great place in European literature in the twentieth century, and has had the attention of quite a bit in the press world, too, a word Me by some meaning of "civilization." This topic is still evolving and growing and taking dimensions and forms were not exist before and continues to acquire new dimensions. With this development we ask: Is culture also means "civil"? Is it also a "knowledge"?

Definition of culture:

The poet T.. S. Elliott months of care of the issue of culture since the early twentieth century, and in order to recognize the culture Elliott put three conditions if achieved, was to achieve the culture, namely: First: Organic construction, and sees it helps to move genetic culture within a culture and a society appointees. Second: Alkabalh for analysis: the view that it should be the culture (from the point of view of geographical) are analyzed to local cultures (the regional dimension of culture). Third: the balance between unity and diversity in religion. It believes that this requirement is important because in many cultures can not be overlooked or marginalized religion factor. In this context, others added to that culture and education policy.

When the oldest of some anthropologists and sociologists on the definition of the concept of human culture said they learning acquired by individuals as members of groups living in the same society's behavior. In the seventies of the nineteenth century a number of anthropologists provided more than a definition of culture Ultimately agreed that culture is that all the complex which includes knowledge, belief, art, creation, law, social customs and any other social possibilities and even natures rights acquired as a member of society . "then they had provided many improvements and variations on this general definition of the meaning of culture, but the most important is that everyone agreed that culture is learning the behavior is often contrasted with the talented behavior heritage.

Proceeding from the fact that every human society has a system of behavior which is governed by standards may relatively vary from one community to another, even within a single culture (for example, the Arab culture and its subcultures governed by coercive factors such as regional and geographical factors and perhaps bilingualism as a case of Algeria between barbarism assets and other Arab), as governed by other criteria lead to other colors of knowledge (such as colonialism, migrations, wars, etc. Surely, things probably bilingualism again but this time we see duplication between French and Arabic in the Maghreb), it is harmony individuals socially and Tthaqvia. Human system and enjoy this behavior since his birth, but develops this behavior and grow with him as long as he had been living in that society.

From here we can say that the culture of this concept differs from the culture concept which has been used to describe a person polished refined high, and his knowledge of music, literature, philosophy, politics and fluent in the universal language in addition to the language of the original mother, and perhaps also includes other common cultural orientations with civilized life knowledge of the world of modern communication such as the Internet and Garinath and the like.

On the other corner we see that human culture technical concept includes features necessary for the conduct of the trivial and the mundane of daily life such as social tact (and this is what some like to call etiquette b), and temperament and eating habits, etc. of the arts of polite society. As can be discussed Vanity specific communities around the world order, based on the foregoing, it can be considered culture total quantum of human knowledge and behavior acquired within the social context per capita, and this leads us to recall that there km from knowledge which all human societies do not share at any time all individuals not involved in it in any society, that this quantum of knowledge be limited to certain individuals in certain social circles and therefore they often make up as little as a whole, but they are part of human culture.

 

walter matopodzi
by walter matopodzi , Sous Chef , Waldorf Restaurants

Cultural Differences can be awkward to deal with in a situation where your personal social orientation is low where as you got natural self esteem you quickly get into the embracement of all cross cultural scenario

Yaqoub Alomar
by Yaqoub Alomar , Civil Engineer , Al-Zubeir municipality

I don't personally have any info about what it's like in London, but I do want to commend you on going out there are taking risks before settling down!

Vikas Bachhuka
by Vikas Bachhuka , Sales Manager - Tire, Lubs & Batteries , ALI ALGHANIM & SONS AUTOMOTIVE CO.

When we generally travel to places, we follow our culture and people accept that as they are aware you are traveler.

 

There are few other things which you should consider which are the most important thing;

1) Safety

2) Sufficient funds

3) Knowledge of the place.

 

Great people will respect and smile and don't worry about cultural change acceptance.

OMAR AL-FAYYOUMI
by OMAR AL-FAYYOUMI , Projects Manager , Fayyoumi Real Estate Development

I'm very sorry ' I don't have any idea .

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

sorry i didn't have idea in England

 

Mohammed  Ashraf
by Mohammed Ashraf , Director of International Business , Saqr Al-Khayala Group

Keep safely your passport and electronic ticket ( Keep PNR inside mobile) and mentioned your mobile number on both documents, even if you miss it somewhere and any British national find it - then they will call you and bring it back to you.

Nothing to worry in UK, safe place with nice and respectable people. Love each other as human being.

( these words are about New generation people of UK not about OLD  UK)  

Ahmad Alhusainy
by Ahmad Alhusainy , Customer Service , National Bank Of Kuwait - Nbk

you'll do fine, the fries are called chips, the apartment are called flat, the toilet is called lou, and they do love their afternoon teas.

 

 

Thanks for the invite, I apologize for the answer, I do not know, leave the answer for the professionals.

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