Blogs Posts in Cultural Etiquettes category; 36 blog posts

Grooming & Fashion: Unpacking the rules of etiquette

This week we will take a hiatus from speaking about our wardrobes and speak about invitation etiquette. Of late I have been invited to numerous social events at which I took the opportunity of observing the some appalling etiquette or la [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Show flag etiquette

What better way to show pride in your country than by flying the national flag? But did you know there are some ways of flying the flag which are offensive and disrespectful? A Moonta resident recently expressed to the Country Times how [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Beach etiquette violations irk travelers

Who knew that beach and pool etiquette was such a sore subject with so many folks? A recent survey by the Web site TripAdvisor of 3,800 people in the United States revealed that 84 percent of travelers agree saving beachside or poolside cha [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Don't Forget Party Etiquette

Many believe that party etiquette is a thing of the past. A common misconception is that a party is an occasion for letting go of civilized conventions, throwing caution to the wind or getting out of line. Nothing could be farther from the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

The recession etiquette do's and don'ts

This recession is re-writing the rules on a lot of things, including how we behave. Social stress can take a toll on the social graces. So how can we all just get along? Over a cup of tea at T Salon in New York City, Lyudmila Bloch describ [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Toffs talk out of turn, it's their native tongue

QUESTION: Is it a privilege for an Indian- born businessman to be called "Sooty" by the heir to the throne of Great Britain? The answer, if you were to believe Mr Kolin Singh Dhillon, is arguably: Yes.The nickname has long been a [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Marriage 101 for local men with foreign wives

Every Saturday, Shin Gang-chul attends a Vietnamese language class arranged by a local civic group. He and his eight other Korean classmates, all men aged between 40 and 60, have a common goal: to communicate with their foreign brides. T [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Professor Students need more Chinese etiquette education

A professor from Tsinghua University's Department of History in Beijing on Thursday called on educationalists to teach students traditional Chinese etiquette.Peng Lin, whose courses "Ancient Chinese Etiquettes" and "Cla [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Learn Japanese Language | Translation Training Courses @ SNR...

Sakuraa Nihongo Resource Centre is a subsidiary company of a well established decade old public listed software company which has a successful track record of delivering software services & products to its clients in Far East and Japan. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Cultural Etiquette A Guide for the Well-Intentioned

R ACISM AND THE RACIAL STEREOTYPES it spawns are so subtly interwoven into the fabric of Western society that very often, even those with the best of intentions will display bad cultural manners. This does not necessarily mean one is a bad [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Etiquette 101 What the World Thinks About Us

There have been better times to be an American, at least in terms of world opinion, yet tourists and immigrants continue to flock to the United States. And when they do, they find that our mores are a lot more complicated than what pop cult [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Global etiquette examined at seminar

The Institute of International Student Life allows students the opportunity to gain exposure to a global community without taking one step off campus.The institute was founded last year and focuses on different styles of leadership and inte [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Hospital etiquette

Ironically, exactly one week after writing about emergency and trauma care, I found myself in the ER unit, witnessing firsthand what goes on there. My husband had a serious skydiving accident Thanksgiving weekend. Broken pelvis. As a result [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Lifestyle and Etiquette Expert Elaine Swann Talks Sportsmans...

Elaine Swann shares her advice on sports etiquette on Wealth TV's "Etiquette 101" program. San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) October 17, 2008 -- Whether you're out swinging on the links or hanging ten at the beach, sportsmanship is an ess [...]